Wake surfboards are not truly bi-directional, but they can be fairly easy to learn how to ride revert and some designs are relatively better than others.
Skim boards in general are easier to ride revert and back and forth, as they tend to have really low rockers, small fins and more even weight distributions.You ride the rails on a skim board, you ride the fins on a surfboard. The larger fins on a surfboard will aggressively want to spin you back to the forward position.
A blunt nosed/tailed board is not necessarily easier to ride revert and back and forth. Blunting/wide noses and tails are about shortening a board more than anything. Most find a normal sharp/pointed nose easier to ride revert (easier to jam in the wave, the nose acts like a fin for control); a wide nose is hard to jam in the wake with all the surface area, and all that surface are receives push from the wake, which can also make it harder to control. It takes more effort to ride a wide nosed board revert.
Nick
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