I raced ski team in high school and have done a lot of risk sports stuff. But I had seen enough videos and read enough stories before I bought the board. So I was padded up at knees, elbows and helmet when it happened.
I still took a major blow to the shoulder that I had to get X-rays for and sustained surface injuries that still bears scars. I also have an ankle injury from a run-off save prior from a nose dive prior to that fall.
I decided then that I was selling the board because I had too much important stuff that summer to look forward to, and that I was not likely to get to enjoy it if I kept using that product.
Like others in this thread, I contacted the company about the nosedive, explaining my injury and concern that the product could not be ridden safely. I asked if they would please consider taking the product back.
They ignored my injury, and information provided about the fall. Instead they made a point it highlight the high resale value of the product and that I should do that.
The company has a class action suit in some status of pending. I have read more than enough about this company’s behavior since to be watching and waiting for what seems inevitable. I am expecting my own exchange may make it into discovery.
A full year after the CSPC told them they had problems YEARS after their customers had been telling them they had problems.
Feels like they had to do something, so they essentially did nothing enough to call it something.
> For early adopters, however, owners can receive a “pro-rated credit of $100 to the purchase of a new board,” according to Mudd. The credit will only be issued after owners confirm that they have disposed of the old model.
I’m guessing the difference is that you dont have to sign a waiver for onewheel riding?
If a chute doesn't open because of a manufacturing defect, that creates liability for the manufacturer, too.
AFAIK there are no such standards (mandatory or voluntary) applied to Onewheel’s devices.
They could have voluntarily applied hardware and software standards from other safety fields (e.g. automotive engineering), but they apparently chose not to.
As the peer commenter said: move fast and break bones.