Tail and Nose

[TheFallenSkater]

Whenever i get a new board i always get lucky bolts and they always put the green one on the nose so i could just throw down and go. But i was looking at a mini logo of mine and i could tell between the tail and nose cuz the tail was very thin beacuse when i stop i just slide my tail on the ground, but i really dont know how to tell a tail from a nose on a new board. Is it like the tail is higher than the nose or what?

This is the noobiest question prolly ever asked on the site but it's just something i never knew lol

please no flame :-13:

[almostsk8er33]

Nose is wider, steeper, and longer, you ride on the tail.

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[Greenday]

Also, the graphic on the bottom is an indicator. Usually, if there's text on the bottom and its horizontal, then where the text begins is the nose. If you put your board sideways to that you can read the text from left to right, then the left side is the nose. If theres a picture and its horizontal, put the board sideways to that the graphic is pointing up, then the nose is also the left side. If the text is vertical, than the side above the text is the nose, same with a graphic.

Example:
Click (http://www.skatewarehouse.com/descpageDKZERO-ZEPKCP.html)The nose is the left side
Click (http://www.skatewarehouse.com/descpageDKWORLDIND-WIF2CMP.html)The nose is the left side.
Same goes if its text.

[Dookie416]

Click (http://www.skatewarehouse.com/descpageDKZERO-ZEPKCP.html)The nose is the left side

sorry, but you're wrong here. the right side is the nose. it's like this. you read the logo "zero" left to right. so the end of the word is the nose, so it's like you are skating the front as the end of the word, so you are skating the board where if you were 1 cm tall you could look at the bottom of the skateboard and read zero correctly, not backwards.

i also have a real deck right now, and according how the graphic is placed(vertical) i am skating the nose, but they really feel exactly the same. and it's a ramondetta deck. which reminds me, i'm never buying a real again. everyone says they are such great decks, but i've had horrible experiences with them. i've had 2. the day i bought the first one i cracked the tail halfway on a front board land on a rail, and today, i cracked the tail halfway again on a del mar indy this time off the spine to flat. this deck was a week old. i'm sure they are great decks when you don't break them the first week, but i'm laying off them. can't wait for 10 california blanks this christmas. strongest deck ever.

[manualman]

sorry, but you're wrong here. the right side is the nose. it's like this. you read the logo "zero" left to right. so the end of the word is the nose, so it's like you are skating the front as the end of the word, so you are skating the board where if you were 1 cm tall you could look at the bottom of the skateboard and read zero correctly, not backwards.

i also have a real deck right now, and according how the graphic is placed(vertical) i am skating the nose, but they really feel exactly the same. and it's a ramondetta deck. which reminds me, i'm never buying a real again. everyone says they are such great decks, but i've had horrible experiences with them. i've had 2. the day i bought the first one i cracked the tail halfway on a front board land on a rail, and today, i cracked the tail halfway again on a del mar indy this time off the spine to flat. this deck was a week old. i'm sure they are great decks when you don't break them the first week, but i'm laying off them. can't wait for 10 california blanks this christmas. strongest deck ever.
Dookies right. The nose is flatter and wider.

[Dookie416]

The nose is flatter and wider.

actually, the nose is steeper.

[danmorris778]

The nose has more curve so you can catch it better when popping. The tail is more often than not thinner.

[manualman]

steeper???...its wider...and yeah it does have alittle bit more of an incline,but not always...but it IS always wider...

[Dookie416]

i never said it wasn't. but you said it was flatter, when it's not.

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