Observations from a new rider...

11 January 2017, 17:41 UTC

• The product is frickin amazing and completely addictive. I knew this thing was going to be a blast but didn't quite realize just how much. I grew up skating and spent years surfing and now, in my forties, without these outlets, felt a bit of a void. OW has quickly filled that void. I have a feeling I''m in their target market...

• The control is more intuitive than I would have believed. Every time I go out, I get better and achieve more. The evolution of learning is so fluid and natural that I don't even notice it. When I first took this thing on the trails I couldn't get over certain obstacles without getting / jumping off the board (mainly root clusters) and just chalked it up to being technical impossibility. Now, I'm getting over and around the same spots without trouble. I take my OW on a local trail daily and love the feeling of earth surfing.

• This community is strong and very helpful. I've read just about every post here, soaking in as much info as I can and continue to keep up with the posts. The passion for the OW from those of you here is testament to an amazing product and a passion from it's users. The conversations about rides, experiences and mods here is part of what made me feel comfortable about my investment (take note FM)! I live in a spot (Asheville) that seems to have a lot of riders and though I haven't met any yet, look forward to riding with others.

So, thanks to FM for an amazing product and thanks also to this community for well...the community!

11 January 2017, 17:44 UTC

Agree regarding ride experience. Incredible and responsive. I've taken to riding around everywhere in NYC, and the control is amazing. And the feeling in the parks is magical.

11 January 2017, 18:15 UTC

Same here in Chicago I try ride everyday (even yesterday in the windstorm we had)

11 January 2017, 20:05 UTC

Thanks for the awesome message. I just bought OW+ and I can't wait to get it.

11 January 2017, 23:39 UTC

@tony420121 I'm glad I wasn't the only nut out there yesterday lol.. I rode out like 3 charges.. I've been out almost everyday except when snow was coming down hard/slip city on a few of the days... been the most fun I've had in a long time these past 5 months putting over 500 miles on my board.

Have you noticed a reduction in range with the cold weather? I'm 215lbs n ride @20psi and during the past summer I was getting 5-6 miles per charge easily.. right now I'm barely hitting 3miles before having to recharge.

12 January 2017, 00:01 UTC

@GlueBreath That's definitely the case. The range is about half at 32 degrees. Some guy was saying he experienced no decrease in range in the cold but I think his brain was frozen.

12 January 2017, 00:17 UTC

@dcosmos Yea that's what I chalked it up to being.. for like a day it was driving me nuts I thought I was having battery issues after only 5 months/less then 150 recharge cycles and attempted to contact FM.. then I thought about it and it makes sense.. would be way too drastic of a loss of range almost overnight.

12 January 2017, 14:54 UTC

@GlueBreath Def decrease in range, I did not ride to day because it was raining ice and was slick and dangerous even for cars. I am 174 and run at 18-19 psi perfect amount of speed and absorption