After over 200 hours of riding the wave V2, here’s an in depth detailed review of my experience with it so far. This is also my first ever electric skateboard so take that for what it’s worth.

I’m 6’3” (190 cm) and 155lb (70kg)

Shipping was relatively quick, especially for the board specifically since they actually had it stocked in their US warehouse. My cloudwheels and spare battery took about an extra week and a half to come in, which is expected.

Range with the stock wheels and pulleys was around the 7 mile mark comfortably. The stock wheels are decent, but in my opinion on the small side considering that this is a short board. Basically, they’re fine. BUT, one of the wheels cores delaminated and separated in the first 100 miles.

Around the 2nd week of owning it, the cloudwheels came in. They have been exceptionally good, actually much better than I would have ever expected them to be. Mileage decreased to around 5-6 miles per charge with the stock 36T pulleys they provide. These instantly made the ride 100 times more comfortable, and I live in NYC, which has some really rough roads, pebbles, dirt and leaves basically everywhere. They are closer to 101-102mm though, after referencing my Apple Watch Ultra for speed while riding.

I also ordered the eboardstuff aluminum billet 44T pulleys, which can take any abec or kegel wheels, along with some madwheelz 105s. The 44T ratio definitely brought back the acceleration and braking, which was rather sluggish with large wheels and the 36T pulleys. It did not bring back any mileage loss though. Both the cloudwheels and madwheelz get around 5-6 miles only. The madwheelz are actually 105mm as well, after testing with the Apple Watch. The belt covers work with both wheels and actually have some clearance left for larger wheels, possibly up to 110mm rovers, but I’m 99% sure that you’ll get serious wheelbite.

Now, I was expecting to love the madwheelz as they’re praised even more than the cloudwheels for urban riding, but to be quite honest, at least in NYC, I find the cloudwheels to be much more “comfortable”. I guess the lack of a wide contact patch just helps shield you from feeling EVERY SINGLE thing on the road. They’re still very comfortable wheels, maybe it’s just a preference thing? Also, I had to tighten the trucks a bit for the madwheelz as you actually can possibly get wheelbite, as I have a wheelbite mark on one side after catching a speed wobble. This was only an issue with the madwheelz not the cloudwheels.

Overall, the board has been a lot of fun and I love to take it pretty much everywhere.