Re: [jar] the shortest nose riding longboard?

Heavy, parallel, flat, super soft rails should do it.

Make the only nose rocker the thickness coming out - if your board is 3" thick in the middle and 1/2" thick at the tip: boom. 2.5" nose rocker :)

Dimensions like 20-23-17 and 7" square across the tail. Big pivot fin. Volan glass. 50/50 rails. Smooth bottom - no concaves, vee, belly, etc to slow you down or make it twitchy...

Don't give in to the temptation to make it more egg-like or 'versatile'. Don't put in a little kick of nose rocker or a little edge on the rails or boxes for side fins...that kind of compromise makes boards ok at lots of things, but really good at nothing. Stick to the plan & it would be fine.

John Mellor sent me a copy of a Clark catalog from 1983 or so. All the blanks that said "good noserider" (mostly Takayama & Velzy plugs) were 8'0", 8'2"...I think the longest was 8'6". So yeah - no problem. Just stick to the plan. :)