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BassMuk,

Keep at it !! Its excellent, and very addictive. It does take a while to get the hang of though !!

My advice for what it's worth........

Harness: Don't worry too much about this, you may even find it will hinder you whilst trying to learn. I rarely use the harness whilst on the board, as it gives you very little margin to account for gusts or the kite slowing. Out of the harness it is much easier to compensate for a gust, or to work the kite if it's tending to fold on you. If its good, steady wind, then a harness is great........

Slowing down
Use the kite as a break, or alter your position in the wind window to govern the power you are generating.
That is, when you start moving, it is hard to get going, so you have the kite low down and forward in the window, nicely powered up. Once you have started to move however, you often start to catch the kite, and this is most often when it will "ball of washing" on you. Try to steer slightly upwind to mainain tension, or work the kite in a horizontal S.
Once you get going, you can move the kite higher in the window to reduce the speed, and further downwind so you can lean against it and so not so much of the power generated is pulling you forwards.
Ultimately of course, use the kite as a break. Move it to the zenith and slightly behind you to slow down - dont do this too suddenly though or you may end up doing an unintentional pendulum style jump !!

Trucks - I'd keep 'em stiff. Less speed wobble once you get going (fatal ! ) and lets face it, you're unlikely to want to turn very suddenly as you would downhilling on a technical run. At the end of the day with a kite you can always slide-turn anyway...........

Also check out KiteATB

All sounds a bit daunting but comes naturally and makes a bit more sense with a bit of practice - Keep at it !!