Board/Surf advice

[NatalieD]

Hey all,

hoping someone can help me. So I decided to take up surfing this summer.. finally after wanting to do this for YEARS. I did 3 sessions on a foamie and was obviously standing up and loving life.
I then decided I wanted to buy a board.. so I brought a 7Ft6 Torq board.. and since I got it I haven't stood up properly once. I keep falling off the side and admittedly struggle with paddling I all of a sudden cant get my balance.. is my board wrong

thanks

N x

[jaffa1949]

Do you Wax your board? Positioning on board is probably wrong, different from floaty foam barge designed to make catching a white water wave as easy as possible.
Question, how tall and how much do you weigh?

[Oldie]

Most foamies are typically wider, longer, have thicker rails and much more volume than your 7.6 Torq. That has 52l, while i.e. a Softech 8.0 has 83l. I find it strange that Torq recommends the 7.6 for beginners up to 100kg.

[waikikikichan]

" I keep falling off to the side " could mean a lot of different things.
1) Are your hand(s) grabbing the wave or is your head hitting first ?
2) Are you looping out to the back or catching an edge and getting pitched off the side ?
3) Are you falling off on the drop or wobbling off in the flats ?
4) Are you a Snowboarder and trying to edge the forward rail ?
5) Are you getting up on one knee ( or worse, both knees ) ?