Definition of Fakie

[surf patrol]

Someone has questioned the definition of riding fakie on the Surfing Terms page.

Riding fakie, I’m pretty sure, is now considered riding with the opposite foot forward than how you normally ride. You have it in your definition as riding the board backwards with the tail first, I’m pretty sure that wrong. At least in the US it is.

I was under the impression that fakie is riding backwards and switch is riding opposite foot forward, both coming originally for skateboarding.

Is this the case?

[ANZAC]

Is this in the right place SP??

To answer your question about riding fakie and switch being different. Yes. Your correct.
A lot of guys are riding fakie briefly after tail sliding thier cutbacks and recovering from airs... Switch is switch, as it always has been.
I saw Tom Curren riding switch at Queenscliff Beach once. Did the whole surf switch and was cranking solid bottom turns, roundhouses and barrels.
Incredible stuff.

[surf patrol]

Is this in the right place SP??

(Soz, it's now moved.)

So as I thought then. The email did mention that he was in the US, is it different in the US of A perhaps? (or was the emailer just plain mistaken?)

[kitesurfer]

Is this in the right place SP??

(Soz, it's now moved.)

So as I thought then. The email did mention that he was in the US, is it different in the US of A perhaps? (or was the emailer just plain mistaken?)

That would explain everything then! One day perhaps even metric will get used in the US!

KS