What exactly was the difference between the David Nuuhiwa Noserider and the David Nuuhiwa Lightweight. When was each introduced and taken out of production?
hi bolsalogger
A freind has a 9’2" Bing David Nuuhiwa Pintail Lighyweight in his garage and I looked it over pretty good.The first thing that is noticable is that it is thin relatively speaking.The rails are sharp and go down in the rear and up in the front.It doesn’t appear to be a nose rider to me becouse the nose is not super wide and slightly pointed.It has a black plastic,what do they call that fin,the WAVE SET or something like that.From comparing to pictures in a mag it appears to be from about 1967.I think this particular boards emphasis was not nose riding,and it is light and a neat board.
You can get an answer straight from the source at www.classicbingsurfboards.com. I could tell you somethings of what I know but would’nt be as accurate as getting it from Bing Copeland himself who posts there often.
I strongly believe that noseriding is not reliant upon a wide nose. In most of the cases of the bings and vintage longboards, the wide point is found to be at least a few inches behind the centre of the board.