Got to chatting with Felix P. a while back while waiting on the wind, never knew that he was a goofy foot surfer. Reo Stevens is a goofy as well, I had known that for a while and it always tripped me out. I know both of those guys windsurfed, so the normal thing was to ride switch on the wave like when us regular footers go to Diamond Head from the North Shore...anyway, it just blows my mind watching those guys rip apart Mokule'ia and Backyards with perfect surf form, all on their "weak" side. Seriously think about it the next time you see footage of those guys, it's pretty incredible. I just thought that was really impressive and wanted to share, I'll stop stroking those guys off now...

get a chat room.

goofys rule

My 6 year old is surfing goofy and skateboarding regular. He snowboards mostly goofy but rides both ways and rides the t-bar regular. Im thinking its a good thing that he's learning at a young age to switch it up and have both feel natural. Personally i ride regular and love cracking my backhand on the waves but like to ride switch unhooked and unstrapped for a challenge and to mix it up. Fun to ride backhand and forehand on same wave or alternate waves.

JKimbler said..
I always trip out on my few friends who would skate one way and snowboard the other, I can't wrap my head around it but it must be good for progression. I also always see videos of places around the world and think, man that place would be sick if it were the opposite tack.

It's actually not that weird I think.

When i learnt to snowboard I could only ride down the mountain switch properly on my first attempt. I believe this is due to the regular back foot being used to bear most of the weight when riding on a skateboard (or most other boardsports).
When Snowboarding a lot more weight is needed over the front of the board, so naturally riding switch feels easier as this is actually how most people ride switch (or fakie) i.e. standing more over the nose than they would do in their natural stance.

p.s. I could also foil better on my switch to begin with as well (same thing I guess).

Peahi, my switch side is my strong jumping side too, even when I only windsurfed I noticed my regular side jumps were crap! Now I have certain tricks/grabs that definitely work better for me on certain sides.