The maker of Onewheel resisted recalls for almost a year.

Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths::Future Motion, along with the CPSC, is recalling 300,000 Onewheel self-balancing skateboards. Four crash deaths were reported, and the company resisted recall last year.

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    At the time, the company issued a press release in objection to the CPSC and called the agency’s statements “unjustified and alarmist.”

    Now Future Motion is moving forward with a voluntary recall it chose not to do almost a year earlier.

    “This update is the culmination of months of work with the CPSC,” reads the company’s recall website.

    For early adopters, however, owners can receive a “pro-rated credit of $100 to the purchase of a new board,” according to Mudd.

    Alongside Future Motion’s blink on the decision to recall Onewheel, the company shared a new video on YouTube highlighting the new Haptic Buzz feature as well as best practices when riding.

    “We’ve been working closely with the CPSC for over a year in order to develop this new safety feature,” Mudd says in the video.

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