How long have you been surfing for?

[flex]

Hi everyone. just wondering how long everyone has been surfing for and how good they are now. pics or vid links would be nice. cheers

[isaluteyou]

roughly 3 years of surfing. I try to get out daily if i can. I dont think you can rate yourself as a surfer too much so id say im a confidant surfer been out in everything san diego can throw. Its seems like each winter i get better so something must be going right . But to be honest how good is not important its whether you are having fun thats what counts.

[Hang11]

About 25 years. Makes me feel very old saying that. I know what scares me, what I won't paddle out in, and what I enjoy, couldn't give a sh1t how good I am compared to other people, it's all about having fun

[flex]

wow its good to know that people are doing it for the fun of it but my story is a little different. im 14 years old so me and my friend are all about who can do a cuttie first and stuff. although we do enjoy it, you know being in the water with ur mates

[billie_morini]

Hi flex,
I started surfing two years ago at age 48. You don't know how much I wished I learned when young. In contrast, I had motorcycles beginning at age 12 and competed in football (soccer) beginning age 16. Now, even as an old guy, the "magic" and skill from many years of experience beginning when young shows through when I engage in these sports. In contrast, learning everything from scratch in an atheletic endeavor, like with surfing, is a slow and non-linear row to hoe. In short, I wish I were you - learning to surf when young!
Billie

[IB_Surfer]

15yrs plus all the boogieboarding I did as kid and the surfing I tried when I was younger. Been around waves all my life, just got into it more the last 1/3rd of it.

[tree4]

In short . .5 months and pretty crap.
But one broken board later I'm still smiling every time I catch something.

[essex sucks]

not sure 5 6 years somthing like that

[twerked]

first time out was 7 or 8 years ago, but going out then was few and far between. only on week or two family vacations down here. been living at the beach the past 3 years now though

[b123]

about 6 months, and 100 posts

[Ecoastshredgirl]

5 years, decent, an goin strong. movin my butt from the east coast to the west in the fall. can't wait to get some better waves than FLs mushy goo

[Wes4syth]

I have been surfing about 6 months now, I go whenever there are waves pretty much. I have gotten pretty good so far

[soops]

Only about 3-4 years but I'm not that good.

I can get up and ride across a wave but cant really turn into them or anything like that. I dont get out as much as I should tho, I'm a fair weather surfer

[CHarvey]

Been going to the beach since before I could walk. Started off body surfing and sponging. Been strictly surfing for 15 or so years now. I think I am a compitent surfer. I paddle out everyday as I live across the street from the water in PB. Don't have any pics of me surfing, been surfing and going to the beach by myself for the past 10 years or something like that.

[flex]

I have been surfing about 6 months now, I go whenever there are waves pretty much. I have gotten pretty good so far

whoa ur good. i guess its also how much time u spend in the water.

[Roy Stewart]

Surfing 43 years

Standup surfing 33 years

[wavelength84]

bout 5 years, i can catch and ride about 9 feet high comfortably as long as it isnt too steep, can lay down some nice bottom turns and ride the face well. still pig dog everything backside though

[jonathanderick]

One year and a half.

I started with and still ride my Flyer for most of the conditions SoCal throws at me. I learned to stand up after two months, consistently stood up after a year, and now I am messing around with my bottom turn and trimming this spring and studying where to enter in on a wave.

[JerseySurfer12]

2 seasons of summer surf. i learned in hawaii and then came back to the states to surf in jersey crap. I'm currently using a stretch bat-tail quad

[miamisurfer]

about 4 years, i'm not rlly sure. have only surfed about twice in 2009, miami sucks big time. anyway here are some pics taken about a years ago