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But then you get speed wobbles... https://imgur.com/auUscXX https://imgur.com/auUscXX

radium3d 9y ago
When longboarding downhill at high speed you need to put most of your weight on the nose of your board. This will prevent speed wobble completely (may depend on your board.) Source: bombing hills myself
- mcshicks 9y ago
  Yeah I think if you are a downhill skater (I'm not) then maybe you it's not a problem, but seriously if you are not a good skater I really would not recommend going any faster than you can run on one of those things (or even a regular skateboard for that matter), pads or no pads. Source: skating parks for over 30 years (and still suck).
hug 9y ago
What you're talking about is yaw inertia, and as another comment points out it's solved by moving the weight to the front wheels. See an explanation here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_handling#Yaw_and_pitch_angular_inertia_(polar_moment) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_handling#Yaw_and_pi... And a 30 second visualistion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jk9H5AB4lM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jk9H5AB4lM
- rhizome 9y ago
  Would that I had that knowledge 30 years ago!
rollcat 9y ago
Easy, lots of things you can do to prevent that. On the hardware side, tighten your trucks a bit (not too much as it will damage the bushings over time), use harder bushings (cheap), use a lower-angle baseplate for the rear truck (a bit more investment). As hug mentioned, shifting weight helps. Also as you begin to catch wobbles, you can relax your stance a little bit to counteract them - but that takes practice. Finally, you simply control your speed - usually by sliding, but I can imagine on an e-board slides will be very cumbersome. Of course if you know all of this, you probably already have realized that e-boards are barely good for anything but cruising from point A to B, and there's infinitely more breadth and depth to this sport than just that. Source: I'm a roll cat ;)

When longboarding downhill at high speed you need to put most of your weight on the nose of your board. This will prevent speed wobble completely (may depend on your board.) Source: bombing hills myself

mcshicks 9y ago
Yeah I think if you are a downhill skater (I'm not) then maybe you it's not a problem, but seriously if you are not a good skater I really would not recommend going any faster than you can run on one of those things (or even a regular skateboard for that matter), pads or no pads. Source: skating parks for over 30 years (and still suck).

hug 9y ago

What you're talking about is yaw inertia, and as another comment points out it's solved by moving the weight to the front wheels. See an explanation here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_handling#Yaw_and_pitch_angular_inertia_(polar_moment) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_handling#Yaw_and_pi... And a 30 second visualistion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jk9H5AB4lM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jk9H5AB4lM

rhizome 9y ago
Would that I had that knowledge 30 years ago!

rollcat 9y ago

Easy, lots of things you can do to prevent that. On the hardware side, tighten your trucks a bit (not too much as it will damage the bushings over time), use harder bushings (cheap), use a lower-angle baseplate for the rear truck (a bit more investment). As hug mentioned, shifting weight helps. Also as you begin to catch wobbles, you can relax your stance a little bit to counteract them - but that takes practice. Finally, you simply control your speed - usually by sliding, but I can imagine on an e-board slides will be very cumbersome. Of course if you know all of this, you probably already have realized that e-boards are barely good for anything but cruising from point A to B, and there's infinitely more breadth and depth to this sport than just that. Source: I'm a roll cat ;)