I think I need a surfboard...

[covert]

So,

I'm moving back to Lima in July. Last Summer/Fall I got kinda stir crazy with life in another latin-american megalopolis. It seems to me that surfing most days in the mornings or evenings might take care of that.

I can see the little breaks from our place in Miraflores and it's only a 15-20 minute walk. I hear surfing is really hard, but a nice walk and dicking around in the water for a while sounds pretty good too.

Got a wetsuit and will try not to swallow any of the urban effluence. There's a fair number of people out there every day so I'm hoping at worst it will boost my immune system and possibly introduce another life-altering avocation to my quiver.

What kind of board should I be looking for? Length? Weight? Price? Any brand/model suggestions? It might be easier or cheaper to buy here but they don't sell boards in Silverton, where it is currently snowing, so maybe not.

Whaddayareckon?

grcs dk

[XXX-er]

uh surf forum jong

[covert]

yeah but i want to hear from skiers who surf

[neck beard]

You got boogy boarder written all over you

Leave the surfing to the pro-skiers. It's their cool.

(Get a chubby 7 foot board that makes surfing slightly easier. Start swimming when you are not surfing to ease the upper body strain, also do pushups with a clap in between. Learn to duckdive... good luck on the chubby board.)

kook.

[covert]

so i wanna go chubby and shoot for the clap? fuck.

[neck beard]

fuck.

...for chubby and clap.

[covert]

good beta on the surf forum. will this plan cure me of the desire to pound AR this summer?

[Island Bay]

Mid length and lots of foam; volume is your friend. Swim, swim, swim for fitness/paddling. Time in the water/waves to nail down the timing. Don't be a greedy pig once you learn to catch waves; giving waves to other enriches your life and theirs.

Surfing is wunderfab, and walking to the surf is the best.

Good luck

[Mr. Samurai]

Add a healthy food and enjoy your life

[Pudge.]

Buy my Al Merrick TLow, 5'9" by 18.5" by 2.25", vol is just above 25L

[1000-oaks]

Depends on the kind of break in your area, but get a 9' or 9'6" longboard to start unless it's a shortboard wave. If it is, start on a "funboard", which is kind of between a longboard and a shortboard. Bigger is easier when you're starting out, small boards are for experts and/or steep wave faces that curl right away.