FRP said..
Please tell me this is a bad idea before I do it. I have gone to the nose of my 8'10" Speeed a few times and want to do it more consistently. Rather than buying another board I am considering putting in a US box to accommodate a large long board fin to provide more drag and hold. Bert describes the "Steeze" as what the Speeed would look like if it was normal. The Steeze is a passable nose rider, why not the Speeed? Cheers

Bob

Sounds like a great idea Bob.
Just make sure you solo-shot it and post on the breeze!

Go the Twins / hybrid keels.
Ran them in a demo 8'10 Speeed on knee to waist height runners, great nose, whilst being the Mrs's demo board caddie.

Thanks everyone. Good suggestions, especially the last advice......just do it!

I got out today and it was truly humbling. In the past I have been shuffling to the front of the board and today was determined to walk. I put the largest fins in the board as I have (Large Cdrives) and took it out in reasonable waves. Certainly the long boarders were walking to the nose. The best I could do was three tentative cross steps forward before crashing. Sometimes just one step and getting locked in on the top third of the wave and that was ok. It definitely is not the board that is holding me back. I just need to learn to cross step and the 8'10" Speeed is a stable enough platform to learn on. I need much more practice and then consider investing in a dedicated nose rider. Crazing good fun and back to being a total goof.

Cheers,

Bob

FRP said..
Thanks everyone. Good suggestions, especially the last advice......just do it!

I got out today and it was truly humbling. In the past I have been shuffling to the front of the board and today was determined to walk. I put the largest fins in the board as I have (Large Cdrives) and took it out in reasonable waves. Certainly the long boarders were walking to the nose. The best I could do was three tentative cross steps forward before crashing. Sometimes just one step and getting locked in on the top third of the wave and that was ok. It definitely is not the board that is holding me back. I just need to learn to cross step and the 8'10" Speeed is a stable enough platform to learn on. I need much more practice and then consider investing in a dedicated nose rider. Crazing good fun and back to being a total goof.

Cheers,

Bob

Hey Bob, I can lend you my Nalu when I come (maybee early April) and you can waltz to the nose and back including a loop with flourish :-)

FRP said..
Please tell me this is a bad idea before I do it. I have gone to the nose of my 8'10" Speeed a few times and want to do it more consistently. Rather than buying another board I am considering putting in a US box to accommodate a large long board fin to provide more drag and hold. Bert describes the "Steeze" as what the Speeed would look like if it was normal. The Steeze is a passable nose rider, why not the Speeed? Cheers

Bob

I made many posts about noseriding the Speeed.
It is quite easy to do because the nose sort of "plows" a bit and slows the board down to perfect noseriding pace.
The scoop nose won't let the nose sink into the water, so it's very easy to control the ride from up there.

Best I could do for some footage of me noseriding the Speeed... and oldy

How is the cross stepping progress ?

build a quiver ..the speed is not a noserider .. maybe 5 over on a good day ,:)

Sandsy1 said..
Sorry kids. Noseriding is 5 or 10 over the edge, not a foot back from the front! Get a Black and Blue!

Its a log with a Spoon, different critter altogether

Sandsy1 said..
Sorry kids. Noseriding is 5 or 10 over the edge, not a foot back from the front!

Toes over the nose do not mean anything. Noseriding is using the full nose of your board to plane on it.

Neat nose-riding on a nine-foot Infinity

Bighugg said..

Sandsy1 said..
Sorry kids. Noseriding is 5 or 10 over the edge, not a foot back from the front! Get a Black and Blue!

Its a log with a Spoon, different critter altogether

No concave. Always a flat bottom.

Sandsy1 said..
You lot as so precious. I was taking the piss!
Australian humour for the other countries

Reel 'em in mate. Although you're joking, it is valid to say a nose riding board that can let you get toes over is a cut above one that let's you get up on the nose but not right to the tip.

I must admit, I do have a custom Jimmy Lewis, Black and Blue at 10' x 30" x 4" 140 litres. Even at my intermediate level, I have had 10 over the front. The board did all the work, just a great design, purpose built for sup logging. Having said that, surfed sucky shoulder to head high point breaks, with heaps of down the line speed. Gotta love a single fin!!
Some small fun ones taken by #central coast board hire