Power surfboard design goals and the make it easy school of pure surfing function

My design goals are to make the waveriding experience as easy as possible and as successful as possible in terms of wavemaking ability.In order to achieve a better result in that respect than the typical malibu noserider does isn't all that difficult, and in some ways is just an extension of the same principles used in shortboards.Basically if a designer makes a longboard without reference to noseriding needs then a few things will naturally happen. . . the planshape will become more curvaceous, the rocker will no longer be reversed ( it will be even or will gradually flatten towards the tail rather than being flat in the nose and flipped in the tail ) and the rocker apex and widest point in planshape will come closer together.The net result of these very simple changes is a board which has a sweet spot from which it can be turned and trimmed. . . . a major advance in efficiency which makes life much easier for the rider. The board will also become faster, will handle late drops better, and will rail turn better ( rail turning is more efficient )When life gets easier for the rider then the surfboard becomes less obtrusive ( yes even if it is very large) and the rider is able to make waves which he wouldn't otherwise make, as well as being free to use his powers of concentration to improve his wavemaking ability rather than having them occupied just trying to achieve the basics, or even worse doing unecessary tricks.Rather like the guy on the well designed bike compared with the guy on the chopper.I'm not saying that anyone has to see it the way I do. Plenty of people out there at present are promoting the idea that the holy grail of surfing is to make it as difficult as possible, that's not the way we do it around here, and it's not the way Bentley, Rolls Royce or Ferrari design their cars either. . . make it work as smoothly and efficiently as possible so that it all happens at the touch of a finger or toe.Roy StewartPower Surfboards