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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: Willie on May 31, 2018, 10:53:47 AM
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Just for the sake of science, I thought this might be interesting.
I have no plans to do anything with the info but if anyone else wants to publish a dissertation on the subject, be my guest.
Nobel prize money should be shared with forum.
Definition for non skate types:
Regular Foot = Left foot forward
Goofy foot = Right foot forward
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Definition for non skate types:
Regular Foot = Left foot forward
Goofy foot = Right foot forward
Thank you for this. I forgot which one I was.
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Maybe there is such a thing as hand and foot dominance as a separate thing....if not, I think right hand is regular foot because your left foot being forward is the best way to stabilize. Think boxing... Baseball....Soccer I guess too....
My theory is half the world is or will be left handed.....skating is just forecasting this.....because it's new to people they do what comes natural....
It's an interesting topic.
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Maybe there is such a thing as hand and foot dominance as a separate thing....if not, I think right hand is regular foot because your left foot being forward is the best way to stabilize. Think boxing... Baseball....Soccer I guess too....
My theory is half the world is or will be left handed.....skating is just forecasting this.....because it's new to people they do what comes natural....
It's an interesting topic.
In BMX, you ride left or right foot forward as your stance.
so riding with your right foot forward, it's natural to spin to the left on transition because the bike pivots around a lower center of gravity. If I spin to the right with my right foot forward, I have to pivot around a higher center of gravity and it's more difficult.
Either way.. I'm right handed, ride right foot forward, skate regular, and can't spin backside for shit
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http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2017/10/12/determines-skate-stance/ (http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2017/10/12/determines-skate-stance/)
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Maybe there is such a thing as hand and foot dominance as a separate thing....if not, I think right hand is regular foot because your left foot being forward is the best way to stabilize. Think boxing... Baseball....Soccer I guess too....
My theory is half the world is or will be left handed.....skating is just forecasting this.....because it's new to people they do what comes natural....
It's an interesting topic.
In BMX, you ride left or right foot forward as your stance.
so riding with your right foot forward, it's natural to spin to the left on transition because the bike pivots around a lower center of gravity. If I spin to the right with my right foot forward, I have to pivot around a higher center of gravity and it's more difficult.
Either way.. I'm right handed, ride right foot forward, skate regular, and can't spin backside for shit
Or you're fuck-footed and make a mess of everything. Unless you're Danny Hickerson...dude just did whatever he wanted with whatever foot was wherever it was.
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Possibly (not) adding to the science, when I was a wee lad and played sports, I threw a baseball right handed yet hit the ball left handed. And when I played hockey, I shot left handed too.
Right handed, goofy footed by the way
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Fred Gall/Brian Seber/Ryan Lay
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Definition for non skate types:
Regular Foot = Left foot forward
Goofy foot = Right foot forward
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Maybe there is such a thing as hand and foot dominance as a separate thing....if not, I think right hand is regular foot because your left foot being forward is the best way to stabilize. Think boxing... Baseball....Soccer I guess too....
My theory is half the world is or will be left handed.....skating is just forecasting this.....because it's new to people they do what comes natural....
It's an interesting topic.
In BMX, you ride left or right foot forward as your stance.
so riding with your right foot forward, it's natural to spin to the left on transition because the bike pivots around a lower center of gravity. If I spin to the right with my right foot forward, I have to pivot around a higher center of gravity and it's more difficult.
Either way.. I'm right handed, ride right foot forward, skate regular, and can't spin backside for shit
how you do dat?
you must be one of those "non skate types" ive been hearing about...
Definition for non skate types:
Regular Foot = Left foot forward
Goofy foot = Right foot forward
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Maybe there is such a thing as hand and foot dominance as a separate thing....if not, I think right hand is regular foot because your left foot being forward is the best way to stabilize. Think boxing... Baseball....Soccer I guess too....
My theory is half the world is or will be left handed.....skating is just forecasting this.....because it's new to people they do what comes natural....
It's an interesting topic.
In BMX, you ride left or right foot forward as your stance.
so riding with your right foot forward, it's natural to spin to the left on transition because the bike pivots around a lower center of gravity. If I spin to the right with my right foot forward, I have to pivot around a higher center of gravity and it's more difficult.
Either way.. I'm right handed, ride right foot forward, skate regular, and can't spin backside for shit
how you do dat?
you must be one of those "non skate types" ive been hearing about...
Definition for non skate types:
Regular Foot = Left foot forward
Goofy foot = Right foot forward
hes obviously talking about bmx
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Stance is weird as fuck.
I'm right handed & right footed, and I skateboard regular, and surf regular, and skimboard regular, but snowboard and wakeboard and wakesurf goofy.
My theory is that if I'm strapped in I'm goofy, but then I still wakesurf goofy. I also find that I have an easier time doing whatever switch so I don't fucking know.
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right handed right footed and i skate goofy - pretty normal I guess?
i swing a baseball bat right handed but im a lefty with a hockey stick. weird shit
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I can do both hands and still have a lil head peaking out
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Everything is left handed for me
write left
skate goofy
swing golf club/baseball bat left
throw left
kick ball left
box southpaw
The only thing I did "right handed" was pushing mongo when I first start skating. Now I can push with my back foot both ways.
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What the fuck is this BMX shit? Fuck a bmxer and those motherfucking steel pegs.
Oh, and goofy, and left handed in everything but playing pool. Interestingly, in pool, right handed means your left hand is forward, which is a lot like regular stance skating.
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What the fuck is this BMX shit? Fuck a bmxer and those motherfucking steel pegs.
Oh, and goofy, and left handed in everything but playing pool. Interestingly, in pool, right handed means your left hand is forward, which is a lot like regular stance skating.
sucks to agree with the gipper but yeah who gives afuck about bmx here.
Goofy footed, right handed but i play pool left handed(right hand guiding) i can also roll joints left to right and right to left with filter both ways.
Havent tried slicing vegetables but ill have to find out
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What the fuck is this BMX shit? Fuck a bmxer and those motherfucking steel pegs.
Oh, and goofy, and left handed in everything but playing pool. Interestingly, in pool, right handed means your left hand is forward, which is a lot like regular stance skating.
Goofy footed, right handed but i play pool left handed(right hand guiding) i can also roll joints left to right and right to left with filter both ways.
Havent tried slicing vegetables but ill have to find out
You've never cut a vegetable before?
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Maybe there is such a thing as hand and foot dominance as a separate thing....if not, I think right hand is regular foot because your left foot being forward is the best way to stabilize. Think boxing... Baseball....Soccer I guess too....
My theory is half the world is or will be left handed.....skating is just forecasting this.....because it's new to people they do what comes natural....
It's an interesting topic.
In BMX, you ride left or right foot forward as your stance.
so riding with your right foot forward, it's natural to spin to the left on transition because the bike pivots around a lower center of gravity. If I spin to the right with my right foot forward, I have to pivot around a higher center of gravity and it's more difficult.
Either way.. I'm right handed, ride right foot forward, skate regular, and can't spin backside for shit
how you do dat?
you must be one of those "non skate types" ive been hearing about...
Definition for non skate types:
Regular Foot = Left foot forward
Goofy foot = Right foot forward
hes obviously talking about bmx
Why the would we ever talk about BMX on here? i thought we talk about skating?
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Rare case of leftie and goofy footed so it seems. Most of the what needs more skill I use left hand like painting, throwing etc. but I've have learned to use both of my hands if I ever were to lose an arm..
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Right handed and footed
Was regular when in started skating, around 12 I started to play basketball more seriously in HS and dropped the board, at age 16 skating again and voila i'm goofy
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Interesting to see the results so far just on the skate side of things.
For me, I'm a mix like a bunch of you guys already said... Right-handed, regular footed skating/snowboard/surf/etc, play hockey left-handed, soccer dribbling/juggling better left-footed and shoot better right footed. Also used to switch hit in baseball growing up, but was naturally right-handed.
All in all, I have no idea what determines what...
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Rare case of leftie and goofy footed so it seems. Most of the what needs more skill I use left hand like painting, throwing etc. but I've have learned to use both of my hands if I ever were to lose an arm..
you actually practice shit with your right just incase?
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Right for everything. Writing, kicking, shooting in ball and hockey, batting in baseball. Regular on all boards that ive tried. More prone to turning frontside and switch backside. Was mongo for my first year of skating till i wised up. Made it easier to push switch though.
Someone i know was trying to claim stance was determined by which side you had better vision on. As in, if you stand straight forward and look left and can see further in your peripheral than when you look right, youre regular and vice versa. Pretty sure thats some very kooky science though. I dont think you have better vision in either direction or its extremely minimal if you do
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Maybe there is such a thing as hand and foot dominance as a separate thing....if not, I think right hand is regular foot because your left foot being forward is the best way to stabilize. Think boxing... Baseball....Soccer I guess too....
My theory is half the world is or will be left handed.....skating is just forecasting this.....because it's new to people they do what comes natural....
It's an interesting topic.
In BMX, you ride left or right foot forward as your stance.
so riding with your right foot forward, it's natural to spin to the left on transition because the bike pivots around a lower center of gravity. If I spin to the right with my right foot forward, I have to pivot around a higher center of gravity and it's more difficult.
Either way.. I'm right handed, ride right foot forward, skate regular, and can't spin backside for shit
how you do dat?
you must be one of those "non skate types" ive been hearing about...
Definition for non skate types:
Regular Foot = Left foot forward
Goofy foot = Right foot forward
hes obviously talking about bmx
Why the would we ever talk about BMX on here? i thought we talk about skating?
Yeah, definitely not talking about BMX here or anywhere. I just added the definition in case anyone forgot or this actually was used in some scholarly way.
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What the fuck is this BMX shit? Fuck a bmxer and those motherfucking steel pegs.
Oh, and goofy, and left handed in everything but playing pool. Interestingly, in pool, right handed means your left hand is forward, which is a lot like regular stance skating.
Goofy footed, right handed but i play pool left handed(right hand guiding) i can also roll joints left to right and right to left with filter both ways.
Havent tried slicing vegetables but ill have to find out
You've never cut a vegetable before?
i meant switch(i woke and boke[?]sorry) i can cut fast as fck with my right hand/left claw combo
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Rare case of leftie and goofy footed so it seems. Most of the what needs more skill I use left hand like painting, throwing etc. but I've have learned to use both of my hands if I ever were to lose an arm..
Yeah. I try to be ambitexterious.. I believe in some kind of dualism and balance on things. Everything has different sides, emotions and logic, switch or regular, red green and blue, father son and the holy spirit, left hand right hand, so why not try to be a whole..
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Stance is weird as fuck.
I'm right handed & right footed, and I skateboard regular, and surf regular, and skimboard regular, but snowboard and wakeboard and wakesurf goofy.
My theory is that if I'm strapped in I'm goofy, but then I still wakesurf goofy. I also find that I have an easier time doing whatever switch so I don't fucking know.
i also snowboard in a different stance than i skate in. however as far i can remember i surfed goofy (which is my skate stance), but that was a few years ago so i'm not 100% sure. i'm right handed btw and i can only do switch shoves and switch heels fwiw
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Sometimes I jerk off with my non dominant hand, but the strokes just aren't as precise.
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Sometimes I jerk off with my non dominant hand, but the strokes just aren't as precise.
Stranger in the tub.
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Sometimes I jerk off with my non dominant hand, but the strokes just aren't as precise.
not enough switch faps
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http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2017/10/12/determines-skate-stance/ (http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2017/10/12/determines-skate-stance/)
some related info
This is interesting.
I wonder if there is correlation between stance and the foot you jump off of? (like in a long jump)
I'm right handed. I started skating goofy on a banana board when I was really young but when I tried a board with a kicktail and had to kickturn I immediately went to regular stance because I couldn't manage any of that type of control with my left foot.
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Can you imagine if skateboarding had been hot in the 1400s and goofy footers were burned at the stake?
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obvious witch. no mortal is that good at switch
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I skate goofy and snowboard regular.
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Definition for non skate types:
Regular Foot = Left foot forward
Goofy foot = Right foot forward
Thank you for this. I forgot which one I was.
Hey, when you've got a multi page thread calling a half cab flip a fakie flip, just because someone at Thrasher made a typo, it makes you be careful
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Man, I'm really in the minority here. Left handed but goofy footed. I don't know if I was actually meant to be goofy footed, though. My right foot is the strongest and I started out pushing mongo till I broke the habit. Wonder what all that might mean...
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Southpaw and regular...
Play guitar, smoke the bong, wipe my ass, and jack off right handed.
Draw/write, throw, wipe my ass, and jack off left handed too.
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Right for everything. Writing, kicking, shooting in ball and hockey, batting in baseball. Regular on all boards that ive tried. More prone to turning frontside and switch backside. Was mongo for my first year of skating till i wised up. Made it easier to push switch though.
Someone i know was trying to claim stance was determined by which side you had better vision on. As in, if you stand straight forward and look left and can see further in your peripheral than when you look right, youre regular and vice versa. Pretty sure thats some very kooky science though. I dont think you have better vision in either direction or its extremely minimal if you do
When i swim, I only breath left....my neck turns better left ie regs. I think this is from skating....
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can one give a stranger a stranger?
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Its determined by your dominant eye, not foot. Dominant eye forward.
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Its determined by your dominant eye, not foot. Dominant eye forward.
Not here. Right eye dominant, left foot forward.
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Its determined by your dominant eye, not foot. Dominant eye forward.
Not here. Right eye dominant, left foot forward.
Same. Left eye dominant, right foot forward.
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I skate goofy, but snowboard regular. When I've tried surfing, I'm goofy stance.
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Right handed, Goofy footed. Played baseball, batted right. Throw right. Hockey left handed. When I ran track and would use running blocks, never knew which foot to put forward though...still struggle with that.
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do you guys ever think about why you are the stance you are?
when i started skating and thinking about ollies, i'd focus more on the slide than the pop. maybe i subconsciously chose to be goofy because my right foot is dominant and i wanted that to be the sliding foot, whereas someone else might focus more on the pop and somehow have the tendency to become regular instead.
i've also noticed that i push off my left foot when i jump across a puddle, for example, and some other goofy skaters may use their right foot to propel themselves
we test this out on kids when we teach them at the park. tell them to close their eyes and take a step forward, the one they step first with is their front foot. we rarely do it but it seems to be right pretty much all the time.
i don't think it's something you 'choose', i think it's natural. most of the time i can tell the stance of a kid who's never stepped on a board before as soon as they get on just from looking at the way their shoulders are. i usually just push them back and forth and ask them which one feels backwards, and they seem to know.
Its determined by your dominant eye, not foot. Dominant eye forward.
this would be a more interesting poll. works for me, left eye and regular. i feel like right eye dominance is more common though? not sure
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Less lefties than I thought there would be. My girlfriends elementary school (waldorf) forced all the kids to be right handed.
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i am regular footed and do everything ever right handed, except for jacking off. when i was younger i figured it would be a good mirror to brushing my teeth, because i saw an image of some guy with a major right arm online in the early days. i like to think it worked out fine
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Its determined by your dominant eye, not foot. Dominant eye forward.
Not here. Right eye dominant, left foot forward.
Same. Left eye dominant, right foot forward.
I'm third eye blind so I can skate in either direction with much difficulty.
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Less lefties than I thought there would be. My girlfriends elementary school (waldorf) forced all the kids to be right handed.
I’ve never heard of schools forcing a “handedness”. Isn’t that kind of fucked up?
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Less lefties than I thought there would be. My girlfriends elementary school (waldorf) forced all the kids to be right handed.
I’ve never heard of schools forcing a “handedness”. Isn’t that kind of fucked up?
My elementary school definitely cracked left hand knuckles with wood until they learned right hand cursive. It was the early eighties.
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I can do both hands and still have a lil head peaking out
Yeah, but what stance?
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Lefty and goofy footed.
Apparently, because we live in a right hand dominant society, many left handers are forced to use their non-dominant hand and eventually become somewhat ambidexterous. For example most left handed surgeons are ambidexterous due to instrument design and the setup of operating rooms.
I think this also extends to skating. Some of the "stanceless" skaters that you see are actually leftys. The two most prominent that I can think of are P. Rod and Shane O'Neil.
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^but I don’t think there’s any pressure from society to be right- or left-leg dominant, or much stigma from skaters for being a certain stance.
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can one give a stranger a stranger?
dutch rudder with a twist... said stranger sits on their hand first
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^but I don’t think there’s any pressure from society to be right- or left-leg dominant, or much stigma from skaters for being a certain stance.
True, but my underlying point was that the dual dexetrity doesn't just apply to fine motor skills of the hands. It most likely involves other areas of the body as well. This is because right/left dominance (not just handedness) is governed by brain hemisphere dominance, which apparently can be modified.
For example; strokes that affect the entire right brain hemisphere usually cause paralysis of the entire left side of the body. However its been well documented that left handed stroke patients usually fare much better than right handers in compensating for deficits with the non-affected, nondominant side.
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Both hands, I didn't want it to have curve.
Regular.
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Goofy, right handed.
It might be just due to wear and tear of skating since I was 12 but my back foot currently has less strength popping down the tail but i have a better flick with that foot. So for whatever reason at this point I can pop and catch a higher switch flip than a regular kickflip.
Also since I was a kid i was always more comfortable doing gaps switch and fakie than my regular stance.
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Left handed, left foot foward. My friend was trying to explain boxing stance the other day and I was so confused.
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What if we’re ambidextrous, but prefer our left hand and skate regular?
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I've met a two people who skate regs but trick goofy....or vice versa....so they do what appears to be a nollie big but it's a fakie big....or nollie heel and it's a fakie heel......
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Possibly (not) adding to the science, when I was a wee lad and played sports, I threw a baseball right handed yet hit the ball left handed. And when I played hockey, I shot left handed too.
Right handed, goofy footed by the way
i do the same.