@Glyph

Perfect solution, thank you!

@Glyph

Oh, shit, I thought those were NAILS - that you went all MadMax!

lol.

God my eyes are so bad now, zips are a great idea, thank you for solving a huge problem!

:o)

@Glyph

LOL!

It looks badass, but it'd backfire on me for sure!

@stinkyface

The last photo of the pad is cut to size and shoved into the shoulder support wrap. It's not a perfect solution at this point, but it works as long as you keep the pad positioned correctly.

@blkwalnutgrwr

Way ahead of you there, Champ.

I'm going to get one of these for my hips:

https://www.amazon.com/BIMEI-Sponge-Padded-Enhancer-Crossdresser/dp/B07TCWCPNL/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=hip+pads&qid=1594142115&sr=8-2

;o)

@Franko

The wife said to me, 'Maybe this isn't something you should be doing.' I said,'I'm calling a divorce lawyer.'.

Beautiful sunny day, doing 18-20 mph with 700 miles on the board - went airborne, busted lip, swollen hit side of face, road rash on hip . . . it was fucking great.

My last thought as I watched the pavement approach was, 'I regret nothing.'.

My board charge was below 40%. I was getting surge, so I knew I was over driving it, but decided to keep pushing.

I could feel my mini fangs roll when the nose dropped-out, but still got launched before I could try for a save or get a foot down, so I'm not sure how it grabbed.

The fangs have saved me many times in the past at lower speeds, so no complaints there.

I had on a full face mountain bike helmet, inexpensive motorcycle elbow/forearm knee/shinguards, wrist guards, and a deltoid pad on my leading shoulder.

Everything got ground-up on the pavement, so it looks cool now, not shiny and new.

I got right up and kept riding. To be honest, it hurt worse in the past wiping out on a grass softball field with no pads like when I first started-out.

At 54, being geeked-out with pads worked, and I can't wait to get back out today.

@Telomere

Your post is absolutely EXCELLENT, thank you - the math provides the reality provided the numbers aren't cooked or skewed by politicians in bed with the media.

You must know the real threat in order to fix the problem, and that reality isn't coming from the media.

While as a former firefighter/paramedic I appreciate Katie's post in the abstract, in reality OW riders need to 'buckle-up' everyday for themselves.

There are a lot of great reasons to NOT end-up in the emergency room - the latest sexy cold virus (i.e. Corona) is one, protecting your own ass from injury in the hands of medical professionals is another, and keeping our community healthy and 'unregulated' is yet another.

My post wasn't a slam at the medical community either, but having been a member of that community, I know nurses/doctors/first-responders are human, and bad shit happens more than you'd think.

@a_onekatie

Sorry for my ignorance, but who's WFS?

2018 stats show the death toll in America from the common flu alone was ~80,000.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/26/health/flu-deaths-2017--2018-cdc-bn/index.html

2018 stats in America for highway fatalities are ~36,000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year

That's 116,000 just in America every single year.

Gosh, my maff ain't so gud, but that's like a millun+ peeps duh pass 10 yeers!

For fun, let's throw-in anywhere between 250,000 - 400,000 deaths per year in America from medical mistakes.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/22/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-america.html

That's A LOT O' DEAD PEEPS . . . every single year for the past decades and for future decades.

Hey OneWheel folks, it looks like the biggest threat to your life is a medical mistake - so stay safe, and stay the hell away from doctors and out of the hospital - don't become a statistic.