does anyone else do this ? i skate real well been doing it since i was about 10 being able to 360 and still keep moving ,ollieand other tricks but surf the other way not half as good ,been surfing for 3-5 years and still struggling to tick tac the board ,use upper body to turn ,generally hulla hooping down the wave!!,should i try re teach my pop up to surf goofy stance or just persevere ?
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Turn with your feet, not the upper body.
To my detriment, different permutation for me, surf and skate goofy, snowboard regular.
I started snowboarding before skating or surfing, so my back (right) leg was used to doing most of the work and became most coordinated. When it came to skating (doing ollies) and surfing (poping up) the right foot was again doing all the intricate stuff. Unfortunately this foot is also used to pushing down to get the projection out of the turn on a snowboard, while the left one was not. It often totaly f*cks my bottom turns. But once in a while magic happence.
Yep. I surf goofy, but skate and snowboard regular.
‘generally hulla hooping down the wave!’
some surfers can benefit by putting in some time on a longboard, learning how to glide, adjusting trim from the knees down…once you smooth out your style, back to a shorter board without the hulla hooping…
Been a long time since I rode my skateboard. I rode Skateboards way better goofy foot, but you have to be able to ride both ways on a skateboard. I ride surfboards better regular, but I can switch. I notice that I ride short boards better when I ride goofy. I think it’s the skateboard influence.
The house I grew up in was in a flat area, but the curbs along the street were nicely rounded, not the squared off kind they make now. I used to ride my skate board up and down the street on these curbs going up and down them like a wave. You can get really good at the weighting and unweighting and turning without lifting the front wheels on those curbs. There were a few spots where the grass was just right and I could make hard whipping turns off the curb using just the rear wheels and get the rear wheels off the ground for a tiny “air” then they grab the grass and I could recover without the board going flying out. I moved from that house in 1981, but I really enjoyed that time of my life.
When you surf, the turn should be initiated mostly from the core down through the legs, you use your arms for hard whipping turns. I’ve seen guys who ride using their arms for turning, it’s interesting to watch. You get quite a bit of leverage because your whole body is swinging the board around. Try surfing from a low crouching stance using just your legs to get away from using you arms.
I skate front foot heavy and surf front foot heavy, usually. Both goofy. The problem is I picked up surfing much later than I started skating, so I expect a surfboard to act like a skateboard. The first board I had was 6’4", and was way to much for me compared to a skateboard. Then I shaped myself a 5’7". Now I just made myself a very wide 5’4". I liked the 5’7", hopefully the 5’4" is even better, cause the 5’7" had a few faults. Like it was too thick, especially in the tail, not enough tail rocker, not wide enough for that skatey slidey feel.
And twin fins, always twin fins. The 5’7" is a twin fin shortboard, this 5’4" is a twin fin, but I threw in a center box to try the trailer fin. Once I tried a twin I knew that was what I was looking for. I liken it to loose trucks, whereas all the other boards I rode felt like the trucks were too tight, or whatever the water equivalent of that is. Too much center fin maybe.
And I started skating a lot of bowls recently, so I got a lot better at pumping and speed generation. I can do lipslides and fs 360s, fs 180 grabbed airs, five-os, stuff that you would think would transfer to surfing well. It kinda does, still haven’t done an aerial yet, but next time I get in the water I’m gonna try. I’ve gotten the hang of what would amount to a backside lipslide or tailslide. Come off a bottom turn and slide the fins through the top of the wave, then hook back up and keep surfing.