Surfing Waves

i was wondering why some people cut off the nose of their surfboards. i've seen it on a bunch of boards, and at first i thought they were broken or something, but i've seen a couple with glassed finishes and a kind of mini rocker. what are the benefits of this? how is it done? i've got a couple of boards with broken noses that might be redeemable if i do this, especially since i felt a bit overgunned on them in the first place. i would've asked the guys that had their noses clipped, but they were too busy punting airs.

I think it is a repair... I have not seen a cropped nose in a shop.

If you punt air you go through boards quick....couple inches off the nose...sand it glass it, punt away.

well there are boards that are made without a nose and most other times its a repair thats not worth doing. one of the problems is that the rocker will be less and therefore paddling into waves would be harder and paddling out. though i dont know how they ride

they kind of give it a false, steep rocker when they refinish the nose. i think it gives it a more skatey kind of feel when surfing. 5050 waveskates have boards with snubby noses.

my friend has a shortboard with the nose chopped off. he got dumped on a sandsucking slab and snapped the nose. they just reglassed over what was left. he calls it 'the shovelnose' because it's so hard to make drops without it pearling

HA HA cut off nose,,,, ever seen one for sale in a shop???? Think not!!!.
Man o man to think of the pearling affect that twerked said "shovel nose" is perfect shovelin under the water.!!!!

yeah, i should mention he only takes it out every now and then. he has two retro single fins that he rides. and a longboard too. and probably a few others i haven't seen him ride