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Hans Koraeus
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by Hans Koraeus » Sun Jan 18, 2004 12:03 am
Look at the avatars above and you will only see goofies.
Look at mine and you will see a ...
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Glenn S
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by Glenn S » Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:16 pm
Barry,
Goofyfoot is originally a surfing term to describe a surfer that surfs with their "right" foot forward. Regular-Foot is with the left foot forward.
This term has been adapted by all other board-sports from the original surfing usage.
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Barry Gourley
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by Barry Gourley » Sat Jan 17, 2004 8:33 pm
adam,
what is a goofy foot????
Thanks,
Barry
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Adam Trahan
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by Adam Trahan » Sat Jan 17, 2004 4:37 am
...in most of my skids on slalom boards, wrist, elbow, shoulder, head, hip and knee. Most of the damage is on the leading side, right side if you are a goofy foot versa visa.
Knee and elbow pads, wrist guards and a good helmet are a minimum.
Be careful and have fun.
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Wes Eastridge
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by Wes Eastridge » Sat Jan 17, 2004 2:15 am
All of them do. Sometimes a fall can be predicted and a knee slide can then be conciously executed. On the other end of the mishap spectrum, a fall could be nearly instantaneous, and then you won't know what saved you until after the fact.
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Barry Gourley
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by Barry Gourley » Sat Jan 17, 2004 1:50 am
As you all know I'm looking into the PD pads, In a crash when slaloming what bodyparts takes the most abuse, elbows,knees,wrists???
Thanks,
Barry
