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. :)

There is a dude in Aus who makes boards at 7' that he reckons you can hang 10 on...
**warning - the following website contains some political commentary, and an anti-epoxy vibe**

http://www.waterskatesurfboards.com/powerglide.aspx

Now i haven't ridden one, but the nose concave is the interesting part, its not blended at all. It looks like those aliens who make the crop circles have attacked the bottom of the board. There is a pic in the galleries section of the bottom of the board, but it doesn't show much detail.

Guy Takayama- GWAT
http://forum.surfermag.com/photopost/data/501/medium/DSC00816.jpg

I'd take a look at Steve Brom's Stepchild:

I think this one is 6'10'', but i think if saw shorter versions.

Coque.

I recently made this one for a girl surfing the Mediterranée (where waves are rather small and not very powerful). It's 6'6" and it has been reported to do the job quite finely.

Very greenough like fin.

Is it more like when they were trying to ride his spoon as stand up boards instead of a nose rider?
You dont know when its from?

Sorry, sick with the flu, heads not working right at all

http://www.swaylocks.com/resources/detail_page.cgi?ID=1646
http://www.swaylocks.com/resources/detail_page.cgi?ID=1655&d=1

Hi Jar,

I was experimenting with the same idea, works good for cheater 5 in the barrel, hang ten needs a lot of weight on the tail to keep the nose on sea level.

Very interested what you can make of the same idea, should become a new kind of board, not short or long.

Greetz Soul

Hi DanB

What sizes are you thinking of?

Looks like an interesting design.

Soul

PS hey Chipper, did you already make something like this?

Hi Jar, that board isn't mine, i wish it was, but someone posted photos about it years back here on Swaylocks when Magicman was still a regular and when you described what you were searching for i just thought about the "Stepchild", searched the photos and posted them.

Also it's always an honor to show some work from Mr Steve Brom, the guy is a great shaper, a great person and a pleasure to deal with. I have a fish from him that i love, but haven't put enought time on it. Today i had my second and last surgery from an injury and i think my first session is going to be on the Brom in a couple weeks.

Coque.

PS: Also make a search for the Con Ugly, the idea i close to Brom's Stepchild.

The shortest noserider:

http://surfysurfy.blogspot.com/2006/07/thumbchado.html

you can noseride anything. you need a log to hang ten and for glide and trim, but as far as a cheater 5 goes, it can be done on anything, even modern over rockered high performance shortboards. i used to have a 6'3 that i would noseride once in a while. just didnt seem like there was much of a point.

benny
dimensions look very exciting ,what would be the smallest lenght for those and would up rails in front and /or back be of any help[i am thinking along the con ugly princible ].I know you said no tinkering but sometimes you just cant help it.
cheers

hi etmo
how do you open the video of machado riding the thumb?any more info on the board?
cheers

This is a 6'6" x 18 1/4" nose 22 wide and the tail is close to 17"
Its really flat, has a mild displacement hull, and has a Greenough 4 C fin. The board rides great at the bottome of the wave. When I first made it last summer the waves were tiny for a month and I rode it in below knee high waves. I had a blast on this thing. Its not much fun over shoulder high, but if you can plant your back foot over the fin it actually pivits and you can bottom turn and do a little snapper.
Although the nose has a little concave, I have rarely tride rideing the tip. I have been content so far with the glide, just standing a bit up from the middle of the board and letting the hull manage the speed for me.
This board is a total contrast from rideing quads because it derives its speed so low in the wave.
I'm trying to upload a pic of the rocker profile but heres the deck.

These are my 6'8"-7'4" funboards.The middle two you can run around on.The place I
surf has too much power for a full on min log most days.
The other picture is of a Walden Magic Compact disc that I saw when I was
looking for wet suit info online.The line they had about you can even nose ride on it
made me think of this thread.I'm 6'2" &190lb and the best nose rider I
have ever ridden is a Bert Burger style EPS-balsa Compsand.
Have fun
Ian

Hi Jar

No nose pics, but this is fun too on the 5'5".
Sometimes cheater 5's get boring when there is no tube.
There are times we get a bit bigger waves in Holland.
Have a lot of fun on your new board.

Soul

soulnpower's boards and ride reports stoke me out

pics proof positive