How does leaning on a skateboard while moving cause you to turn?

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Also, is this the same as leaning on a bicycle or motorcycle to turn?

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The front wheels are connected to the skateboard [at an angle](https://www.skatewarehouse.com/anatomy.html) that makes them “steer” when you turn.

It’s the same principle to bicycle and motorcycle front wheel being held by a [fork](https://bike.bikegremlin.com/545/bicycle-fork/) that’s not vertical / straight down, but at a slight angle, so that when you lean the cycle the angle of contact between the front wheel and the ground pushes the wheel to “steer”.

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