wingnuts514 Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 My brother and I have been debating this for years.... I'm left handed, and by left handed I mean I do everything left handed, write,shoot a rifle, play sports, kick a ball, throw a ball, scissors, etc. I do everything left. I know there are mixed up lefties out there that do some things left and some right...but your a weirdo, pick a side! Anyways, if you're a true lefty like me (atleast kick a ball left footed) which way do you ride? regular or goofy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Anyways, if you're a true lefty like me (atleast kick a ball left footed) which way do you ride? regular or goofy? Nothing to do with left or right handedness... There's even a complete survey of Bomber community, somwehere in archives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnuts514 Posted November 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 It would be interesting to see that thread, my brother thinks I'm backwards because I ride regular instead of goofy. I think having your strong foot forward is the ideal way to ride considering much of the steering/stability comes front the front foot, especially at high speeds. You know what they say, "put your best foot forward" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgassizSkidder Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=10702&highlight=handed+goofy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnuts514 Posted November 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Wow no correlation whatsoever! With my vote the lefty crowd is exactly 50/50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WASMAN Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 I too am a true Lefty... I am regular on my Carving board as well as on a slalom water ski.. Seems right..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Houghton Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 I'm a lefty, ride goofy. My wife is right handed, rides goofy. My riding buddy is right handed, rides goofy. Makes is easier going up the 3 person chair. More to do with how you steer the board, I use my rear leg, like a slalom water ski, so I want my stronger leg at the rear. But I do kick left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnuts514 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Well wasman atleast you and I are doing it right....haha. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0hn Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 I have brothers who are identical twins. Both are right handed. One rides goofy, the other regular. No correlation at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebiker Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 I think having your strong foot forward is the ideal way to ride considering much of the steering/stability comes front the front foot, Agree! I'm righty, but ride goofy for this very reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 It gets worse, right handedness and right footedness are not quite realted, either. In theory right handed person should be left footed (the way the nerves are lined up in our boddies and how the 4 legged animals walk). However, I'm right handed and right footed, kick right, yet jump of my left, ride all types of boards goofy, yet had left fighting guard when I was into karate... It might have more to do with the stronger eye (forward)? My 5 year old kid doesn't see to well in his right eye (righthanded) and he steps regular onto skate in 90% of cases... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 It might have more to do with the stronger eye (forward)? My 5 year old kid doesn't see to well in his right eye (righthanded) and he steps regular onto skate in 90% of cases... I had wondered about that too, but after reading these wiki pages.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footedness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laterality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocular_dominance This was on one of the pages Approximate statistics are below:[3] Favoring right hand: 88.2% Favoring right foot: 81.0% Favoring right eye: 71.1% Favoring right ear: 59.1% Same hand and foot: 84% Same ear and eye: 61.8% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colintkemp Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 How about this: - I am right handed (throw right handed, write right handed). - I am left eyed (I shoot [guns, bird hunting] left). - I am left footed (I kick left footed). - I carve, regular - I slalom ski (water), goofy - I skate vert and freestyle, regular - I downhill skate (sliding, etc.), goofy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mxjas38 Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 I am left handed, left footed and ride goofy. My wife is right handed,right footed and rides goofy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnuts514 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 How about this:- I am right handed (throw right handed, write right handed). - I am left eyed (I shoot [guns, bird hunting] left). - I am left footed (I kick left footed). - I carve, regular - I slalom ski (water), goofy - I skate vert and freestyle, regular - I downhill skate (sliding, etc.), goofy. You're one of those confused people I was talking about! haha j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEJ Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Right handed Left footed (Kicking, etc.) Ride regular (Regular is an advantage water skiing in a slalom course. It makes #1 your strong turn. I've seen people that would normally ride goofy learn regular.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideGuy Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 I'm left everything and goofy. write left kick left hockey stick left bat left club left left eye The only 2 things I can think of that I do right handed are guitar and mouse. I know one lefty that plays left guitar, and a different lefty that actually uses the mouse left. The guitar left I can understand, the mouse left bothers me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admwrlk Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 I'd say I'm a true lefty, lefty everything, except use a computer mouse and drink, probably just conformed there. I waterski and board goofy. Probably started boaarding goofy cuz of the waterski experience. I would think whatever leg you kick with you would want in the back. Just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnuts514 Posted November 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Funny you guys mention the computer mouse, I use a standard mouse right handed (conformist)....but on my laptop I use my left. Sidenote-you can go into the mouse controls and reverse the click, rightclicking becomes leftclicking and what not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipstar Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 I'm left handed and ride goofy, do almost everythign left handed. Training regular stance in Muay Thai and windsurfing has helped me get more adept at right handedness, but I doubt I could do much regular stance as well as standing switch. That said, I feel way more comfortable standing in the southpaw/switch/goofy stance for almost anything than the other way. When i did lasik surgery and they operated on the right eye first, meaning i had better sight in one eye for a period of 3 months between the two operations, I did find myself getting a little confused sometimes; I think your left eye leads and that supports the rest. Music wise I played drums, piano, trombone all as per normal (i.e. right handed way, not an odd opposite way), but none of those have a substantial penalty for hand use; at an early age my mum was told not to give me a violin, because it would almost impossible to play at a high level being so strongly left handed (string instruments like guitar etc are reliant on 'handedness' it seems, whereas piano arguably is less so, since more challenging pieces often require decent skills in both hands). Mouse is right hand, only because I am part of the pre mouse generation, when they introduced that it was on the RHS, so I used it there. Mostly use keystrokes shorthand anyhow so am not a regular mouse user in MSoffice where i can help it. Even sailing, I steer most of the way around the course with my left hand, running the extension across my body on one tack and not the other. Windsurfing is about the only sport where i am pretty even riding both sides; I would guess that kiting if I ever bother doing some might find to be the same, whereas snowboarding feels inherently better standing switch/goofy as you aren't doing anything else other than standing there (windsurfing/kiting you can fiddle around with the harness and so on). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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