Onewheel, operating under the name Future Motion, designs and manufactures self-balancing single-wheel electric boards from its headquarters in Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 2013 by Kyle Doerksen - an engineer who left his day job to pursue the project full-time after tinkering with motors, batteries, and control electronics in his own time - the company develops its products in the USA and assembles them there as well.
The Onewheel board is a personal electric vehicle that draws on the sensation of snowboarding, conceived as a way to bring that feeling to everyday commuting and recreation. The engineering challenge spans electric motors, battery systems, control electronics, and vehicle design. Over 300,000 riders have adopted the product globally, collectively logging 150 million miles.
The company sits at the intersection of several disciplines: personal electric mobility, boardsport product design, embedded control systems, and vehicle assembly. Its technical domains include battery systems, motor control, and consumer hardware - with the full product cycle from design to final assembly handled domestically. The Santa Cruz office, located near the ocean, reflects both the culture and the geography that shaped the product's origins.
