The only surfing instruction available to us was watching other guys in the water, copying what they where doing, and hanging on for grim death if it all came unstuck, which it usually did. For anyone considering taking up Surfing as their latest sport, the thought of your first day at the beach and your first attempts at catching waves can be a very intimidating thought.
Your height will also help you determine which board is for you, because your surfboard should always be at least 6" taller than you are no matter what. Unless you choose the right equipment to match your level you are just adding to the difficulty. Your first surfboard should be a big buoyant soft top fun board.
Usually, surfing schools will provide the surfboard for your lesson, so you won't need to buy a surfboard right away. If you want to go down the face of the wave, you have to keep your head down. The ideal boards to learn to surf on would be 8-9 ft, and wider than usual.
The general rule is, the surfer closest to the breaking part of the wave has control of the wave. Finding out every tidbit of information available about surfing and surfboards is not only beneficial to the surfer or potential surfer, but it's a great deal of fun.
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