Do you cross-step on your sub 9' board?

[Zooport]

On your smaller board, do you ever cross-step when moving on the board?  I'm trying it, but it is a different animal to cross-step on a smaller board, maybe it's just me.   What's the conventional wisdom here?

[supthecreek]

all the time.
I enjoy cross stepping and find it the most effective way to move any distance up and down my board.... and I like to noseride everything

Also, on my 8'10 Speeed, it is easier to catch waves from the front of the board, then I need to get back fast, as I start to drop.

On a narrower board, the footwork needs to be more accurate, because if I step "off line" the board will snap turn on me.

It is easy to see how often I cross step on my  latest videos "Summer of waves... addicted to Speeed" in  Gear "newly acquired"

[nalu-sup]

I have not cross stepped on any board since the early 70s, but I am starting to train myself to do it on the 8'10" speed. Partly because it calls you up to the nose on fast little peelers, and partly inspired by Creek.
A friend of ours who we surf with regularly cross steps beautifully on his custom 8'2" x 28" (he probably only weighs 150).

[SUPcheat]

Don't think I have ever tried to cross step.  More like shuffling one foot then the other, or just jumping to a different part of the board.

Guess I will have to try someday to see if it improves something, or at least just looks like what the cool kids do.

[stoneaxe]

I always get mad at myself when I realise I'm hopping or shuffling instead of cross stepping. On my smaller boards I tend to just take one longer step though, a 3' stride puts me 12" from nose or tail on my 8-4.