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New Era
performance based surfing style centred on involvement with the curl, promulgated by John Witzig in Surfing World Magazine, 1966.
For Witzig it was typified by Nat Young / Bob McTavish, as opposed to the Functional style of Midget Farrelly.

Neddle Nose
see No-Nose

No-Nose
circa 1978 Pig type template (large -ve wide point, wide tail) developed principally by Geoff McCoy in the 1980’s as the Lazer Zap (Image right).as a single fin response to MR'sTwin Fin #2's small wave performance. .
ISimon Anderson then used the combination of this template and three similar fins for his development of the Thruster in 1979.
Subsequent application to sailboard design in the 1990’s
In the 1990’s McvCoy developed a Thruster finned model, The Nugget.

nose
1. the front (approximately 12”) section of a board’s template.
2. the front tip of a board.

Noselifter
Late 1960s fin accessory that was an ajustable horizontal foiled blade, about 3 inches wide, that attached to the fin and was said to improve noseriding by increasing tail drag or tail lift.
Marketed by Surf Research in California (Gareth Powel, Mike Doyle and Rusty Miller) and advertised in Surfer/Surfing magazines of the period.
Rusty Miller, noted by email February 2008:
"Neat to be reminded of our "Noselifters" as I remember we called them... They were injection molded symmetrical (black and white) and their plane was made adjustable by one of the two screw holes through the fin where they were attached by... Being made into a slot shape... So one could adjust the level of drag desired."
Many thanks to Rusty.

Nose guard
molded rubber tip to protect both board and rider from damage, circa 1984 with popularity of no-nose thruster design.
Credited to Eric Arakawa and David Skedeleski at Island Classic Surfboards, Hawaii.

Noserider
a longboard specifically designed for maximum noseriding performance, brought to prominence at Tom Morey's Innvitational Noseriding Contest, 1965.

Noseriding Contest
Tom Morey's Innvitational Noseriding Contest, 1965 July 4 Ventura California.
'Won' by Mickey Munoz riding a Hobie Surfboard, shaped by Phil Edwards, featuring flat nose rocker, kicked tail and a concave nose.
See Phil Edward's Noserider Plans.
US designers went into overdrive in the develpoment of Noserider models...
The Eliminator by Greek Surfboards, The Ugly by Con Surfboards, The Penetrator by John Peck/Morey-Pope Surfboards, The Performer by Weber Surfboards, The Stretch by Gordon and Smith Surfboards.
Variously featuring flat nose rocker, narrow high kicked tails, concave and stepped noses, fin variation (Hatchet fins byDewey Weber, Tunnel fin, The Fin Wing? ) and the first low rails (by Tom Morey, further development at Gordon and Smith Surfboards by Mike Hynson, Mike Haley and Skipp Frye).
A Nose patch became a common decor feature -contest scoring was based on the time a rider could stand on a marked section of the front 25% of the board.
Manufacturers often added these, particually to noseriding models, but many riders added the decor post-production.
This feature was a excellent marketing tool for Morey-Pope's coloured aerosol wax alternative -Slipcheck and competitor Grip-something.?
This was the first professional contest - 25 invitees, purse of $1500.oo.
This was the first objective contest - the rider scoring against the clock. A ride of 20 seconds was/is outstanding.
Phil Edwards' design and the host of variations were exported to Australia by late1965.
Kampion page 103 -104
Nat's History. page 100 -101

nose width
measured 12 inches from the extremity of the nose.

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