User-Friendly or Favorite Board for Noseriding?

[Maine Logger]

Agreed, the continental is a good bet and is very available. I tried one in less than ideal conditions with a little size. Once you get into trim, it naturally “locks in”and is very stable. When I picked up my fine swine earlier this fall, the shop had a few continentals and I was tempted for sure.

 

[zilamonster]

Wide tail, wide nose, pivot fin and you'll get it. I feel the trade-off with really wide and noserider-focused boards is that the overall bulk can make the board hard to maneuver and thus harder to "set up" for the noseride. For instance, the Bing Noserider, I had a 9'10, was a sidewalk and noseriding was so easy. However, it was slow to react and I felt like I was always trying to get into the pocket and not riding the wave all that well. My cooperfish nosedevil was a good compromise.

Thanks and agreed on the lack of maneuverability of some noseriders. Looking for something that's a blend of maneuver and noseriding to help with the setup, understanding that having some of both compromises on one or the other.

 

[RobG814]

I recently picked up a Christenson Bonneville and really enjoy it. Much easier for me to turn and control compared to the Continental and noserides just as well in my opinion.

 

[DanSan]

Pearson Arrow “CJ Nelson” model
One of the best…(especially when shaped by Dane Perlee )
usually a bunch stocked at the Arrow shop

For me now …though…
Osprey Dane Perlee. Speed demon

 

[shadydave]

Thanks and agreed on the lack of maneuverability of some noseriders. Looking for something that's a blend of maneuver and noseriding to help with the setup, understanding that having some of both compromises on one or the other.

You may want to change the title of the thread then.

While the Bonneville may nose ride as well I believe that would be true once you have your nose riding technique figured out. Imho if you want to learn and improve your nose riding the Continental will be superior.
As with all things surf related it’s all subjective and what works for me may not work for you. If you want an all arounder the bonneville is an excellent choice.

 

[zilamonster]

You may want to change the title of the thread then.

While the Bonneville may nose ride as well I believe that would be true once you have your nose riding technique figured out. Imho if you want to learn and improve your nose riding the Continental will be superior.
As with all things surf related it’s all subjective and what works for me may not work for you. If you want an all arounder the bonneville is an excellent choice.

Thanks. Then maybe I should go for more of a pure noserider then. Realistically I am going to make a list of boards recommended to keep an eye out for in the used market, so hopefully this will allow me to try a few over time.

 

[jory]

as opined above, broadly speaking, a wider nosed, parallel template log is going to be the easiest to noseride whereas something with wide point back ( like the bonneville) and a narrower nose will noseride well in the pocket but wont allow for cheating out onto the shoulder anywhere near as much. Thats fine if you are already a decent noserider but if you're learning, being able to cheat out from the steepest part of the wave gives you a bit more time and forgiveness for getting the mechanics down.

The continental is a good shout for sure but anything thats got a tail of 15.75-16, 23ish wide and a nose of at least 18.25 is going to work. The CJ sprout is a very easy board to noseride ( its a version of the Pearson arrow cj model mentioned above in reality) and its not too bad to turn for its size. You might have a decent chance of scoring one second hand.

In reality, (& ive posted this a million times on here) you can noseride almost anything, its just footwork and positioning which only comes with lots of purposeful practice. Theres no magic bullet

 

[espi]

Davenport El Cadejo too

 

[Knowbody]

Performer with hatchet fin works well. But the weber planer is even better!

 

[mightyrime]

One thing to point out is a dedicated noserider as listed above general noserides great but compromises are made in other areas. For me purchasing a dedicated noserider actual taught me that i like more of an all around type log that can be surfed with a bit more variety.

I have had 3 dedicated NRs. Bing Pocket Knife, Bing Beacon, Byzak noserider. All 3 were great noseriders ( and i will be honest i am more of a 5 toes over guy). But all lacked some of the speed and fluidity of what i ride now ( Yater Spoon). I found also on the days that the waves were not quite perfect for noseriding that those other boards were a bit of a let down.

My advice is when riding your NR dont expect it to much else.