Go the easy way 8 foot mini mal, sorry mate but bodyboarding does not count,we have a saying at home,if you cant stand up you cant go out,sorry i /we think bodyboarding is for the lazy and really you dont need balance to lay on your gut!

sorry for the rant but real surfers stand up!

mac

Whoops sorry to upsit you!
I guess if you enjoy,well go for it!
I do respect the chargers in huge surf
like double overhead Hawaii!

peaceout!

mac

So you enjoy your surfing from the beginning (make it easy on yourself) I would start on a 8 footer and you will get the hang of it alot faster than than shorter board.Then you can drop down to a shorter board and keep dropping until you find the board that suites your area/beach!

enjoy

mac

PS maybe hire/demo a couple of boards from a surf shop before you buy!

Being able to boogieboard is a huge advantage in learning to surf.

I think the biggest challenge to anyone learning is trying to get the timing right to paddle onto a wave.

Once you can paddle onto a wave, it's pretty straight forward to stand up.

If you can windsurf and body board proficiently (ie, go across the face of the wave), don't waste your time with a 8 foot mal. Get yourself a 6'7" thruster, 19" wide, no less than 2 1/4" thick, square tail.

Myself and all my mates learned to surf on shortboard thrusters, and being able to body board as kids made learning to surf pretty simple.

Just get out there and do it!

DL said...

Being able to boogieboard is a huge advantage in learning to surf.

I think the biggest challenge to anyone learning is trying to get the timing right to paddle onto a wave.

Once you can paddle onto a wave, it's pretty straight forward to stand up.

If you can windsurf and body board proficiently (ie, go across the face of the wave), don't waste your time with a 8 foot mal. Get yourself a 6'7" thruster, 19" wide, no less than 2 1/4" thick, square tail.

Myself and all my mates learned to surf on shortboard thrusters, and being able to body board as kids made learning to surf pretty simple.

Just get out there and do it!

DL is spot on.

My first board was a thruster with channels, I also booged b4 that.

At the end of the day its how fired up and determined to are to have surfing be a part of your life. To be honest you will most likely get a little frustrated at times in the early stages. But what ever you do , dont quit!!!
Fire up and "CHARGE"!!!!!!!
Its well worth it. I hope you know what I mean one day soon
Best of luck.

Yea that should be fine considering your height

I was under 70kg last year...dont ask...i was just really unhealthy

Mate when you say you sank?do you mean nose or tail?if this is the case,its only a matter of more water time for you to find the right feel!

If you got up first surf,well done see you on tour.

mac

Sank in the tail, i was being careful not to nose dive. Its not exactly my first time, i surfed at Wakiki Beach in Hawaii a couple of times on these huge longboards.

Surfed at Freshwater yesterday and had a lot more success....

However, i foudn that when i pop up my knees scrape along the board, i drew blood after about 40 minutes in hte water....is this a technique problem, or what?

windsurfer44 said...

62mac said...

Go the easy way 8 foot mini mal, sorry mate but bodyboarding does not count,we have a saying at home,if you cant stand up you cant go out,sorry i /we think bodyboarding is for the lazy and really you dont need balance to lay on your gut!

sorry for the rant but real surfers stand up!

mac

hey pal, whats with all the conflict with bodyboarders and surfers. I enjoy bodyboarding and im a chick!. I think bodyboarding is wicked, the stuff some guys can do is amazing. Like ars', inverts and an doing 360's all the way into shore. i also surf too, but i have full respect for bodyboarders, yes, you can get some losers, but you can also get loser surfers too?.
PEACE

I agree, there's idiots on both sides, (its just a rivalry that should die with the people that started it back in the day). ive bodyboarded for 15 years and i love it, i also recently bought a stick to learn to stand up surf during the summer slop.

I think its the kind of people who know jack all about hte beach and beach etiquete who go out on bodyboards, mainly teenagers, who get in peoples way that cause a bad name.....I think people who do it properly with fins etc who are more than just once a year beach goers are fine.

The other day i discovered a new nemesis. The crowds of people who swim in the surfing area.....

I would get a G board matey, They go really good and are easy to stand and balance on. I recommened about a 7 ft. I started out bodyboarding when i was a grom, I paddled out and got a set wave to the beach, I went in threw my bodyboard away and paddled back out on a old single fin. Bodyboarding was to easy no challenge compared to stand up. Anyway it took me about a year to actually ride a wave stand up. so there is a bit more to it than sliding on your guts with flippers on. Good luck and dont go back to the booga. When youve paid your dues you will be pulling into big barrels to hands.