SirCaseAlot wrote:
I've been watching so many good goofy riders lately (Kris Fox's new edit, Justin Dowell winning the last uci comp) I'm wondering if it actually has some advantages? It seems there's more pro guys that are goofy, than you meet just riding around.
Nicholai Rogatkin the mountain biker did a 1440. That's the biggest spin anyone's ever done on a bike I'm pretty sure and it was done spinning toward the front foot.
Todd Meyn has been toying with them for a while on BMX too. On a much smaller jump. This was 7 years ago.
As to goofy footed being "better", I will say it isn't necessarily better. Just different ways to do the same thing.
Nyquist is goofy footed. He was one of the first dudes toying with 1080s before Spinner stomped it. He couldn't quite make it, and he spun more than anyone back then.
I learned opposite 360s faster than regular, but that was because I had regular dialed and just had to tinker a bit with the reversal of it. I got close to an opposite 540 flyout a few times, but have actually pulled regular 540s flyout before.
All about the person and who does it.
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