tips to combat speed wobbles
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by ben halls on -
i find i lot of people get wobbles when they get tired so try and get used to your tuck and try to maintain it for longer with out your legs getting tired and a little shakey
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Phil Bartlett on -
I loved it bernie! my favorite book, from back when I used to read a bit.
bernie said:Apologies to Douglas Adams
There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to curing the wobbles. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at a steep hill and miss. Pick a nice day, [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy] suggests, and try it.
The first part is easy. All it requires is simply the ability to throw yourself forward with all your weight, and the willingness not to mind that it's going to hurt. That is, it's going to hurt if you fail to miss stopping the wobbles.
Clearly, it is the second part, the wobbles, which presents the difficulties.
One problem is that you have to stop the wobbles accidentally. It's no good deliberately intending to stop the wobbles because you won't. You have to have your attention suddenly distracted by something else when you're halfway there, so that you are no longer thinking about wobbling, or about the ground, or about how much it's going to hurt if you fail to stop wobbling.
It is notoriously difficult to prize your attention away from these three things during the split second you have at your disposal. Hence most people's failure, and their eventual disillusionment with this exhilarating and spectacular sport.
If, however, you are lucky enough to have your attention momentarily distracted at the crucial moment by, say, a gorgeous pair of legs or a bomb going off in your vicinty, or by suddenly spotting an extremely rare species of beetle crawling along a nearby twig, then in your astonishment you will stop the wobbles completely and remain skating along in what might seem to be a slightly foolish manner.
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ASRA AdminPermalink Reply by bernie on -
Phil,
The funny thing is it actually works!
Snap....special thanks to Heelside Mag for providing a first class anti wobble distraction on its latest cover!
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Permalink Reply by Ned on
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I agree with muscle tone and general skating related fitness, also understand your weight manipulation over your board and don't do anything sudden when going at new speeds..I always teach my mates to drop their knees/weight during wobbles, as if you were getting ready to go down a ramp and ofcourse commit to your bomb without ever questioning your confidence & ability to remain on the board.
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Permalink Reply by Mike River on
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Speed wobbles definatley exist. make friends with them, allow them to be there. Its fine if you wobble, it doesnt matter. Pay attention to the wobble and you will probably eat it. If you can bomb hills and get wobbles and not give a shit- they just go away. Thats my experience anyway.
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Kelly Carter on -
Wobble are in your head, if you think you're going to wobble you will
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Benbro on -
we need to take you to a hundred klm/h hill kelly,and half the groms here,and tell us there in your head,a little bump in the road is enough to initiate the tiniest wob and if you cant stomp it out in a split second youve slid a hundred mtrs down the road on your guts before you knew wat happened....
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Permalink Reply by Gino Soliman on
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chillax and carve it out mate! you being scared and worried causes those wobbles, face it up front with bravery and confidence and you'll find you'll have less wobbles. try and airbrake (turn your body towards the direction you are going and pull out your hands like you are jesus and that should slow you down by at least 20km/h then start carving!
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Permalink Reply by Alexander on
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Just stay as near to the front of your board as you feel comfortable with.
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Permalink Reply by Chidi Anyanwu on
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what board is that in the picture?
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jake Elliott on -
Not a pro by any means, mature grom, (ex shortboarder from a long time ago), I am new to longboarding and have been fighting speed wobbles since my introduction around 4-5 weeks ago. I started with a pretty stiff bushing setup and was having real problems with the rear of the board whipping about until I learned to place my weight forward onto my lead foot and having my foot placement for both feet right.
I then found I was then encountering speed wobbles quite frequently in the front of the board, played around with a softer bushing setup and the wobbles were 70% cured for me, it seemed as though because my ankles and legs aren't strong enough yet that I was trying to "fight" the board, less rebound/return to centre from the bushings meant I wasn't fighting so much. The speed wobbles I do get now I don't concentrate on trying to control or recover from, I just loosen up and let try not to counter the wobbles as it seems to make it worse, cut some slow curves and everything settles down eventually.
From what I have seen and encountered myself is that if you fight the wobbles they will win, there are alot of other factors involved which I am probably yet to learn, I am not doing anything over 40kph frequently yet and am just setting myself some gradual increases in goals as my ability improves
The BEST advice I can give is to skate with experienced people and look and learn, take advice, ask lots of questions and DON'T tackle anything that is above your ability until you feel you are ready
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