Deciding Your Stance Regular vs. Goofy

How can you tell if you are regular or goofy? Knowing if you are regular or goofy is very important in surfing because you don’t want to be standing unbalanced with your leash on your front foot. Everyone will call you a “kook” then you will loose all of your self esteem. Your stance determines which foot you put your leash on and what direction you should go on the wave. If you know how to skate or snowboard then you already know which foot you are going to put on the tail of the board.

You want to put your dominant foot on the back of the board. Generally most people have a regular stance this means that you would put your leash on your right foot. If you are regular, you are looking for a wave with a right face because it is easier for you to stand facing the wave.

If your dominant foot is your left foot, then you want to put your leash on your left foot and stand up with your right foot in front of your left. It will be easiest for you to learn on a left wave rather than a right but it won’t make that much of a difference.

(left foot on back of board "goofy stance" )


(Right foot on the back of the board "Regular stance")