Nose ride

[1] American surfer and writer Matt Warshaw wrote, "Noseriding wasn't identified as a maneuvers unto itself until the early 1950s, after the surfboard fin had grown big enough to really anchor the tail.

In 1947, Joe Quigg recorded, in drawings and words, the noseriding skill of Rabbit Kekai on waves at "Outer Queens" near Waikiki, Hawaii.

[4] Noseriding defined the surfers of the 1950s led by Rabbit Kekai, Matt Kivlin and Joe Quigg.

Then came the champion surfers of the 1960s including Lance Carson,[5][6] Phil Edwards,[7] Dewey Weber,[8] Mickey Muñoz,[9] Joey Cabell,[10] Donald Takayama,[11] Skip Frye,[12] David Nuuhiwa,[13] Gary Proper,[14] Claude Codgen[15] and Bob Purvey.

[16] The modern generation of noseriding surfer champions include Joel Tudor,[17] CJ Nelson[18] and Chad Marshall.

[19] Current toe-pointing women Association of Surfing Professional's World Tour champions include Kelia Moniz from Hawaii, Belinda Baggs from Australia, Chloe Calmon from Brazil and Kassia Meador from the USA.

It is best to avoid the white water but with a noserider surfboard, an accomplished surfer can ride through or manoeuvre around the imploding wave while remaining on the nose.

[citation needed] In 1965, Tom Morey[20] (inventor of the "Morey-Boogie" body board) devised the first professional surf contest around timing nose rides.