It has been said that nose riding is one of the hardest things to do.
Since summer is almost here… even though today here in Ventura the water is about 53 degrees and the air temp didn’t get over about 63 all day… the long boards will be coming out and with them time spent working on tip time.
I started thinking about this a few weeks ago after reading one of the forums and a thread about nose riding and surfboard weights. Mainly it was stated that lighter weight long boards are better for nose riding, as well there was mention that in the 60’s during the nose riding craze that boards were getting lighter maybe reasoning that the lighter boards rode the nose better.
Well, actually boards were being made lighter because we were after better maneuverability not necessarily nose riding characteristics. I know I was interested in getting some of the weight off boards back then for maneuverability. The story of why Renny Yater made his spoon model was for swing weight not nose riding.
So basically there are two types of nose riding. Or, two different ways nose rides are executed. The stalling in the pocket type and the skimming down the wave face type. Honestly I don’t think either one is meant for a certain weight board, but more for a certain board design… that being traditional single fins and modern multi fin boards. Though the stalling type and the skimming type can be done on either single fins or multi fins.
The stalling type is where you set up your ride after turning and hold back or stall on the wave for the curl to stand up in front of you while you step up to the nose. As you step up to the nose and the wave stands up at the same time the wave breaks on the back portion of your board holding your board in place while you stand on the nose. You get stuck in the pocket standing on the nose until either the wave breaks in front of you or you get released and out run the section. This may be a simplified explanation but, the stalling type nose ride is usually the type worked on traditional single fins.
The skimming type is done after a quick top turn or after climbing to the top of the wave post bottom turn. At the top of the wave with a nice standing wall in front of you a few steps to the nose with your board placed in the wave face skimming along. With water raping the rails of your board for balance or simply the speed generated from sliding down the wave face this type of nose riding is generally done with multi finned boards.
Multi finned boards are made lighter than the traditional single fins. You may find one type of nose riding easier than the other. Both are difficult to execute regardless…
The small waves of summer are good to develop nose riding techniques.
D.R.
I started thinking about this a few weeks ago after reading one of the forums and a thread about nose riding and surfboard weights. Mainly it was stated that lighter weight long boards are better for nose riding, as well there was mention that in the 60’s during the nose riding craze that boards were getting lighter maybe reasoning that the lighter boards rode the nose better.
Well, actually boards were being made lighter because we were after better maneuverability not necessarily nose riding characteristics. I know I was interested in getting some of the weight off boards back then for maneuverability. The story of why Renny Yater made his spoon model was for swing weight not nose riding.
So basically there are two types of nose riding. Or, two different ways nose rides are executed. The stalling in the pocket type and the skimming down the wave face type. Honestly I don’t think either one is meant for a certain weight board, but more for a certain board design… that being traditional single fins and modern multi fin boards. Though the stalling type and the skimming type can be done on either single fins or multi fins.
The stalling type is where you set up your ride after turning and hold back or stall on the wave for the curl to stand up in front of you while you step up to the nose. As you step up to the nose and the wave stands up at the same time the wave breaks on the back portion of your board holding your board in place while you stand on the nose. You get stuck in the pocket standing on the nose until either the wave breaks in front of you or you get released and out run the section. This may be a simplified explanation but, the stalling type nose ride is usually the type worked on traditional single fins.
The skimming type is done after a quick top turn or after climbing to the top of the wave post bottom turn. At the top of the wave with a nice standing wall in front of you a few steps to the nose with your board placed in the wave face skimming along. With water raping the rails of your board for balance or simply the speed generated from sliding down the wave face this type of nose riding is generally done with multi finned boards.
Multi finned boards are made lighter than the traditional single fins. You may find one type of nose riding easier than the other. Both are difficult to execute regardless…
The small waves of summer are good to develop nose riding techniques.
D.R.
The stalling type nose ride.
The skimming type nose ride. The skimming type nose ride.
The stalling type nose ride.
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