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A week in... surfing on land.

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A week of riding has gone by, lessons learnt? This thing leaves the Onewheel in its wake. In a strange way I feel so annoyed having invested so much time, money and energy into the Onewheel. But, on the other hand the old Evolve boards had a few niggly things wrong with them that are now sorted so maybe it is a good thing.  From a skating/surfing background the Evolve is so much more natural a feeling. I thought I would hate the remote, but now don't really notice it.  Know one shouts, "Did you make it?" as I am riding lol.  So what did I mean by the Evolve being so much better, when in theory I thought it would be lagging behind the OW in most ways? Smoothness - with the AT tyres on the GTR it is smoother over rough terrain than the one big wheel. This came as a shock and was counter to what I thought. I suppose it is because the four wheels have a smoothing effect. Sure it can not take as big a obstacles as the OW (think roots and curbs here) but the thin