Fur stretched by underlying skin animation

[Gerbrand]

Hey Guys and Girls

This is my first post here, although I've read quite a few as a lurker

I'm using Houdini to put fur on some alembic files animated in Maya, and I'm getting unexpected stretching of fur.

Here is a pic to illustrate the problem:

It seems like the tips are deformed by the closest surface, rather than following what is happening to the root.

Is there a trick to get the tips to follow the roots?

Thanks for looking

Gerbrand