Riding direction

[parrothd]

@Aswellie said:

@Dude Im still not following. I ride regular which means my dominant foot is in back. This is also the same foot I would kick a rock or ball with. Might be time to admit defeat on this one! :)

That's cuz your goofy foot.. Lol

[Aswellie]

@parrothd No, Im not. I ride left foot forward and I am a righty. I ride regular.

[parrothd]

@Aswellie then your regualer rider riding switch, if your left foot is trailing..

[Aswellie]

@parrothd I never said my left foot was trailing. my dominant foot is my right...which is in back as stated in all my previous comments. I feel like im taking crazy pills right now. :)

[Dude]

@parrothd @Aswellie
This conversation is going on a lot longer than i thought it would. I never skate boarded and I always under stood it as (on the OW) as how I stated it and I tried once the other way and I fell on my ass. So I ride right foot forward on the sensor. I always ride sensor foot forward. I find I have more control of my Right foot to stay on the sensor over rough terrain. What works for me may be different for someone else. Everyone should try it out different ways to see what works best for them.

[Aswellie]

@Dude This whole conversation has been very confusing/entertaining for me. But, I think we solved the riddle! @Dude rides goofy! So, in that scenario I understand why you would recommend for someone to ride with their dominant foot forward.

[Dude]

@Aswellie said:

@Dude This whole conversation has been very confusing/entertaining for me. But, I think we solved the riddle! @Dude rides goofy! So, in that scenario I understand why you would recommend for someone to ride with their dominant foot forward.

Entertaining indeed. My lack of Skateboarding knowledge definitely plays a part... LOL

I Just have fun that is it.

[parrothd]

@Dude lol..

[Mynticelx]

I really just wondered if people rode with the blue sensor at the front or back.. But thanks for the info!

[chabis]

not that hard ;)

regular: left foot forward
switch (or goofy, depending on what term you use): right foot forward

now, afaik, most riders prefer to use with the sensor in the front. but take me as an example. i'm riding regular but sensor in the back (so right foot on sensor) when in the skatepark (elevated mode). cause i tend to push with the right foot more than with the left. this, however, depends on your individual preference. when riding off-road, i sometimes switch to riding regular but sensor in the front (extreme mode), because usually, in steep terrain, my front foot seems to stay firmly planted, whilst my back foot tends to do all kinds of weird movements. if that does make any sense at all :-D

[CruzLewis]

Riding with the sensor in the front makes dismounting easier if you're doing the "foot off sensor" dismount (as I practiced on a skateboard before a OW, I do this by rotating my front heel so my foot is pointing somewhere between straight and 45 degrees, which is a normal skating movement). It would be a very skewy posture if you tried to move your back heel in the same way.

[thegreck]

@CruzLewis There are a lot of reasons that make riding sensor-front a good idea, and Future Motion just made it official that it's the recommended way to ride in this kind of goofy training video they uploaded recently:
https://youtu.be/YQ_qlNz6CPM

[duc809]

that video is a little goofy

[kbman]

I ride off-road in Maryland over roots and rough terrain w my sensor in front. I sometimes lift my back heel high just to retain balance specially riding horizontal across a slope (as in the East/ West of a hill if up and down = North n South) .
The computer does know to disregard the single sensor function above I think 5mph or so. I've tested. I have also found myself navigating slanted terrain at about 3mph and having to dance up pretty tall on the board and was def cut off leading to a letdown understandably