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hello I'm West Orica CNET's here at CES 2015 with the one-wheel is this interesting futuristic skateboard looking thing now if there's a motor in here so it accelerates automatically and speeds up and stuff as you tilt and lean so this thing has been a crowdfunding success over the last year and this is the final retail model but if you order one the big question is how easy is it to right now I haven't been on a skateboard in about 12 years and I wasn't very good at it then so I'm about as much of a newbie as you can get I'm gonna give it a go and we'll see how I fare so when I first got on this thing my instinct was to bend my legs but apparently that's not the thing to do you need to be stood up as straight as possible and actually that does feel a little easier the other observation I'd make is that we're not exactly on the smoothest terrain here but this big bouncy tire does make the ride feel quite smooth and it's very very quiet so even though all I'm basically doing is standing still and leaning I do feel like I'm getting a workout I can feel this in my feet I can feel it in my curves so I mean that might say more about my general fitness level than anything else but speaking to the guys who make this you know they describe it as a kind of fitness device it doesn't feel as lazy as it looks now something that's brand new is this app it lets you do things like see how much battery you've got left on the one wheel and you can also change out rides I've been using it on classic mode but if you're ready funding a little faster and a little more tricky there's extreme mode as well so I wouldn't describe this thing as easy to ride but I've been practicing with it for about 10 minutes and I have to say I'm starting to feel pretty comfortable in terms of just hopping on and going I was impressed it felt kind of easy and actually rather intuitive it's really cool and to be honest I kind of want one alright that's all for now I'm Luke Westray 15 it's here at CES 2015 check out cnet.com / - yes for much much more