So you like the softer cubes?

It depends. The harder, stock yellow cubes are great for fast and straight runs with minimal carving and aside from jumping, a rider my weight can not carve to toe side with these cubes. They may be better on sand since you can slide the board more than you can on grass - but I fly on grass. I just switched to the street-firm (darkest / navy blue) and they are awesome. I was given a pair of the street-semis (royal blue) and those must be unbelieveable for carving but I'm sticking with the dark blue for now. Both the blue cubes will allow you to easily carve over to toe side and get much more aggressive with your carving all around - better for my style of riding.

If you want fast and straight go with a harder cube. If you want carvey and loose go softer. If you ride grass or sand, that may also determine if you want a stiffer cube. Stiff cubes on grass absorb the rough terrain with minimal impact on steering but softer cubes can get bumped around and possibly create some wobble.

I'm very pleased with the softer cubes (I weigh 145#)

I am referring to the 2005 cubes. My dark blues are now the purple cube in the new lineup (#3) and my yellow is still yellow in the new lineup too (#4 in the new lineup)

I went to a local landboard dealer and rode a couple of them. My favorite was one I am pretty sure it was called an Atom is this a good board.

patrol or conflict 106. by far the best boards for the money!

the new cubes are a little harder, I'm 200lbs and ride the 4's. I can land huge jumps heavy heal or toeside with no overstear or wobble. No slop in the trucks either.

Who makes those boards

Ground Industries.

http://www.groundindustries.com

take a look

Those are some pretty sweet boards, Thanks.

good luck buddy, hope to see you riding with us in seaside, or.

Yea thanks for the advise:D

Does anyone know if trucks using shocks (as opposed to bushings) can still develop speed wobble?

I recently purchased a used MBS Ambush that's equipped with normal trucks (typical skate truck, not Randalls), and did experience some speed wobble while cruising down the beach. No one I know has a shock-equipped MTB for me to try out :/

yep, speed wobbles happen when you have 'slop' in the trucks. tighten those truck up, that might help.