The first surfboard of the modern era was a longboard. As the name suggests, longboards are long surfboards. Longboards are typically over 9′, feature a rounded or blunt nose, plenty of forward width, and wide tails. They have a lot of foam volume, which means lots of buoyancy. Opposite to the shortboards, they are easy to paddle and will enter any wave quickly, but are hard to duck dive and to turn. The longboard is the perfect craft for small surf and for beginners, because they plane very well and are quite stable. It is easier to maintain your balance on it after standing-up, comparing to a shortboard for example. There are some tricks that can only be performed on longboards, such as hang-fives (when the surfer walks over the board and stands over its nose, hanging five toes out of the front of the longboard) and hang-tens (ten toes out of the nose of the board).