Board vs Unicycle

[SaturnOne]

@detroitwheelin I had one experienced snowboarder try my OW. What I remember from that conversation is that with snowboarding you're steering more with your shoulders / entire body. The OW allows for much more subtle movements. I have only snowboarded once but I can see the point. The contact point with the ground is way smaller with OW than with snowboarding.. And thus it's more sensitive and allows for more subtle movements--that help steering nevertheless. With the OW you can rely more on moving your center of gravity rather than the upper body... Anything recognisable for you?

[hustle]

@Wouter I agree with that to an extent.
With snowboarding and longboarding if you swing your torso you can control your carve a lot more. 180 & 360's on either type of board(standup slides on a longboard) is much easier to accomplish when swinging your arms/torso to fully commit with the turn. I feel like the same applies with the OW. I haven't tried any 180's or 360's on it yet but I plan on it when I get to the beach this weekend and that is the approach I plan on taking.
I guess what I am trying to say is slow carving I feel the toe/heel pressure similar to snowboarding but higher speed carving totally feels like a longboard.

[detroitwheelin]

@Wouter well at slower speeds a snowboard requires more upper body movements but once you get moving its more subtle and you can lean and carve , which is similar to the OW at most any speed.

Surfing and longboarding I feel like I need to rock my front foot (pull the board back and forth) to carve rather than really lean-carve... The OW is definitely more of a lean-carve , than foot-rock-carve

[hustle]

@detroitwheelin I feel like the toe/heel will let you turn, but it's not a true carve. If you want to really carve where you're kicking up a wave of snow you need more of a body commitment. If that makes sense?

[ahxe45]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW9pPiuA5zI

As much as I love the OW it doesn't even come close to how riding a freebord feels. Now if they could somehow put a motor on that board and make it capable of off-roading it would be a game changer.

[hustle]

@ahxe45 I'd love to try a freeboard but I never bought one because my terrain is not very hilly.

[detroitwheelin]

@ahxe45 leiftech esnowboard- it's essentially a motorized freeboard . Seems to be getting bad reviews though and they're selling cheap on eBay

[ahxe45]

@detroitwheelin never heard of it. I will have to check it out.

[1woman1wheel]

@ahxe45 said in Board vs Unicycle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW9pPiuA5zI

As much as I love the OW it doesn't even come close to how riding a freebord feels. Now if they could somehow put a motor on that board and make it capable of off-roading it would be a game changer.

wow that looks like it takes way more coordination than I have o_o

@SaturnOne I have a few years of snowboarding experience and that definitely helped. I'm not naturally coordinated or athletic and my balance is terrible, so snowboarding had a steep learning curve for me, and even with that background, it took me a little while to get totally comfortable on the OW.

[Polle]

@SaturnOne Are you talking about a electric unicicle? (if not, it seems they exist too :) )

[SaturnOne]

@Polle Yes, they exist but it's not what I'm riding. The ones I am thinking of, like Ninebot One, are probably fun to ride but not nearly as exciting or challenging as the regular unicycle..

[SaturnOne]

@sonny123 Thanks again for your advice!
Helped me to take care of it without FM.