Onewheel
Sign in to saveOnewheel is a self-balancing electric skateboard with a single tire, used as a means of transportation and for boardsports. Riders place their feet on either side of the tire to face sideways, leaning forward to accelerate and leaning backward to slow down. The board was engineered to emulate the feeling of snowboarding on powder.
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- History
- Racing
- Onewheel in pop culture
- Board technology
- Operation
- Engineering
- Terrain ability
- Models
- Available products
- Pint
- Pint X
- GT
- GT S-Series
- Pint S
- XR Classic
- Discontinued products
- Onewheel
- Onewheel+
- Onewheel+ XR
- Third-party modifications
- Criticism
- Right to repair
- GT issues
- Safety issues and recall
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Onewheel is a self-balancing electric skateboard with a single tire, used as a means of transportation and for boardsports. Riders place their feet on either side of the tire to face sideways, leaning forward to accelerate and leaning backward to slow down. The board was engineered to emulate the feeling of snowboarding on powder.
Launched in 2014 by Kyle Doerksen, the project raised over $630,000 on Kickstarter. Since then, 9 Onewheel models have been introduced, with the latest being released in November 2024. The Onewheel lineup includes the Pint, Pint X, Pint S, XR Classic, GT, and the GT S-Series, which has a top speed of and a range of up to 25miles (). Discontinued models include the original Onewheel, Onewheel+, and Onewheel+ XR. They have been ridden in 139 countries, covering over 170million miles (million km) with more than 300,000 riders globally.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Onewheel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.