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"natural" leg fwd for sliding rails question

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StuntCok
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I am relatively new to sliding rails etc. When I first started, I didn't know which side was "natural" so I picked right leg fwd and went with it. Having recently been on a skateboard for the first time, however, I find it a LOT easier to ride left foot fwd. Does this suggest my "natural" rail slide is left foot fwd? Have I learned the hard way? I have never tried to slide left foot fwd on a rail
Aug 2 2006 8:39PM
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Holte
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put on socks. find a hardwood or linoleum floor. run. slide. which foot did you naturally put forward?
Aug 2 2006 8:41PM
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IHOP
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I have the same thing going on. I ride my skateboard regular (left foot foward) but i slide rails right foot foward. But its not a problem at all, just use whatever side is most comfortable for you, and since you just started doing rails im assuming rails in general are uncomfortable for you. So just experiment with differnt leading foots and see what you like best.
Aug 2 2006 8:47PM
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.nafus.
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when i was learning rails i tried going left foot forward cuz i thought that was what your supposed to do. then i tried right foot forward and it was way easier so ive stuck with that and i do right foot forward for skating and snowboarding too so i would assume its related. 
Aug 2 2006 8:49PM
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jpro
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well its diffrent for everyone.. personally I tried left foot fwd and I'm still riding the same way
Aug 2 2006 8:58PM
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M+M
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i skate board left foot forward but slide rails right foor froward, its watever is most comfortable for you
Aug 2 2006 9:41PM
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720laxskier
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best way to find out
Aug 2 2006 9:50PM
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wdbo.
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my freind thought he was left fwd for like a year until he tried the other way and found it to be a hell of a lot easier haha hes good both ways now though so it worked out
Aug 2 2006 9:58PM
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UrbanRider
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^ haha yup u can impress people by sliding both ways
Aug 2 2006 10:49PM
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R.GISH
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one of the best ways to find out with foot is your "strong" foot is to stand shoulder width and have someone push in the chest and see which you step back with to support your self when board like skate or wake your strong foot is the rear but i would say for sliding rails do whatever makes you comfortable
Aug 2 2006 10:59PM
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Sk3bUm
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i naturally slide left foot forward, but i skate/snowboard goofy
Aug 2 2006 11:01PM
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DannyMac
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i ride goofy foot surfing and wakeboarding so I go right foot forward on rails
Aug 2 2006 11:03PM
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bobs
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see thats opposite for me on floors i slide left foot, but on a skateboard/ wakeboard/ rails on skis its right foot
Aug 2 2006 11:08PM
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FUUUCK
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i skateboard with my left foot forward, i bike with my left foot forward, i snowboard with my left foot forwar, i slide on hard wood floors woth my left foot forward, but i slide rails with my right foot forward
Aug 3 2006 12:53PM
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DiamondC
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yeah for most ppl its the opposite foot that you put foward on a board. cuz i put my right foot foward on a skateboard and i slide left foot foward. the hardwood floor idea is really good tho
Aug 3 2006 1:16PM
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juanborlando
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theres a snowboarder who rides goofy but skateboards regular. i thouhgt that was weird.

and i heard another way to tellis to stand straight and have someone push you. whichever foot goes out first to stop u is the foot that should be foward
Aug 3 2006 1:21PM
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DEADgaper91
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just pick whatever foot feels more comfortble.
Aug 3 2006 1:27PM
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CMF
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im regular in skating and wakeboarding so i go left foot forward
Aug 3 2006 1:58PM
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Desjardins
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tht actually works, i just tried it out, and my left foot is forward, also, the odd time i ride my friends skate, im pretty sure my left foot is forward.

Try it out, if you are more comfartable with your right foot forward, stick with it, or vice versa
Aug 3 2006 2:12PM
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LC.
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Learn both from the start.

I don't really have a preference any more but I'm a lot more comfortable spinning on to the left, even if it's just a 90. Like switch on to right foot forward just feels weird.
Aug 3 2006 2:30PM
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scientist
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same here. Its weird, and if i do the opposite of any of those it feels hella akward.
Aug 3 2006 2:41PM
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.Brink.
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creepy...
Aug 3 2006 5:10PM
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slimbruddah
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I skate regular but i slide right foot forward on skis..... also, my bro skates regular but snowboards goofy. He's good at both. He doesn't ski.
Aug 3 2006 10:01PM
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bobs
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yeah thats how it is for most people. right foot foward just seems more natural because it goes with the direction you naturaly spin
Aug 4 2006 8:32AM
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wh@t
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this is right.
Aug 4 2006 2:15PM
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WIfreeskier
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i skate a lot more than i ski and i skate regular so 50-50s on handrails made it pretty mandatory that i grease rails left foot forward (skis)... i mean it's only a fucking 90 degree "spin" on
Aug 4 2006 3:48PM
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poofartpee
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try both ways on skis and which ever fells better (or u din=dnt fall on ur ass on) is ur natural one
Aug 4 2006 4:22PM
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FUUUCK
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i spin to my right naturally
Aug 4 2006 4:30PM
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jibmaster_josh
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when i first tried rails i tried right foot forward, cuz thats the way i spin to do like 3s and shit. soooo i bailed a few times then i was like ok lets try spinning right (left foot forward). so i did, and it was way easier, slid the whole mailbox byy the 3rd try, and it was all good. so the point is, just try both ways and whatever u dont fall on is natural. unless u are a god and can do both ways on ur first try
Aug 4 2006 4:31PM
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RainbowRipper
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Do it both ways if you consistantly change it up you get better at both and when it comes to an urban set up you won't be like doh i cant slide it that way. I wakeboard right fowrd bike right foward snowboard left spin (mainly) left but right onto rails tho i can spin and slide pretty naturally anyway. same on my bike nd board theres no pont only being able to go one way...
Aug 4 2006 9:48PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
wen i do my 270s on it doesnt seem so different with my left leg forward, i ususally grind with right foot forward
Aug 4 2006 9:52PM
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taosskier
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I think basically the foot you choose to put forwared first would most likely be the natural foot because you learned how to slide like that first
Aug 4 2006 10:06PM
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Republican_Enemy
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i cant figure out which way for me is forward i always want to swtich
Dec 9 2006 3:38PM
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MskiW
Posts: 101 - Karma: 10
when i first learned rails i did right leg in front but then left leg was harder so i would suggest to try to learn both. it will make it easier for doin like 270s on or like 180 at a kink
Dec 9 2006 5:39PM
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Tucks
Posts: 2120 - Karma: 161
Goofy Goofy fir both
Dec 9 2006 6:02PM
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eyeLiektoSkee
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im left foot forward for both, but when i kick stuff its with my right foot.
Dec 9 2006 6:16PM
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mcoop
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whatev feels more comfortable...im right foot forward
Dec 9 2006 7:21PM
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watchmefall15
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i skate regular, slide goofy
Dec 9 2006 7:23PM
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Jake...
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LFF.
Dec 9 2006 8:08PM
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NFE
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stand with both legs together and fall forward. Which ever foot you put out to stop you is the foot you want forward
Dec 10 2006 5:23AM
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NFE
Posts: 117 - Karma: 10
stand with both legs together and fall forward. Which ever foot you put out to stop you is the foot you want forward
Dec 10 2006 5:24AM
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Plod
Posts: 142 - Karma: 6
exactly

well said
Dec 10 2006 7:49AM
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