So fucking glad you had a onewheel and gave esk8 a shot Dallas. Most onewheels dont even touch esk8! Great story bro!
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I never imagined that I would end up (for now) with esk8s, when you all you have is a onewheel, you see things through the lens of a onewheel, riding on golf courses or trails is so fun on a onewheel that its hard to imagine not being able to do, the whole "the world is your playground’ thing that they market feels really true when riding one. But I got forced out of onewheels and I cant imagine going back, you just shift the lens you look through when you change boards, now I just go really fast instead of riding on trails
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I’ll say the charisma of the onewheel is tough to beat. But then after riding it I think you’re really left wanting more. Especially if you grew up skating. I love eskate. I’d own a pint again for mailbox runs and playing around but that’s about it.
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They’ve got some pros but too many cons for me. And imo the carve is so much better on an eskate. I get on a eskate and it’s a instant callback to regular skating where as onewheel is just… different. I feel like onewheels turn amazingly well but don’t really carve well at all. They pivot on that center point but to get the roll axis to actually dip over the tires edge is really difficult, even with a rounded tire.
Offroad though, yeah on a float smooth trail they’re stupid fun. I’m just a street dog that wants to carve smooth pavement all day.
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Reorganized the cabinet last night. Got all my boards in!
From the top down
First and second gen BKB Duo decks
Andy Anderson push board
Skateshred short board build in progress (needs a battery)
Acedeck Stella S1
FLUX AT
Acedeck NYX Z1
Acedeck Ares X1
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With the stock tire I understand that. It gives a very “dead” feeling when carving.
Have you tried an aftermarket tire? It feels much more lively. Still different than an esk8 or analog board, but definitely an improvement over the stock tire.
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Yeah. The stock pint was pretty lively. The XR I had a whisper on. Much better.
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Newest build (VENOM) is getting there…
Working on a quick disconnect connector panel to allow easier dropping of the enclosure. Once that’s done it’s off to my battery builder friend to make me a 16S pack.
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The 3 Link build is looking awesome dude.
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Thanks brother. It’s been incredibly fun doing all the research/planning to get to this point. Few more weeks and she’ll be alive!
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Upgrade to the Starflux today.
Removed the two part wedge I had in the rear and replaced with a single, nylon printed wedge.
Replaced thin anti sink plate I had with a new Davega one.
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This weekend, 5 weeks after a broken big toe I’m back on the boards. Did a 10 mile ride yesterday to get back into it. Felt so good to be riding again.
Today I filmed a acceleration comparison between a few boards. I’ll have it up soon on the channel.
Acedeck X1, Z1 and my Starflux modified Flux AT2
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Congrats 
on being back. So, which one performed best?
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Thanks!
I need to watch back the footage. I still think the 4WD probably has it off the line. But the new NYX feels close.
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The x bracket is a sutil but nice improvement…
Welcome back to riding dude.
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Well the acceleration test ended with some surprising results. The NYX was faster off the line than the 4WD X1. They’re pretty close to one another but looking at multiple takes of this it pretty much always beat the X1.
No doubt the NYX Z1 is a FAST board.
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Good to read your story, what a time to go traveling. Sounds like you guys made the best of it.
That fibregalss enclosure is quite a first effort, scary stuff!
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Yeah, Not going to do fiberglass again haha.
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And now I finally get to unveil my latest build, VENOM
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I haven’t been loving that my wheels on VENOM are connected using a bolt to coupling nut to bolt, relying on loctite for it all to keep it together.
So I rebuilt them last night using a longer m4 bolt that passes through a washer, then coupling but and ends with a flanged nylon lock nut. This give me a little better trust in the wheels that they have half the amount of failure points basically.
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