setting up a nose ride

just looking for some help with nose riding setup
i can get nose rides and i stall to get higher in the wave although when going for the nose alot of the time the board races down the face quickly before i can get to the nose so i wondered should when setting up my board be parallel to the wave face or at more of an angle i drew a sketch to show what i mean
i can get nose rides and i stall to get higher in the wave although when going for the nose alot of the time the board races down the face quickly before i can get to the nose so i wondered should when setting up my board be parallel to the wave face or at more of an angle i drew a sketch to show what i mean