Beginners and Professionals alike experience the madness of speed wobble, on standard skate trucks this generally kicks in at about 20-25mph, on channel truck boards with elastomers in it is usually ok until about 30mph, plain and simply, Speed Wobble is when the board "goes mad" and begins to steer up and downwind uncontrollably, this passage should hopefully help you combat it and prevent it from happening.

There are a few main ways to slow down or stop speed wobble:

• By Making trucks tighter (as described in setup tips) or buying better, stiffer trucks helps increase the speed at which you can travel without experiencing speed wobble.
• By leaning back, this helps by reducing the weight on the board while traveling, this only works properly when powered up and leaning back the board should have a slightly floaty feel to it when doing this, the less weight over the board, the less speed wobble.
• By Relaxing while riding also helps, don't ask me why, I don't really know, its just what I've personally found, if I'm more relaxed, my centre of gravity is lower.

Speed Wobble can never be totally eliminated but the steps outlined above definitely help to increase the speed at which it kicks in, look out in the future though as there are a number of new truck designs which are said to completely reduce speed wobble.

More Specific Instructions:
Channel Trucks
Skate Trucks

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