Mike Wong did not come to Westworld Nationals as a racer. He came as a sponsor. He had been riding for two years, spent most of that time alone on the roads around Goodyear, and had never competed in anything. He signed up for the novice class the same week he signed HyperDonkey.com on as a USA EUC season sponsor. One thing led to another. He figured he might as well check racing off the bucket list.
He won.
"I have no idea what I'm doing. But I'm excited."
From Skydiving to the Dirt Oval
Mike is from Goodyear, Arizona and has spent most of his adult life chasing experiences that put him right on the edge. In his 30s, that meant skydiving. He jumped until he got hurt. The adrenaline stuck around long after the sport did not, and for years he was looking for something to replace that feeling ... standing at the door of a plane, knowing that what comes next is either going to be amazing or it is going to change your life.
He found electric unicycles about two years ago. He started on a V12 Pro and rode it until it was worn out. Rather than chase the next model and the one after that, he made a decision: if he was going to keep doing this at the speeds he wanted to ride, he was going to do it right. He bit the bullet and purchased an Inmotion P6. He was not planning to race. He was planning to ride.
"I've chased adrenaline and risk occasionally throughout my life. And finally I came across electric unicycle races. It's one of those things where it's an experience that is close to skydiving and standing at that door, as I think you can get without your feet leaving the ground."
The Race He Did Not Plan to Enter
When HyperDonkey.com signed on as a USA EUC season sponsor, Mike was already at Arizona Bike Week representing the company. He watched the demo. He watched the crowd stop and stare at riders on machines most of them had never seen before. He saw what Amped Electric Games was building with USA EUC which is sanctioned competition, community, a legitimate sport. And he believed in it.
Then Seth Johnson of Amped Electric Games asked if he wanted to race. Though he hadn't planned to, he signed up for Mens Novice that same day. It would be his first race. He had no idea how the format worked, no race experience to draw on, and admitted freely that he was still figuring out how to go around a dirt oval without falling in front of a crowd. He went out on his Inmotion P6, racing seated, his preferred style at speed and posted a 16.200-second lap with zero penalty points. Clean run. No one else in the division matched it.
Second place Todd Bohacik finished at 16.420. Third place Scott Chew came in at 17.470. Mike did not know he had won until the results were posted.
"There's a lot of going around in circles and trying not to fall down in front of a bunch of people. It might look professional. It might look amazing. But I'm still out there trying to figure it out."
Seated and Fast
Mike races, and rides - seated. It is not a gimmick or a workaround. It is a deliberate choice based on how he processes speed and stability.
Mike Wong racing seated on the Inmotion P6 in the West World Nationals at Arizona Bike Week.
At the pace he likes to ride, being seated keeps him lower to the ground, more connected to the machine, and -- by his own logic -- closer to the dirt if something goes wrong. He learned to ride standing and still can. But somewhere along the way he figured out that seated riding at high speed felt right in a way that standing did not.
He went into the Westworld race planning to race that way, on a dirt oval track, in front of a crowd, for the first time in his life.
Building the Community He Wanted
Living in Goodyear, Mike spent two years riding mostly alone. There are not many EUC riders in the western suburbs of Phoenix, and without events or organized groups nearby, the community that exists around the sport was largely invisible to him.
Arizona Bike Week changed that. It was the first time he had seen that many EUC riders in one place. He watched people stop at the USA EUC booth, ask questions, try the machines, look at these riders and start to understand what they were seeing.
He has opinions about how that image should look. He wants the public to see electric unicycles as something worth respecting -- not as the machines that end up on freeway videos. He believes the way the community presents itself now will matter when legislation starts paying attention.
"I'm really trying to get out there and present a positive image of the EUCs so that if for some reason legislation comes along, they'll have a good image of us."
His instinct is that organized racing, a real sport with real structure is one of the most effective ways to do that. It is part of why he sponsors USA EUC. It is part of why he raced.
HyperDonkey.com: 20 Years in Business, Year One in Racing
Mike has been running HyperDonkey.com for 20 years. The sponsorship of USA EUC for the 2026 season is the company's first foray into racing support, and for Mike it is a personal investment as much as a business one.
He believes in what USA EUC is doing. He believes events like Westworld Nationals, where EUC racing happens in front of a new audience of people at Arizona Bike Week. He believes this will move the sport forward in ways that no amount of online content can replicate. He signed on to support that. Then he went and raced in it.
Mike Wong and Archer Chew lining up for the finals at the West World Nationals at Arizona Bike Week.
What It Feels Like
The closest thing Mike can compare riding to is standing at the door of a plane at altitude. The decision is already made. The only question is whether it goes the way you planned or whether it changes your life.
He has experienced both. He has had accidents in high-risk sports. He carries that with him. And he still thinks everyone should try this.
"Once you get on there and you experience what feeling like riding one of these things is like, it's good for your mental health. It can help address problems you didn't know you had and it forces you to focus. It forces you to concentrate on what you're doing in the moment and allows you to let go of all the other stress that you've dealt with during the day."
He calls it his own personal roller coaster. You can get as much adrenaline as you want, any time you want.
Mike Wong competes in the Mens Novice division. HyperDonkey.com is the Official IT Provider of the 2026 USA EUC National Championship Circuit.
Additional USA EUC Links
Race Coverage
Westworld Nationals at Arizona Bike Week -- Event Recap -- the race where Mike took his first win
The Circuit
2026 USA EUC National Championship Circuit -- full schedule, standings, and event details
USA EUC National Championship Standings -- where the season sits after Westworld Nationals
Sponsorship
HyperDonkey.com -- Mike's company and the Official IT Provider of USA EUC 2026
More Rider Profiles
Zac Darnell -- EUC Racer Profile -- the national circuit leader and rider everyone is chasing
Joshua Fagerness -- Let It Ride 5 Winner -- the underdog who drove through the night and won
