I'd also love to know the secret.

The best that I can ever do is hang five..and that's only for a second or two as I stretch out one leg reaching for the nose.

Some make it look soooooo easy...There's gotta be a trick to it...

DJ

Howdy,

not that I'm an expert but I manage to get a bit of tip time on my mals, the fin further back in the box will help with noseriding, it will stiffen up the turning though so you've got to play around abit and find the right balance, alot of it is more to do with the position and angle of the board on the wave, you want to have the tail of the board back in the pocket so the water over the tail is holding the board in, you see some photos of people where the back of the board is actually through the back of the wave, the other thing is the angle of the board relative to the wave about a 45 degree angle to the wave the way you are heading it is how I have most success, and you have to have a bit of speed up coz some people actually use nose riding as a stall so it can slow you down when you get to the tip.

check out some info on Tom Wegeners website if you want the opinion of a master.

http://www.tomwegenersurfboards.com/html/articles.html

Nose riding is an artform. I longboard a lot and nose riding is by far my most favourite position.

The most important part of nose riding is setting up. You need to set the board high in the wave and nearly stall it off the back of the wave, as the wave nearly overtakes you thats when you start coming forward. A good tip is to walk up the waveward rail. This will keep you straight and drive the board off the rail. You'll find once you learn how to use your rails well you can surf quite well without a fin! Once your on the nose, it a matter of balancing your position depending on where the wave is and your board speed. If you go too fast and your body gets out in front of the wave, you will nose dive, SO you need to step back and stall the board, re-set up and then step forward again. Once you get the feel of what is happening, you'll find that you can stay on the neose through sections that you normally wouldn't have thought nose ridable. Hollow waves are very fun to nose ride, but you have to keep the waveward rail committed.

Practice and fun.

JB

nice explanation JB

its all about the wave and your board position keeping it high
once you have got that sussed bust out the back fins and through the helicopter
havent nailed it cleanly yet but so close it ****s me
nothing better than taking off and running up the nose

charge on greenroom

yo greenroom
putting the fin foward loosens up your board
it puts your pivot point foward
the way knee boards fins are set up
in small waves i ride with my fin forward to make the board loose
in larger waves you drop back the fin to draw out your turns

JB said...

Nose riding is an artform. I longboard a lot and nose riding is by far my most favourite position.

The most important part of nose riding is setting up. You need to set the board high in the wave and nearly stall it off the back of the wave, as the wave nearly overtakes you thats when you start coming forward. A good tip is to walk up the waveward rail. This will keep you straight and drive the board off the rail. You'll find once you learn how to use your rails well you can surf quite well without a fin! Once your on the nose, it a matter of balancing your position depending on where the wave is and your board speed. If you go too fast and your body gets out in front of the wave, you will nose dive, SO you need to step back and stall the board, re-set up and then step forward again. Once you get the feel of what is happening, you'll find that you can stay on the neose through sections that you normally wouldn't have thought nose ridable. Hollow waves are very fun to nose ride, but you have to keep the waveward rail committed.

Practice and fun.

JB

Cant wait for my next SUP session to try this out! Thanks