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left, then right, then left again... That's how I roll.
Right on and off road, left on the track. Right pushes the bike into the kerb, left up the track.
Right for everything except track stands where oddly I am left foot forward.
right, although i surf, skate and snowboard regular (left foot forward) which seems strange!
Left. Feels completely alien riding right foot forward if it's for anything more than a few seconds! Trying to work on it!
right foot forward, tried to go left foot forward on a pumptrack and almost ended myself.
Right foot forward, i'm left handed.
left riding and snow boarding so much that I consider it my front leg 😛
goofy ftw.
Right foot forward, i'm left handed.
See I'm left handed and left foot forward 😕
Right foot, unless there are right corners/switchbacks, it doesn't feel weird with left foot forward.
left, then right, then left again... That's how I roll.
I think that's pedalling, not rolling. 😉
my theory - many people regardless of "footedness" lead with their right foot as they were taught cycling proficiency riding which always meant starting on the bike from the kerb side and pushing off with the right pedal.
start off on right, but if coasting downhill, left foot forward usually (I think).
Goofy, although I'm working on being ablet ride switch.
Left foot forward, right forward just feels odd.
Can snowboard either way though oddly.
Left. I'm comfy coasting or setting off but I can't bunnyhop or anything that involves not crashing with my right foot forward.
I can't remember off hand. On a snowboard it's left foot forward though.
I also really struggle to put my left foot down to stop, and can't turn left as well as I can right, I'm also shit at off camber trails if the camber is sloping down to the right. These are not ideal traits.
Left forewards.
But I'm right handed and surf (badly) either way, I think my brain wants to jump up right foot forewards, but after years of MTBing the other way arround I think my core's actualy more flexible the other way as actualy jumping up left forewards feels odd even if standing that way feels better!
Right foot forward. Left forward feels weird especially if you get air with the wrong foot forward
Right foot is the "chocolate" foot for me. Trying to ride some sections with the left forward however I'm not ready to tackle a drop higher than a curb like that yet!
I used to think I had no preference - then when I started riding rockier trails I noticed that my outside chain ring was missing all the teeth over the bit that faces down when I'm right foot forward.
So right foot forward for me (and outside chain ring replaced with a bash guard)
can't turn left as well as I can right
I didn't know we had Zoolander on the forum.
From my days riding trials as a kid we found the vast majority of people rode right foot forward. I ride left.
This could turn into a good statistical inquiry...
I can do either but I default to right foot forward.
When I went to learn snowboarding, the instructor used a trick of pushing us from behind to see what foot we stuck out. But I stuck out my left leg, because my right leg's quite busted and so instead of leading with my dominant side, I protected it with the unbusted side. So I spent 2/3ds of the lessons riding the wrong way round and really struggling.
Right handed
Goofy (right foot forward) snowboard.
Hip/table to the left
But I lead with my left foot on the bike.....unless I'm doing 360's-in which case I swap feet (it gets really confusing riding trails having to put in half pedal strokes mid set).
Technically bmx'ers call it 'shit footed' (leading with the 'wrong' foot) but you see it a lot with mtb'ists.
For surfing etc, most people have a "natural" foot which feels "right" when you first learn. This tends to be the foot you would raise to step up a curb or the foot you would automatically put forward if you stand against a wall and topple forward. There's no correlation between left and right handedness and this. I have a dim memory that statistically more people are regular (left foot forward) than goofy
Skating and snowboarding you can learn to do stuff switch (the un-natural way for you) but it is harder. Surfing switch is possible but its pretty hard.
I'd have assumed that i would have the same preference for the leading pedal but certainly for me its not so. Left foot forward seems really un-natural on a bike and yet i surf, skate and snowboard ( to a pretty high level) that way.
Maybe it's because on a bike it's the lead foot that is "in control" whereas on a board its mainly the back foot which is my right in both cases.
Its interesting!
Goo dpoint by crash test monkey may be due to where we ride
Right forward and right handed/footed
I can do both and often force myself to use the poorer one but i would not do much of a drop the wrong way but general trails are fine.
Left .
I struggle with a drop to my right ,bizarrely .
Also a less than ideal trait .
Best normally.
Naturally left foot forward, but years of riding trials means I'm happy either way on the trails, the LFF trend still shows when I'm trying to 180/360 or on the back wheel.
right forward on bike, left on snowboard.
theory - when going slowly on a bike you control small pedal inputs with your favoured foot - I'm right footed; when on a snowboard you use your favoured foot to control more - pushing into turns and swiveling about.
Used to always lead with the right but a back injury in 2011 revealed an over-developed right side. Spent a year/18 months forcing myself to lead with the left now I don't have to think about it left/right/whatever
right foot on bike and board. air right to left and 360 left too
Either I'm ambidextrous
Bike - left fwd. All the big dings on the bashring show that I'm nothing if not consistent.
Board - you gotta be kiddin'. Two planks is better than one. 😆
Right fwd when stood up on the bike generally but outside foot fwd going into corners.
In board sports, all of the fine control comes from the front foot..... I'm right foot dominant, so that goes at the front. How are people snowboarding with their dominant foot at the back?!
maybe it's a style thing - or bad technique. I'm more about pushing through the back end at speed and in powder than 'fine control'.
Left foot forward (my chocolate foot ja?)/ control.
Right foot back / power.
Same whether I am on a bike or board.
right handed and footed (again most powerful)for everything else.
Right forward
Always fall off to the left
I used to think I was left foot forward and indeed told a friend I was whilst riding a bike. He pointed out to me that I actually had my right foot forward when coasting.
Which ever one ends up at the front, try not to see it as an issue, just get used to using both feet, same for getting on and off in cross, practice dismounting and remounting on both sides till it become second nature, some courses favour the alternate side.
@batfink that's not strictly true. In skating and snowboarding you pop off your back foot and its your back foot that controls most lip tricks on a skateboard. It's a bit simplistic to say either is in control as almost everything involves both
Old fashioned snowboard technique favored weight on your front foot but the way it's currently taught is with weight evenly spread and turning controlled by foot movement. Sure turns are initiated with front foot but they finish with control from the back foot so it's at best 50-50.
Also worth pointing out that in general on boards frontside turns involve more front foot than back foot, backside is the other way around
I did a skills course a few years ago, starting with the obligatory track stand. Feeling very smug stood there on the pedals for a little while the others fought for balance the guide suggested that I practice with my other foot forward so as not to be too dependant on my chocolate foot.
I found it nigh impossible initially but have been practicing over the years. I wouldn't say that I am ambidextrous now but it can be learnt I think.