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Question

I need help i am new to surfing and am thinking of buying a shortboard. What would be a good length for some one whos is about 5 foot 4

Answer 1

You want to buy a board and you&#039;ve never been? Okay.

But how do you know you like it? How do you know you want a shortboard? What about a longboard, a fish, a funboard? How much money do you want to spend? What do you want it to look like? How do you want to surf?

If you&#039;ve never gone before, rent a longboard. 8&#039;0 minimum. You can get a 9 or 10 foot board, but it would be over kill for someone your size. Try out the smaller 8&#039; board and see how you like it. I would recommend not jumping right on a 5&#039;11 board because in addition to being a lot shorter, they are a lot thinner and narrower. You won&#039;t be able to catch waves very easily and when you stand up it&#039;s very unstable. If you&#039;ve surfed before and are determined to shortboard, get a 7&#039;0 board that isn&#039;t a funboard, but one that is shaped like a shortboard. It will be more stable but shorter so you can turn it like a shortboard. When you get better you can sell it and keep progressing down.

Surfing isn&#039;t something that you can pick up in a couple weeks, especially when you are talking about shortboarding. You don&#039;t need to learn on a longboard, but you can&#039;t just jump on a high performance shortboard and learn in a couple weeks.

But good luck. I&#039;m 5&#039;3, went out on a friend&#039;s 9&#039; longboard once, got my own 6&#039;8 shortboard, then moved down to a 6&#039;2 board, and so on from there. I was sure I wanted to shortboard so I never really started on a longboard. But I didn&#039;t start with my current 6&#039;0 board either..... Just make sure you have fun and don&#039;t get frustrated too fast.

Answer 2

if you are new to surfing buy a longboard (9 or 10 foot)

you can aslo learn with a smaller board, like 7&quot;9, or 7&quot;6.

But don&#039;t try to learn to surf with a shortboard it&#039;s too hard for beginners.

just remenber, the longer the better