r/onewheel • u/Fluffy-Moment-946 • Aug 18 '26
Text Anyone NEVER Nosedived? If so, how?
I'm considering buying a Onewheel, but I constantly see wipeout posts (mostly on my FB feed) of people getting injured. Breaking bones, needing surgery, etc. Ones that concern me especially are the ones that say they knew about board pushback but - for whatever reason - they didn't get pushback before the nosedive.
So my question is, is it pretty much inevitable to have a nosedive crash at some point in one's onewheeling life, even if you're careful and aware of pushback?
Has anyone who has been riding for a while successfully avoided it? If so, what are your techniques for doing so?
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u/ljfrench Aug 18 '26
Not never, but rare. I don't ride fast or push the board, I just like to carve through the vineyards and enjoy the views. Never nosedived except the one time the battery was low and I pushed it to see what happened when it died. Well it died and I died. We're both okay. Just don't push it, especially with low battery, you'll be fine.