He mau ʻāpana lako haʻuki nā papa heʻe nalu i hoʻohana ʻia no ka heʻe nalu. ʻO ka lōʻihi o nā papa heʻe nalu mua ma kahi o 5 mika a he 50 a 60 kilokani ke kaumaha. Ma hope o ke Kaua Honua II, ua ʻike ʻia nā panela palaki huʻa, a ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ko lākou ʻano. ʻO ka lōʻihi o nā papa heʻe nalu o kēia manawa he 1.5-2.7 mika, he 60 kenimika ka laulā, a he 7-10 kenimika ka mānoanoa. He māmā a pālahalaha nā papa, me nā wēlau mua a me hope e ʻoi aku ka haiki a me kahi huelo paʻa ma ke kua a me lalo. Hoʻopili ʻia kahi ʻili waho waxy i ka papa e hoʻonui i ka friction. ʻO ke kaumaha o nā papa heʻe nalu mai 11 a 26 kilokani.

He haʻuki wai ka heʻenalu kahi e kāohi ai nā mea pāʻani i nā nalu ma ke kū ʻana ma luna o nā papa heʻenalu a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā papa ʻōpū, nā papa kukuli, nā papa laholio inflatable, nā waʻa hoe, nā kayak, a me nā mea like ʻē aʻe. Pono nā mea pāʻani i nā mākau kiʻekiʻe a me ke kaulike, a hiki ke ʻauʻau i nā mamao lōʻihi i ka makani a me nā nalu, me ka nānā ʻole i nā lako i hoʻohana ʻia.

He haʻuki ka heʻenalu kahi e moe kūlou ai nā mea pāʻani a kukuli paha ma luna o ka papa heʻenalu a hoe me ko lākou mau lima i kahi me nā nalu kūpono. Ke hoʻokuke ka nalu i ka papa heʻenalu e paheʻe, kū ka mea pāʻani me nā wāwae e hāmama maoli ana i mua a i hope (ʻo ka wāwae kaulike ma mua a ʻo ka wāwae hoʻomalu ma hope), kūlou iki nā kuli, a hahai i ka nalu. Nā nalu, e paheʻe wikiwiki ana.

1. Longboard - he papa i ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o 9 kapuaʻi a kūpono no nā poʻe hoʻomaka.
ʻO ka lua, ʻo ka papa pōkole - me ka lōʻihi ma lalo o 7 kapuaʻi, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ʻo ia he papa nalu loea.
3. Pā Pū - He ololi a lōʻihi, ua hoʻolālā ʻia e kū i nā nalu nui e like me nā mea i loaʻa ma Hawaiʻi.
ʻO ka hā, hāʻawi ka papa palupalu i ka neʻe ikaika i kaupalena ʻole ʻia e ka nui o ka nalu a kūpono hoʻi no nā poʻe hoʻomaka.
5. Waʻa lana - ua laulā ka papa a loli mālie ka wikiwiki, e kūpono ana no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa papa nalu no nā mea hoʻomaka.