Finally bought a Onewheel XR classic, I would have gotten one long ago but was was afraid of not being able to ride it. The closest thing to a board sport I have done is a paddle board. I guess my first actual first ride was with a local distributor, he held my hands and got me around the service counter. My first impression was this will never happen for me and left. I live in Naples Florida so these are not uncommon but somewhat rare, every time I saw one I felt I have to do this, Im only getting older. So when the XR classic came out "easiest to ride" I just felt I had to do It no matter the cost, broken bone cost that is. One other thing is I have almost zero athletic ability but do enjoy playing pickleball, paddle board and hiking. I suck at the first two but still enjoy them. So I bought one at the local dealer (Cap City USA, FT. Myers). I took to to a boardwalk with rails to learn and to make this already long story short I was riding the one wheel without using the rails in about 20 min. I was absolutely elated when I was able to ride this thin without holding on to something or someone. I ended up putting 2 miles on during my first ride and almost fell once during a wobble episode.
I write this because if I would have seen a post like this I would have bought one earlier.
Love my Onewheel!
Mark