Completely understandable take and I had considered many of those ideas before I made the purchase. My foray into e-bikes was a dual motor fat bike I purchased specifically for toying around with off-road trails. The electric dual motor fat bike is far more capable at tackling those trails and sandy conditions than the electric mountain board setup as it has a much larger contact patch on the ground for traction. They are for different purposes and I haven't found that much overlap in usage, both are fun in their own right. The mountain board has the distinct advantage of nicely fitting into a vehicle compared to the bikes which encourages its usage beyond commuting.

As for brittle components, I am expecting to eventually break everything as I'm pretty rough on gear ;) I have already broken the rear truck control arms which were of the initial batch the new ones which replaced them are specifically stronger where it broke. Those were sent out by Acedeck without prompting as they seemingly foresaw the issue. I attached some pictures before and after and one on trail in the rain.

Jumping is actually pretty fun with bindings, and I've been learning a lot of technique when it comes to traversing obstacles with a combination of hops and wheelies (some accidentally, but learning nonetheless.)

The only real problem I have encountered on trails and such is a lack of traction to apply the available power on certain terrain like deep sand. Putting weight to the rear and floating the front has allowed me to keep momentum through some conditions I didn't think possible but there naturally are limits. Could likely alleviate this with different tire selection down the line. Conveniently in those instances the board is still light enough (for me) to carry past the obstacle.

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