When boards weighed upwards of 50 pounds, the light/flicky ride quality of a board with the wide point back and a narrow nose was a quantum leap forward in terms of maneuverability.
28 pound foam longboards appeared a few years later. Quick turning became a function of light weight, rather than shape. And noses began to widen...
Dewey Weber, tossing around lightweight, full nosed foamies.
During the transition era, shorter and lighter boards allowed the wide point to move forward -- and noses to fill out -- while still maintaining maneuverability. That trend was taken to the Nth degree by this Greenough-designed Keyo, built in 1968...
Apparently, Velzy never got the memo! He clashed with convention and pushed the pig concept to it's absolute limit. Huntington Beach, 1969...
By the early 80's, maneuver-oriented surfboard designers finally embraced Velzy's pulled-in nose concept...
...and it's been mainstream shortboard thinking for over 35 years ...
Ironic Epilogue: How the hell did the no-nose pig design emanate from a guy with a schnoz the size of Cyrano de Bergerac ???
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