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What is your prefered Snowboarding Stance?

  • Goofy (right foot forward):

  • Natural (left foot forward):

  • I'm still working it out:

  • I don't have a preference and can ride both:

The Science of being Natural or Goofy???

14K views 22 replies 18 participants last post by  Manicmouse  
#1 · (Edited)
I was thinking, I've always been right handed, kick with my right foot, I'm way stronger with my right arm/leg, propel myself on a skateboard with my right foot but have always been a Goofy footed Surfer/Skateboarder/Snowboarder.

I shuffle cards with my left hand but deal them out with my right. So why do we do things differently? I should ride natural, but I'm goofy. It appears from research that the term "Goofy" came from the Disney character Goofy who got hammered surfing to the beach right foot foward in the Disney classic film "Hawaiian Holiday" (1937).




I checked online to find the Science in why we ride in each direction and it may be down to our genes but some people can change their stance by continuing to focus on doing it that way. I have met people in the past who are just about to learn Snowboarding and they can't work out their predominant stance.





 
#2 ·
I’m right handed, right footed but in the gym my left part of the body has always been stronger. So for me right is precision, left is power.

I started riding as regular but I cannot recall if the reason wasn’t that I was simply mimicking the instructor and my friend who is regular the first day.
I changed to goofy after a day or two and learned to turn that way.

While changing I also took into consideration the fact that my right knee ligaments were twisted/slightly torn twice and the left knee has always been fine so it would be wiser to put more strain on it.
 
#21 ·
I think Mount Baker CEO Gwin Howat explanation as to why snowboarding is a more natural stance then facing straight downhill (skiers), and she’s a skier. Now that I think of it it would probably be a very good way for new riders to figure out their preferred stance.

She said think about when you run towards ice and jump on it to slide across it, you always slide across it sideways and never facing forward. So I bet you could take that theory to figure out which foot you’d prefer forward, by sliding across any slippery surface.