which board?

[reketepete]

option1
https://www.amazon.de/California-Board- ... =surfboard
210 eur

option2
https://www.amazon.de/COSTWAY-Surfboard ... =surfboard
86 eur

I am around 1.85m tall and weight 75kg

thanks

[jaffa1949]

For your questions, neither, they are almost useless as beginner boards, a soft board around 9ft would be ideal.
Boards that size, you will not be able to do much more than body board.
I’ve moved your post to surfboard advice. Bitte lesen Sie, die andere Posten.
If you are heading to your North Sea coast, the shorter boards will be even less helpful.
But go and have fun!

[reketepete]

like this one?

https://www.amazon.de/Vanhunks-Boarding ... 7R7N24EGRS

[tomthetreeman]

You'll catch a ton of waves with that foamie.

[jaffa1949]

like this one?

https://www.amazon.de/Vanhunks-Boarding ... 7R7N24EGRS

Etwas besser,! wirkliche.
Viellichte mehr Wellen! Immer besser!

[RinkyDink]

like this one?
https://www.amazon.de/Vanhunks-Boarding ... 7R7N24EGRS

I'd look for a foamie that didn't have VANHUNKS in large letters on the underside. That's just me though.

[Oldie]

I would take them all. Just in case.

[reketepete]

Once I rented a big board like that 8ft.
Between the high wind and the agitated sea it was not a very good memory.
I went crazy just to take the board to the water.
The wind would drag me all over the place.
Then when I got to the water it was rough, many waves little time between them.
So just the paddling was so exhausting.
And when I sort of caught a wave, then going back to get another one was also very difficult.
That's why I was thinking of a 6ft.

I generally use a bodyboard and everything seems easier and more fun, except for the standing up.

[jaffa1949]

Everything is easier on a bodyboard. You can duckdive if you wear fins you can swim kick your way out.

You need to see the ways to paddle out that follow rips or channel, it is no fun trying to smash your way out with anyboard.
Sort of catching a wave doesn’t count and the shorter you go the harder it will be to catch a wave!
North Sea waves are difficult in they are short period close together , riddled with wind chop and often just rolling masses of white water, and quite often gutless.
You will not be fit and it is not easy, so you have to persist in practicing and improving. No one does it easily the first year or so!

[reketepete]

so is there any 6ft board you would recommend me? or are all of them 8ft and beyond?

[dtc]

so is there any 6ft board you would recommend me? or are all of them 8ft and beyond?

No

If you had taken the 6ft board out on the day you described, you would have been exhausted far sooner. The bigger the board the easier to paddle, the easier to catch a wave, the more stable when you try to stand. The greater the margin of error for wave positioning, foot placement and when riding th wave

Surfing is a hard sport to learn - it seems easy but it isn’t. If you think an 8ft board is hard then I absolutely guarantee that a 6ft board will be much much harder.

8 or 9ft boards are the blue runs; 6ft boards are the black runs. Learning on the blue slopes is still hard, but learning on the black is harder. There are no green slopes in surfing

[jaffa1949]

I would not recommend any 6ft board for you but if you are determined to try go ahead, read through all the surf board advice and you may well understand why and what we are advising.
BUT it is only advice, you can get a six foot board and and actually experience what we are talking about.
The choice is always yours

[waikikikichan]

Between the high wind and the agitated sea it was not a very good memory.
Then when I got to the water it was rough, many waves little time between them.
So just the paddling was so exhausting.
And when I sort of caught a wave, then going back to get another one was also very difficult.
That's why I was thinking of a 6ft.
I generally use a bodyboard and everything seems easier and more fun, except for the standing up.

1) What type/size of boards are the "locals" at the break using ?
2) Can you drop-knee on your bodyboard ?

[reketepete]

1) I think most are around 6ft.
But in general they are young and thin kids so for them that's like an 8ft for me I guess.
2) I don't try because the waves are not that big and long, but maybe I could.

[Oldie]

Where do you surf?

[reketepete]

scheveningen (den haag).

[Oldie]

I surf there regularly. Most people do NOT ride 6ft boards. There are a few very good shortboarders, but also quite a lot (good) longboarders.

Go long.

You can rent softboards in Scheveningen everywhere. So why do you want to own one?

[reketepete]

yes, the day I surfed I rented.
but it's easier to have your own board.
-you don't have to go the shop and make the line
-you don't have to worry about how much time you spent in the water and the price
-you don't have to worry about it getting late and the shop closing

but you are right, I will go one day and rent a shortboard from them, I will try it and then I will know which one I like better.

also, what I see people do generally is just go in the water and go in super deep, until where the waves don't crash and beyond.
like almost where that big rock wall finishes, sometimes even further.
then from there they try to get some wave which hasn't broken.
but I'm kind of worried about rip currents and just having problems returning to shore.
any comment on that?

[jaffa1949]

You are really a new surfer, so let’s start with some safety. Leashes and surfboards are not water safety devices, you always have to have the skill and swimming, body surfing ability to get to shore in the circumstances you choose to go out.
You need to be able to read the beach conditions to match your ability, knowing where rips are and how they work, they can be of great assistance to get out the back.
Another thing, being outside of breaking waves and catching waves before they break is an essential skill, being just pushed by white water is not really surfing.
Do yourself a real favour, go take some quality lesson. Where you learn beach reading, surf etiquette, self life saving , you develop strong personal surf swimming schools.

At the moment you are a major risk to your own safety. Said because I would like you to get beyond that and enjoy surfing

[Oldie]

I see people do generally is just go in the water [...] until where the waves don't crash and beyond [...]then from there they try to get some wave which hasn't broken.

Yes, that is the goal in surfing - catching unbroken waves. But as a complete beginner that is not where you should be, especially as Scheveningen is pretty chaotic without a clearly defined lineup (like many North Sea spots).

Stay far away from the harbour walls. They are dangerous and the current can sweep you there. But this is also the area where waves are best and the best surfers are, so you will not have fun and just be a danger to yourself and others.

Watch where the surf schools (like Aloha) go - this is your starting spot. Take lessons as suggested. Don't go out if winds are above 4Bft or waves are bigger than 3ft - in Scheveningen that means windy, messy onshore.

Take lessons at Hartbeach or Aloha - these are very friendly and helpful people.