Nose shapes

[ShaunMurphy]

Just out curious,
What differences does having a more pointed nose make compared to a more 'egg' shaped nose. I have ridden both kinds and wonder does the shape of the nose really matter. I know one possible difference is that the more pointed noses, seem to punch through waves easier. Its not black and white here either, i know some boards noses seem to be a mix egg shaped with a slight point, etc. Just wondering if there is any other differences. Please enlighten .
-Shaun

[Beeline2.0]

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[skansand]

you can use skinny noses in high rockered boards and it makes the board easier to swing around....

if you lower the rocker you need to widen up the nose so it will plane and not bog...

...and a wide nosed,high rockerd board would push alot of water i imagine..

[red]

There are top KBers who say that the part of the board from 8" back of the nose to 24" back is the most critical part of a board. This determines how it will bottom and top turn, and how it comes around in cut backs.

My input is - if the nose is pointy, you may as well trim the board length by a couple of inches until you get a fuller template. This will support you when you lean forward into raging bottom turns and cut backs (of course the rails need to be right).

But then there are a bunch of people who like to sit on the tail. A full nose just makes the board seem heavy in that posture..

[Headwax.]

hey beeline you are stealing my lines

last board I made I cut too much width from the nose. It's a needle nose and very strange. It goes vertical better than any board I've ever had. Can rattle of a string of re-os at the drop of a hat (it has a lot of nose lift in the last five inches)

and it cuts back like shi t- cause the narrow nose reduced the planing area whan I lean forward and it also reduced the wettable rail

(I ride from the tail but lean forward a lot)

hope this helps

cheers

HW

[Beeline2.0]

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[Headwax.]

shucks I was just kidding, you can borrow my lions anytime

(not loins)

reducing the nose width so dramatically shifted the pivot point of the rail line back cause I kept the wide points of the rest of the board the same

gave the vertical increment but took away from the cutback (but not the bottom turn)