It doesn't really matter what the reasons are that they removed the feature that lets you turn off the momentum, the bottom line is that I absolutely refuse to buy a board where I have to drive with momentum all the time. If I can't turn the momentum off, I will not buy that board, and I know there are a lot of other guys out there that are just like me. To me, this means that the manufacturers of these boards are missing out on a lot of sales.