where would you go to LEARN to surf
i have never surfed in my life. really just over the last year or so, i have somehow become convinced that i NEED to surf. it just looks like a damn good time, i love water and beaches and palm trees and all that good stuff, and surfing seems like a cool way to travel around to different rad tropical locations.
so where should i go to try and figure the whole surfing thing out? i'd like to go somewhere nice and cheap. mexico? are fiji or bali cheap?
do i need to take lessons? do i just go to a not-gnarly spot and try to figure it out myself? do i try to travel with someone who knows their shit? (dont think i know many surfers...)
how did you learn to surf? did you grow up doing it? have friends who did it? decide you wanted to do it and just figured it out on your own?
please help a total surf JONG get some ideas on how to enter this intriguing world.
cheers