Can't figure out if I should snowboard goofy or regular

[Jfur]

Proud goofyfoot here!

 

[duragezic]

<< What the hell is it called when a regular footed person [or vice-versa for goofy]
pushes off with their left foot [front foot], then twist their body into the riding stance? >>


I think it's called mongo-footed. Yah I think it looks weird and I can't do it at all. I see some pros do it like that but just about all the little kids I see skating do it that way. Or I swear anyone whos started within the last year rides like that. All of my friends that I skate with have been going for a while longer and we all push normally but people I know who just started all ride the other way. It's an I don't know.

I didn't think leg strength mattered much. I doubt one leg would be THAT much stronger than the other, and it's not like it's hard. I mean it's kinda hard to learn to carve but not because your leg is too weak.

 

[trenchfoot]

my .02 on this. when i started wave surfing in the early 1960's, a guy that was called a "regular-footer" surfed facing the wave with left foot forward, with his/her right side trailing leg doing most of the maneuvering work, generally travelling "right" toward the shoulder of the wave (as seen from behind the wave). there are distinct advantages being oriented that way when surfing in that direction. if the surfboard did'nt have a "skeg" (fin), then the right foot would be slid into the wave to create drag, thus turning the surfboard. a "goofyfooter" would favor a "left-breaking" wave where the wave would break and peel off toward the left (as seen from behind the wave). he would have his/her right foot forward facing the wave. a "switch-footer" surfed comfortably with either foot forward. going "backsiding" meant a regular footer would surf a left-breaking wave with his back to the face of the wave, vice-versa "goofy-footer".

when skateboards first appeared (for us) in the early 60's, it was natural for us to transfer the foot assignment callouts that we used in surfing. we'd only go skateboarding if the surf was flat. btw, those first skatebords had metal wheels yanked off of street rollerskates, screwed to a piece of 1/2" plywood roughly shaped like the surfboards we rode. try skating on asphalt with those suckers.