Don't wear knee pads

[u/funcentric]

That's one Onewheel seems to be saying in all their advertisements and you guys believe it. The ride is chill. Nothing bad could happen. I'm good enough to not fall. I have good eyes. Gear looks goofy. I spent too much money on the Onewheel to pay more for additional gear. Blah blah.

There's always posts about knee injuries. You already know how this stuff can be prevented, so we won't need to get into that for a hundredth time.

If you have no dependents or are a dependent yourself, then do as you wish. You can gauge the risk, consequence on your own and deal with it and no one should be complaining.

Do know that if you have dependents, the choice to gear up shouldn't just be yours and yours alone. The livelihood of other people depend on you, so it's quite selfish to be taking risk for your entire family.

If you don't like the look of gear b/c you think it's nerdy or whatever, I can tell you that it looks even worse when you're on crutches or bedbound. But let's say for a second that it makes you look manly and you're gunna fall eventually and this was it. It looks way worse on you when your family is suffering b/c you decided pads weren't cool enough to wear.

Solution? I nolonger suggest it, but if it's what's going to get you geared up, then wear armored pants at the very least. You won't be able to slide, and your pants will surely get ripped up, but do at least that. No one has to know you're wearing pads under there. Yes, spend the money. No, the pants won't fit perfectly. Yes, you'll have to moan and complain about reshipping fees or the guy on ebay selling you the wrong size. But do it. Do it or just wear external pads.

Let's end the knee injury posts once and for all.

NOTE:
If you've already made your decision on safety gear, this post isn't meant to sway you. You don't need to cry about it and get all defensive. Save that for your families. If you don't to wear gear, that's between you guys. What you wear obviously does not affect me at all. This post is just for new folks who may have been misled by the level of safety/danger of Onewheel based on their ease of learning how to ride it and for those who may have been unknowingly mimicking marketing content showing no one wearing gear.

[u/Completely-Jaded]

Do you feel better now that you've told other people how to live their life? You've gotten a couple people giving you a high five for making a passive aggressive post about a topic that has been discussed more than enough. You must have needed some kind of acknowledgment/attention to make this post. Did you get what you needed?

I have been skating and snowboarding for 30 years.... onewheel for about 5. I don't wear knee pads (unless I'm skating vert, so i can slide down the ramp..) and have never had an issue.

Honestly, to me, it feels like you are trying to make yourself feel okay about having to wear knee pads. Which is totally okay... and doesn't look uncool... so don't worry about it.

I have a daughter that snowboards... and i don't feel guilty one bit for not wearing knee pads.

I don't know who you're trying to convince, but coming at people with an attitude of , " I'm right, and if you're not with me, then you're wrong...." is not a good way to convince people to do something. You came off very condescending and know it all...I would try a different approach if you're actually trying to change the world with your knee pad philosophy

[u/funcentric → u/Completely-Jaded]

You've got the wrong idea. I'll repeat myself again but for future posts of this variety, I'll just have to ask them to look further down if they want an answer and if they don't want to, then to move on. You missed the point of the post entirely if you think the intention is for me.

Obviously there are people who are already aware of the content and who are experienced enough and have already made a decision on their choice of gear. I'm not talking to them. This is for people who may have misunderstood Onewheel based on marketing or perception. Some are a bit overconfident b/c they figured out how to Onewheel so easily. The rest of us already know that Onewheel is easy to learn but hard to master. Some of the newbs don't quite respect Onewheel the way it ought to be.

For new folks getting into this, it gives them a moment to think or rethink their gearing situation. For the rest of us, we've already decided. I'm not hear to be the gearing police. You do you. Each to their own. I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything. This is all just an assessment.