I can cruise all day with my left foot foward and can push the board pretty close to upwind. Im just having trouble in doing the same when i turn around and try to head back the other way. Just feels unco and stupid. Whats the best practice to go through your head when trying to get to grips with riding goofy! Can't wait till I can master it!

plus one for the skateboard.
been skating around our street practicing goofy.
feels weird as but its getting easier

^^^^ all good tips. Practice will get you there.

Ride a little more downwind to get your speed up and slowly edge towards the upwind tack when starting.

Mirror your good side, front leg almost straight, absorb chop with your back leg.

trim your kite so the bar is 3cm away from the QR, this will stop your shoulders rolling foward and sending you down-wind, keep your back straight

Adjust your speed by edging harder to slow down and ride a little more downwind when going too slow.

Give up and ride toeside?

Thank you for everyone who has commented. I think i just need more time on the board and some more goddam wind! I might go down to Kmart and buy one of those cheap skateboards to roll around the street on goofy to try and get the flow going on. I did take my twin tip board out when we were scurfing and had a few goes at riding that goofy which was easy enough. But its just not the same bar pressure and stance as kiting. I guess il just keep at it. A twenty knot breeze would be the biggest help right now!

Well after about 5 kms of shame walking down the beach to start again I finally have it. Was sick of the walk, Said to myself ''just ****ing get it sorted'' and the next run I had it. Turns out i was trying to edge to hard upwind and not pointing the board where i wanted to go. On this particular day it was more of a side onshore which made it easier as I was further from the beach didn't have the fear of getting pulled off my board and into the oyster covered rocks...Halve of my problem was in my head. I think i can now ride goofy nearly as good as regular.....Now to get these jumps sorted :)

I'm just starting kiting (got two lessons and buying equipment this w/e). Durign my lessons I tried to get up on "regular" because that's what the wind direction permitted. However, I'm a goofy rider :S I did a little bit of surfing and skateboarding and goofy is my preferred stance... Any tips for feeling comfortable on "regular"??

hi samokata
practice on skateboard is good if cant get out on water.
i also would practice on land hooked into board left foot forward straighten leg and bend back leg ,then swap straighten right leg bend left leg get use to this position on land like doing a exersice might sound bit weared but helped me then get on water & keep practicing it will all fall into place .once it all comes together you will be loving it.enjoy .goodluck.calbs.

GJOchoa,
My advice is the same for you as for samokta. You just have to commit to it and put in the time. As a matter of fact, I'm naturally goofy-foot myself, like you, so I struggled to ride "regular" stance, though I had previously done a lot of switching on my snowboard.
I gather from your other posts that you are just getting started with the kite, which means that it may be a while before you can start putting together some long runs to work on your board skills. So, if you have access to one, get yourself to a cable park for a couple of hours on a windless day, and you should get riding the board pretty well sorted in both directions. On the windy days, keep on working that kite!
Cheers.