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Postby JfetZ » Wed Nov 01, 2006 4:18 am

Are goofies probably lefties because im more dominant on my right side yet im goofy. This makes it hard to power with my left foot (back foot). I just wanted to know if it deals with dominant legs or what feels most natural to you.
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Postby Brian » Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:22 am

im goofy, and im fine with 'powering' with my left foot :?
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Postby gdude335 » Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:35 am

im goofy and righty and i kick the ball with my right foot and im opposite footed on a bmx bike. (left foot forward and i spin the way right foot forward people spin, makes it harder for me or scarier)
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Postby isaluteyou » Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:19 am

im regular footed and cant kick a ball straight with my left but yet i can surf goofy no problem, go figure :lol:
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Postby drowningbitbybit » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:10 am

I'm regular but surf better backhand, but I cant kick a ball with either foot :roll:
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Postby sinistapenguin » Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:53 pm

I can kick a ball with either foot, but it's been so long since I've been surfing I can't even remember if I'm goofy or regular! :shock:
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Postby rich r » Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:19 pm

To actually answer your question - it's whatever feels most natural to you. You want your pop up to be as smooth and natural and mindless as possible.
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Postby rich r » Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:21 pm

Oh, and that being said, the leash goes on the back foot.

For some reason, some kook insisted to me that he liked having his leash on his front foot when I tried to help him out.
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Postby surferdude_scarborough » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:28 pm

left handed right footed goofy
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Postby MyanRellick » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:30 pm

I ride and skate goofy, but I am right handed. When I'm kicking a ball around I'm righty too..
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Postby isaluteyou » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:18 pm

For some reason, some kook insisted to me that he liked having his leash on his front foot when I tried to help him out.


:shock: :D :roll: :lol: leave him to it
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Postby Dec » Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:49 pm

I surf both, goofy riding lefts and regular riding rights. Saying that I do like to go backhand sometimes if its hollow.

I am a bit of an odd-bod
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Postby trails surfing » Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:11 am

when i started snow boarding i was told that regulars are righties, and goofies are lefties, but i was never comfortable riding regular so ever though i'm a righty i ride goofy. i find that in my friend it comes to a 50/50 split in goofy and regular but only a few of them are actualy lefties, so i don't think that there is any corelation between leftties/ righties and goofy/regualr.
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