Was this speed wobble?

[Chinny]

I'm starting to get the hang of cruising up n down on my board now.

Yesterday I got a bit fast, and the board went a bit weird under my feet. Basically it felt like it rocked heel toe heel toe making a small yet fairly rapid weaving motion underneath me. Not sure if this is the speed wobble that people talk about, or just a loss of balance.

I know I was losing balance at one point but can't say if this caused the weaving, or was a result of it.

 

It is a Scrub Ejector board (fairly old but hardly ever used) skate trucks.

Should I loosen or tighten the trucks? Would I need to upgrade the trucks? Or could the rubbers need replacing.

Or should I just learn to ride the flipping thing a bit better?

Any advice appreciated.

[Afro1599968737]

yes

like in the end of this vid

 

tightening them will help, but it only tends to happen when you have your weight above the board... if you are leaning back against the kite you should be fine even when going very fast

[Chrisp]

I might be wrong, but I've heard the best way to correct speed wobble (whilst kiting) is to force-steer the board (lean back) into a turn against the power of the kite. This should both correct the wobble, and slow you down a little as well...

[Chinny]

Thanks Afro, yep – that looks like what my board started to do. Fortunately without the dramatic ending.

I guess the wind picked up and pulled me forwards directly over board to initiate the wobble.

 

Chrisp Once the old sphinc started twitching, I managed to heel edge the board upwind and zenithed the kite to stop, so pretty much what you recommend.

I’ll see if I can crank up the trucks a bit.

 

Cheers guys

[Krazy Kiter]

classic descripton of speed wobble. As for what to do about it... when you get going faster, try crouching down on the board. with a lower centre of gravity its easier to balance. next, try leaning back more. This will stop you wobbling from heel to toeside and back again, also causing your board to carve upwind. Fly your kite up as you do this (but not too fast or far, otherwise you'll be getting some air time) and you'll slow down a bit. Speed wobble is not really a problem when you know how to deal with it. might take a bit of practice and some friction burns before your truely on top of the issue all part of the learning curve.

[Westwood]

yeah just put more pressure on your heels and it will be fine. the more you ride the faster you can go before you hit speed wobble. loose skate trucks can go pretty fast. if you tighten them, when they do start wobbling you will be going faster than you can handle and probably have a worse crash.

[weazel]

i found using fixed bridals it was easyer to wobble as your body is pulled over the board more, soon as i got onto de-power i leaned back alot more and didnt get the problem no where near as much

[plummet]

yes lean back luke and feel the force.......feel it! FEEEL IT!

you have the power luke. Feel the force! and then bust into a slide. no landboard wobbles when you lean back and throw it into a slide.

[bushflyer]

All great tips. Maybe just hang that booty out a little more and push the back end of the board out by extending your back leg. Don't worry about red cheeks the skin will grow back. Or wear crash pants.

[kinny]

also known as twitchy sphincter syndrome

[Carver]

different types of trucks are more likely to speed wobble than others, I up graded mine on my ejector board after a few years of use and it gave me more confidence but might be more rubbish than other people on here lol