Surfing Explained: Ep12 Choosing a Longboard Outline - Wide Point Back/ Center / Forward

Great explanation, thanks for sharing this info. I was thinking about a pig outline, but now understand this won't be suitable for my ability or wave type

Man, this is amazing! Love the breakdown of the different shapes/styles

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I wish I would have had this recommended a week ago. I just picked up my first longboard. I rode short boards growing up but I'm coming back to surfing after a 15 year break. I'm rusty overall but a total beginner when it comes to longboards. Thankfully, through blind luck the board I picked up has the wide point forward.

Damn good video

Will a width forward longboard still have a lil rocker ?

hello SS. If I only use a center fin on my longboards, is there any advantage of choosing a new board with just a single fin box? In other words, do unused side fin boxes create a disadvantage? Thanks

My break is a East Coast fast close out beach break with some gems but u have to be fast enough to get in them and stay out Infront of them what board would do better

Im going to play this for my wife, when she asks me why i need three long boards. Thank you for helping articulate and understand my argument better. looking for a pure nose rider, now I know exactly what i want. Add in a hatchet fin and I'm golden!

If Mike Casey is still shaping on the North Shore of Oahu, fly there im-fucking-mediately and have him shape you a single fin, square tailed 9’2”. He learned from Brewer & Diffenderfer. My board from him would flex off bottom turns and snap with acceleration and practically throw you onto the nose where it would lift you up thru sections and accelerate yet again. It was insane at Rocky Point, small Pipe, Makaha, and in Town.

And then you have the very unique hydrodynamic rail of the long lost but not quite forgotten 'Morey SWIZZLE'. God Bless Tom Morey!

Awesome video since I want to step up from my fun board and get properly into longboarding. Thanks to this video, I have found 2 options. One is a 9’0 triple stringer made out of PU that is fairly new, and the other is a 9’6 epoxy triple stringer that is about 10 years old and weighs a bit more. What would you recommend for a fairly novice surfer like me? I really hope to hear from you 🤞🏻🥳

Excellent video! It's funny that you title this about longboards... It seems to apply to a broader spectrum of boards that just longboards.
I seem to like the wide point forward on my longboards (Tyler Riddler, etc.) and my mid-length boards (Aipa - Big Boy Stinger, Dewey Weber - Feather Fastback, Torq - Don XL, etc.) 
Not that I didn't LOVE my Velzy Pig! It was just a different experience.
It also appears that many of the shortboard shapes are wide-point back or maybe middle.
Would love to hear your take on this regarding mid-length, fun and short-boards.


Thanks! Been watching SS for over a decade.

Wide point back with lots of rocker ❤️. I don't want to do nose rides.. I want to do turns

Hi. What do you think about the outline of the stewart redline 11 vs takayama in the pink? Im a beginner surfer looking to improve my skills. Surf typical beach breaks here in NJ. Thank you so much.

Very helpful thanks! Exactly what I was looking for

Probably best video I’ve watched, hands down

Very well explained greattt video guys !! Awesome!!1

This is the best video on this subject. Thanks for referencing boards available today for each shape. Very helpful

good stuff

Thanks

amazing video!!!!

Sick thank you for this. I just bought a wide point back board

Awesome breakdown guys - much appreciated 🤙

Oh, now i totally know why ....
Huge thanks.

Hi!!! Very interesting videos!!!
🤔 I have a question...
Moving the wide point of the board front or back we are modifying the position of the center of gravity of the board that defines the mecanics of the board.
Moving the wide point of the board we are changing the outline of the board too but what about keeping the same outline but changing center of gravity position by using different core materials or by adding some balast? And what about doing the same thing on a short board?

Great information really clearly presented! Love longboarding when its 2ft glassy and just breaking - theres nothing like that glide, don't love trying to strap 9ft + of board on to my scooter though! I see far too many inexperienced surfers on longboards nowerdays I think they should be looked at as the same experience level as HP shortboards (for many reasons including danger to other surfers 9ft board 9ft leash = 18ft foot of heavily glassed carnage), too many learners jump straight on to a longboard and just want to learn to cross step (I guess instagram is to blame here) and never get good paddle power, turning ability, wave reading ability and confidence in bigger and/or steeper conditions. I think if you can shortboard fairly well longboarding is fairly easy to pick up and so much fun - theres no coincidence that really good longboarders also rip on small boards too!

White Point front noserider Tennille 3 1/2 inch thick it's for my stroke that's why?

Hey Surf Simply!!
First of all, huge congratulations about what you have been doing for the last years..
Would be nice to see a video about:
- hunting zone
- the difference between take off on white water and green waves
- some techniques to do a pop-up more consistent (my feet never land in the right place :p)
- 2 ways pumping / linking target / Vertical bottom turn
Maybe it was too much.. ahah

Aloha from Portugal ;)

Have you seen the Meyerhoffer longboard? I’ve had the “peanut” for close to 10 years and it is a delight! It has a wide nose, a narrow waist, a wide tail that ends in a sharp pin tail... It carves like a short board and nose rides like a champ!!! You should look it up online, it is a true masterpiece!

Thank you Will! Knowledge is barrels!

Thank you for sharing!

Please do this topic on midlengths!

Thanks Will!

Ohh yeaah, my topic!!! 🥳🥳 🤙🤙

every week I impress the line up with my new found surf knowledge. People are so impressed that they sometimes even give me their waves. Thanks surf simply for making me a better surfer in and out of the water.