Skateboard Stance

This blog I am going to look at things to know when you are starting out skateboarding. First things first you need to find out what is the best and natural skateboard stance for you.

OK, there are two basic skateboard stances, and these are the regular stance and the goofy stance, I kid you not!

With the regular stance you stand with your left foot forward to the front of the skateboard ( the front of the skateboard being where the board curves slightly upwards ), with the right foot at the back, and with the goofy stance, well go figure, you stand with your right foot forward to the front of the skateboard, and your left foot to the back.

Huh? So how do you know which one is the right way for you?
OK well as you can probably guess with a name like regular skateboard stance, this is the more common stance, and this is the one that right footed people use.

How can you tell if you are right or left footed? S`easy, get someone to throw a ball at your feet. Which foot does it feel natural to stop and control the ball and to kick it back with? If it`s your right foot then you are right footed.

There are a lot more right footed people in the world than left footed, but if you are left footed like me then you will favour the goofy skateboard stance.

So why go this way if you are left footed and vice versa? Well basically you will feel more comfortable in the goofy stance if you are left footed, it will just feel right, and don`t let anyone tell you that it ain`t right cos it is for you!
You want your controlling foot, the one you kick with, at the back of the skateboard as you control the board in the main with your back foot.

Of course you can be a really cool cat who feels just as comfortable in the goofy as the regular stance, and can switch from one to the other with ease. In that case you do as you please! Hey lets face it you can always do as you please, don`t ever forget that.

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Catch you soon,

Skateboarding Planet.

Welcome to Skateboarding Planet!. Everyone is welcome here, the young, the old, the beginner, the expert, the geeky kids, the kids with two left feet, the dudes and the chicks!!

This blog is for anyone who is interested in skateboarding, it is going to be a living, breathing creature that gets updated at least once a day whether you like it or not! I am going to try to pack it with as much information as I can, and I sincerely hope that there are lot of skateboarders, or wannabe skateboarders, out there that are going to find this informative, instructive, fun, maybe a little goofy at times, and hopefully a useful and good place to hang out for skateboarding fanatics.

Now don`t worry if you don`t know your varial kick from your ollie, or your kick flip from your heel, or you wouldn`t know a 360 flip if it bit you on the bum, in the not too distant future we will be covering all bases. If you are the type of person who likes to push mongo or ride goofy we got it all down here.

And the more input I get from anyone of you people out there who love skateboarding the better.
I am going to pack this blog with tips on various moves, write out beginners guides, give info on the latest trends and fads. There will be info on gear to buy, where to get the coolest boards etc.

So I hope you find us, stick with us and enjoy the ride. I will make this as fun and smiley as possible, as life sucks if you can`t let yourself go and enjoy it.
For all who love to get out and express themselves by skateboarding, I will see you soon.