Skateboarding helps...

catalyst112 · Posted: Aug 24, 2004 11:38 am Post subject: Skateboarding helps...

thats right, i realized i needed to work on my switch ollies and landing for. but each time i'd hit the water i'd just lose my balance. i dont live that close to a lake so i pulled out the old skateboard and rode switch every chance i got. i am definitely more comfortable on the water.

Maniel · Ollie Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 96 City: Toronto

Here's some funny info: i skateboard regular (left foot foward) and i wakeskate goofy (clearly opposite). sucks to be me.

liquid · Posted: Aug 24, 2004 12:10 pm Post subject:

hahaha thats sick i have never heard of anything like that!

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Aug 24, 2004 12:15 pm Post subject:

i get hurt almost everytime i ride my skateboard. i like hitting the water better. i do like the fact that i can land more than 2 or 3 tricks on a skateboard though.

offkilter23 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 221 City: venice

Maniel, that is really wierd you should be riding the same way you skate is it almost the exact same feel

nick · Posted: Aug 24, 2004 1:47 pm Post subject:

thats how danny hampson is. cept he skateboards goofy and wakeskates regular... thats why his kickflips are always switch

jer_d · Posted: Aug 24, 2004 2:40 pm Post subject:

thats how i am i snowboard, wakeboard, wakeskate left foot forward but skateboard right foot forward. it screws me up a bit because im not as comfortable spinning and olieing the board.

The Pavement 3.6 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 572 City: Eustis

do you think it could have something to do with your main hand on the rope or your main foot pushing off?

HighRida · Posted: Aug 24, 2004 2:52 pm Post subject:

Yeah! I thought I was the only one. I do everything goofy, except skateboard. I gotta show my friends this forum, they think I'm insane for riding different.

jer_d · Posted: Aug 24, 2004 2:55 pm Post subject:

i dont think it has anything to do with the handle but it could definately bbe the pushing cause when i go switch it feels wierd pushing.

Maniel · Ollie Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 96 City: Toronto

luckily when i started wakeskating i was already good at skateboarding. so i could already do quit a bit of switch skate moves that crossed over into my wakeskating

Maniel · Ollie Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 96 City: Toronto

jer_d, i feel your pain buddy

satori* · Posted: Aug 24, 2004 5:34 pm Post subject:

danny hampson rides really silly like that. who's noticed he can only do certain tricks regular and certain tricks goofy. kickflips goofy. ollie tricks, fs bigspins, and rails regular. i wonder whether he says hes regular or goofy entering comps.
i think their is a preference for right-handed people to want to hold the rope dominantly with their dominant hand. and has anyone noticed that regular, right-handed skaters and wakeskaters ride better switch. (and vice versa for leftys) that says something.

wakemitch · Posted: Aug 24, 2004 6:08 pm Post subject:

I skateboard, snowboard, and surf goofy, but I wakeboard and wakeskate regular. When Im holding the handle right hand my body is always wanting to go regular. Its awkward. It took me a while to shuvit because im used to doing it goofy.

revolutionconcepts · Posted: Aug 25, 2004 12:40 am Post subject:

Maniel, i am the exact same...i skate regular and wakeskate goofy...so all in all it just messed me up...i stoped skating...couldn't get into it. Picked up a bike instead...but just recently dropped that as well....so now its just the wakeskate. and occasional snowboarding....incase anyone cares

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Aug 25, 2004 9:42 pm Post subject:

wow u guys are werid! lol i skate and wakeboard and wakeskate all goofy!!! Very Happy

nick · Posted: Aug 25, 2004 9:46 pm Post subject:

satori*, i just said that. and im regular footed and right handed and i have no preference to ride with my dominanat hand