l live in socal santa barbara california and l want a board l can manuever on but still walk on and be a longboard. l was thinking about an 8 foot board or something. Im pretty good at surfing and have been doing it a couple of years. Also wondering about the nose what shape should it be. Thank you so much.

Check out 9:Fish Surfboard is Koi (http://9fishsurf.com/koi.html). It is very maneuverable for a board that size and definitely big enough for you to walk on.

How tall are you??? If your about average sze the an 8ft should be good. Look for a very rounded nose with a concave on the underside of the nose. This will be the best for nose riding.

Go down to a local surfshop where they can custom make u a board. They will set u up with the perfect board based on ur size & what u tell them u r wanting to do while riding. The possibilities r endless with custom made boards these days. l know a few shapers that have there own machines that r run off of a computer, u type in the dimensions u want & the machine pumps it out & the shaper does some finishing touches then glasses it.

Besides, The professional shapers r going to know a lot more about what they r talking about then most of us answering ur question (unless one of u answering is a shaper).