At the time, riders were having trouble getting individual components from the manufacturer. A board could have plenty of life left in it and still be stuck waiting on the one part needed to fix it.

Every complete board contained components other riders needed. Buying boards and selling those components separately would give people another place to look when a repair had stalled. I had the business idea and was willing to fund it, but it needed someone who wanted to buy the boards, take them apart and serve the riders looking for parts.

I approached Dom Williams first. I thought he had the ability, but an undertaking that size wasn't the right fit for him at that point.

Later I approached Ryan. I supplied the concept and seed funding; he developed and operated Witz Wheel. He had his own very practical reason to care. In his interview with Aaron Knowles, he described a bearing problem with his daughter's board and wanting a replacement motor, and recalled talking with me about buying a complete Plus, using its motor and selling the battery and controller to other riders. That interview also credits Matt Hoover of Land-Surf with helping get the business started.

The business grew into maintenance, repairs and custom work. In the same interview, Ryan described converting an enclosed trailer into a mobile Onewheel shop, with a workbench, bearing press, tire racks, generator, lighting and air conditioning, and people sending him boards from overseas. The photographs show the trailer and its checkerboard work surface.

He also appeared on The Voice of Onewheel in October 2019 for an episode called How to Part Out Your Board. I was on that show too, sharing the Float Life Fest 3 photo and video collection; the parts work was Ryan's subject.

As I remember it, the operation ran for roughly five years before an industry slowdown led Ryan to close it and move into other business. It was a separate business from Miami Boardshop, serving riders through parts, repairs and custom work.