It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there especially while you’re learning. I think you’re doing great.

The best surfer is the one having the most fun. For me I want to thank you for your channel cause i got back into surfing. At 40 yrs old shaking off the rust is rough😂. But your channel as well as Ben Considines channel helps me alot. Ive only made it half way across the board and im stoked and i cant wait to get to the nose. Keep those videos rolling!!!

your son must be learning a lot about passion, challenge and determination, great job!

As a beginner videographer and editor, I’m in awe. I see the nuances of camera angles, the use of lighting, the transitions, sounds effects and music, the story-telling style… man. This is a work of ART. And of course, as always, your love of surfing bleeds through. I am so entertained and educated now 🙌🏼 thank you. You deserve so many more subs

Hey Brian, you’re getting noticed! As Oscar Wilde once said “The only thing worse than being talked about, is not being talked about.” Keep up the good work!

Starting surfing a year ago in Nova Scotia at 30 and has been the steepest learning curve but have seen so much progression in a year! Absolutely love your videos!!!

Brian, just have fun. It's all about the stoke. Forget the haters, that's why we surf anyway. To get away from the noise.

“I needed a filmer, he’s saving for an electric scooter” sounds like a win-win to me.

This is fantastic!!!!! You are very humble and totally funny. BTW, you and your son make a great duo!

The comment on your video “ this is why I wear surfing booties 6 sizes to big” had me dead 😂😂😂😂😂

Masterpiece of a video man. Great job. And The final message of actually embracing criticism to get better instead of just shrugging it off or pushing back is like next level grit / growth mindset. I find that attitude lacking a lot these days, so it’s good to see! Pleasure to watch!

There is so much wisdom packed into this video, I love it! Top 3 takeaways for me: Making things hard in invigorates passion. Criticism helps us grow, don’t take it too personally. Subtle reminder that having kids doesn’t have to be the death of your surfing career and can help you connect in fun ways. This is not AI generated. I’m a real person heading to the Jersey Shore next week, crossing fingers for a party wave with you.

Halfway through watching this and dude this is amazing. Top notch production and most importantly you can just feel how real it is. Love the inclusion of your son in this and just the honesty behind it. Stoked this performed so well for you, looking forward to more as always

As a fellow New Jersey longboarder, I just wanted to say that I love these videos man, keep it up! Loving the New Jersey perspective on surfing

I am not a longboarder, but I still love your content. Actually, I love your style - to content and to life.

I've really enjoyed jumping through your videos. I've been longboarding for a couple years but still am "developmental". I love your approach. Keep it up.

I'm from Hawaii & a longboarder - Hawaiian water woman. It's our lifestyle grandparents aunts uncles kids all surf, on anything. I've followed you & love your content!!! Open transparent, learning in front of the whole world!!! Watch Kaniala beautiful Hawaiian surfer on the 10 over in steep pockets. Hey there's always Haters!! Or maybe I should say, the Uncle's!! And aunts off the ocean teach in a stern bold way, humbling . Style , is everything in longboarding & yes hanging 5 & 10 will give you Mahalo respect because you've truly REACHED the element of control, strength,style. Your almost there brother, be kind to yourself!!! Continue to improve. Remember surfing is HEALING!!! Can't celebrate your growth!!! Of course you can!!!!!! Who cares!!!! It'll all show up in time...

What a great response to an individual sitting and typing on a key board. Conhrats on the hang 5 btw, you're now redeemed and better off for it. 🤙yeeeeeeeew

It's great to see how driven you are, which shows not only in your progress in surfing, but also in the creativity you put into developing and editing these videos themselves.

this is high art! and inspiring on many levels. appreciate you sharing this

I broke my ankle surfing Lake Erie in October, talk about feeling like a kook. Still 2-3 months of rehab until I can even think about redemption, arg. Love your channel man.

you're a great surfer who's obviously having fun. i love your videos, keep it up!

that is sooo good on so many levels - just excellent and well done for another fine video!!

Another amazing video!!!!! Im so glad to see the East coast surf scene get the love it deserves

That was awesome! At 62 yrs old and surfing my whole life in socal! I still loving doing one thing. Being in the ocean and riding waves! PERIOD!

A beautiful narrative about motivation and the learning process! Thanks for making it!

This is great, love your style of video. Definitely worth the time!

I really appreciate how you handled this. Love your positivity. Well done. Keep it up. Cheers from Oz.

Bravo. Great response and attitude.

You surf for yourself and you make these videos for us and I for one am verry gratefull. I learned a lot thx!!!

that was one of the best surfing vids i watched so inspiring

always a treat when you upload. thanks for giving smiles and what not.

My favorite part is seeing the father son bond and the matching tie dye shirts!!! haha Great attitude, positive and fun vibes! Hoping for more videos soon!

Love the humor and the cinematography bro. Personally, I feel whatever keeps your stoke whether toes off or not, it’s whatever makes you happy. I mean, we’re all just standing on a foam plank at the end of the day. Keep killin it

Well done!!!

Well done!!

I LOVED IT!!!! I really enjoy your videos 💋

A cinematic masterpiece ✨️

I've been longboarding for over 50 years, and don't care to nosedive. I surf for the fun and my enjoyment. Don't worry what others think. Surf for your own enjoyment.

The best surfer in the world right now, is the surfer having the most fun.

Excellent video. The problem,the solution,the attitude all played out extremely well. Well done my friend. Catch you in Spring Lake cheers 😊

I grew up surfing very small summer waves in York Beach Maine, and The Wall in New Hampshire. I used this same technique, not because the waves were fast, but they were very weak. In certain circumstances, the pop up can be used as a mini "pump" to accelerate into the noseride. Veedster does this really well. I needed to get to the nose fast because an 8" wave doesn't have a long ride anyway. It maximized my noseride time. Another really fun technique that uses your quick pop-up/ one step to the nose. Do a long fade turn, but instead of a sweeping bottom turn to set up for cross stepping, do a short pivot stall and then run to the nose like you did in this video. It creates a speed variation (fast on the fade, almost stopping on the pivot, very fast once you hit the nose) that I think looks and feels really fun. I also think this works really well on shifting sand beach breaks like New Jersey/ Long Island/ OB/ South Bay

Dude! 10 seconds in and I was already laughing! Such a good edit, and I'm gonna start working on that pop-up and lunge to the nose myself. .... THANKS Nose Dodgers!

A video well done. A sess well surfed. Love the tuba music backing the “ kook out “ segment. 😂 Pretty good stuff fer a Joursey boy.😎

Haha, Love the perspective bro! Very cool..

Great video!!! A lot of effort put into this one. You can really see that. Great job.

All I need is a cool buzz and some tasty waves and I'm good! Keep it up!

Thank you!

Been surfing since I’ve be 8 years old. This is such good content! First min already hooked!

Your videos/editing keep getting better! It's funny, I feel like I do the "pop two step" too often. Sometimes I think I should take more time/steps to get to the nose.

You've really upped your video-production game -- two-camera shoots, dizzying drone footage and on-screen graphics -- well done! I'm gonna try that two-steps to the nose move. I'm still at the stage of running forward and right off the tip, so it couldn't hurt.

This was fantastic

Exceptional video editing!

Your production skills are fantastic! Great video.

This was absolutely fantastic. Taking lemons to making some fun tasty tasty lemonade! One of the biggest reasons I subscribe to your channel! Learning from failure to progress!

That fin is wicked

I love how you handled this! I know the beach break struggle all too well surfing in the North East. I'm just happy when I can make my way to the end of the board with both feet, even if I'm an inch or so away from actually getting my toes off the nose. There's such a short window of opportunity to make it happen, but I appreciate your realistic approach. I will be trying this two steps to the nose approach, makes a lot of sense. As surfers we're always looking to improve our skills and look more stylish and graceful while doing so, but ultimately we're all surfing because it fricki'n FUN! Who cares if you don't get them toes off every time?! Not me! :)

Great content. Cheers from Portugal.

Professional video i can say.. And what fin!

omg this video is a masterpiece

I am a KOOK too, loved the video

Funny, inspiring and relatable content for an experienced shortboarder who just started longboarding. cheers from Aus

You’re absolutely brilliant Brian. The whole methodology and analysis and follow through and humor and captivating and intriguing and inspiring etc! Your smile and laugh has always been your most beautiful physical feature in my opinion and you make we want to surf but I won’t because I’m petrified of what’s lurking under the surface of the ocean water. Bravo. Did Liam get his scooter yet? I really hope to see you and the family soon. 😘

great storytelling!!

Fantastic video. Distilling criticism in to suggestions or advice can be difficult. Especially from rando internet "authorities". But you sure did it here. You rose to the challenge of getting toes over the nose. Toes on or near the nose is already difficult. And that extra couple inches can feel like a mile. There are plenty of people that reach a level of skill that seems to satisfy them. And they're content with that for life. And I'm glad they're out there having fun. But I'm like you. I'm always working on learning a new skill or relearning one I didn't get quite right the first time. Unless you're in a contest or showing off to your buddies you're only surfing for you and your enjoyment. I recall you saying in earlier videos that you were documenting your progress at long boarding. You're still doing that. Keep up the good work and keep having fun

Turnstile! Cool place. Also, we've surfed together, I say no way, you're definitely not a kook. Keep on bringing it brother!🌊🏄🏻🤙

I think you're inspirational man ✊

Genuinely smiling at the end of your video lul, great content!

I love your videos! That positivity is so motivating and inspiring, we need more surfers like this in the water \m/

I love how you snaked that dude! Ha ha.. just kidding. Great job.

Kaniela Stewart fun to watch and learn from as well. Have fun Aloha

Your buddy Ben Considine would recommend two initial steps followed by two more measured steps. Nevertheless, your commitment to fun and surfing is infectious and a pleasure to watch - something I look forward to seeing appear routinely on KZfaq! 🏄🏼‍♂️

Hey dude. Just found your channel and I love it. I'm a Baltimore resident who tries to get out to the beach as much as I can - unfortunately, it's not often enough to feel like I can ever progress on my longboarding. I surf some spots in NJ sometimes when I'm up there - I'd love to paddle out with you at some point and maybe glean some wisdom. Casey

When nose riding backside, it's a counter intuitive move, but focus on getting your feet to the other edge. Biting into the wave makes the fin come out of the curl.

You’re a good surfer, just have fun :)

To really set up an excellent steep locked in nose ride or ten you need two things. 1 enter from deep and steep from behind the pocket. (The nose ride is a stall it’s self) so you want to enter with speed and once you step onto the nose in the five or ten position. You need to be going slightly faster then the wave, so when the “stall “takes place you end up in the curl. Now the second part. You need to be familiar enough with this feeling to surf from the nose, and 3 maneuvers work well from the nose to speed up or slow down. You can poke the nose down with your weight or press the nose into the pocket. You can do speed pump or wiggle the five position scraping under the lip. Or you can step back into the cheater five to turn under and around the section.

that deserves immediate what up? nice!

Fin appreciation christ shes raked man!

😂😂😂😂 I’m sharing as a surfer of 20+ years- you have never acted like the expert. I have always just enjoyed how you shared your journey. Hahaha we’re all kooks by the way. Love this video though, it’s fun and refreshing.

Looks like you get better waves than we do in the UK, nice video 🌊

Kook pride worldwide!

Great video, love to see your son getting into it (and giving it to his Pops!) Seriously, though, are these trolls for real? “If a tree falls in the woods…” If I’m the only surfer out there, does anyone care that I’m a kook? Just got back from another session w/my new board. Conditions in MA are only fair this week, but the weather's too good not to try. The beach break is so expansive, I can use these 1-2' waves to focus on fundamentals and practice basics, such as my popup. (Nowhere near noseriding yet for me.) Also, I need to get my pre/post-surf routine down so as to be more efficient/enjoy more time in the water, esp. b/c Surfline says, “Next week… eh, mebbe not so good.”🤷‍♀️

Nice job

Not only did You DO it, You CROSS-STEPPED.. Classic Hawaiian Style, harder than the other way.

This was incredibly done. 💪👍🏄‍♂️🌊 The pacing kept it interesting and your edits with sound, broll, and different camera angles worked very well. I shared this on my socials which I hardly ever do. 👍💪🏖 Greetings from Florida. BTW have you ever had the chance to surf in Newport RI? I Grew up there.

Fluuuuuucke 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

did you get a new camera or editor? Looks crispy, feels crispy!

Great video. As you already understand during is done for yourself. Who cares what others say. Now one thing, no one cares if you take two cross steps to get up there. It looks better. Two steps is 1 cross step.

The chat Gpt is so relatable😂😂😂 Robot please tell me how to Hang 10!!

Moral of the story? Bully people online until they do better 😅

Now I know why you have no time to paint my kitchen!!!🤨

Good job kook

Thanks for another great video, sooner or later critics will come thats the price you pay when you become youtuber. My kook advice, you should sprint to the nose as soon as you finish your bottom turn and the nose is pointing to the shoulder, as you did when you got it right. otherwise theres no trimming to hold you on the nose, you should know that :) surely depends on the wave also, so I thnk the the speed of bottom turning and trimming is important to and not just the speed of the stepping. Keep pushing you.

Can I ask about your board specs? I have a 3 fin 9.2 longboard (I've had it for 15 years) and it is totally not intended for nose riding. I am looking forward to get a new board now. It is probably time for it.

Great Job! This video is great, and just because your toes arenʻt always over the nose, you are still nose riding once you get up to the front section whether people like it or not ;).

I'm a proud kook. I really don't get who can say they aren't a kook. Face it, we are mostly adults doing a childish thing, KOOKs.

Pretty nice video, I would say very professional and enjoy a lot the structure,Laughing when showing the cup :I love it when my wife let me go for surging....Bythe way which camera do you use and which cameras is the underwater gear.Thanks and keep it real.Greetings from Perú.

You're really good at short film bro. You'll be great at producing an "Endless Summer" type movie one day. Also, what do you call it if a surfer only has nine toes?

What a great video! I live in Costa Rica and Have good friend in Jersey. Could you share the second fin model you are using? Looks sweet and if you get it in Jersey? I ahev a friend coming soon and he could bring it to me in Costa Rica!

Ahh…the myth of surfers being laid back, caring, and at peace with the world: bullshit. This Nose Dodgers “expert” seems to embody, unfortunately, what so many surfers are really all about. Brian, your video is a brilliant and inspiring middle finger to the “nose dodgers” of the world who get all jammed up at us kooks having fun in the water. Keep the videos coming!