HOW OLD IS TOO OLD?

[Surfa_Shannie]

If any1 else has ore advice please add to it. thanks

[hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf]

i think its too old. ive been surfing for 3 years andi see kids out who are maybe 11 or 12 and can rip better than me. i doubt they have been surfing longer, but at that age you learn things so much faster and easier. i think its the same thing as taking a foriegn language in h.s. or college for years, when kids pick it up in a snap.

[trails surfing]

i'm going to say go with it. if you try you may not make it, but if you don't try then i promiss you you wont make it.

[Surfa_Shannie]

Yeah thanks!!!! i was reading a post earlier and some1 said that soft tops are crap. do you think its better not to use them?? iknow i dont really like them cuz i actually find it easier to use a proper board?

[trails surfing]

i've never used one but don't see any point in getting something that you are going to want to get rid of in less than a year. got with a board that you will want to ride in the time to come.

[.Jen.]

Dont know about upper age limits, but my boyfriend is teaching his son to surf. Hes 4 years old and is taking to it pretty well (hes been swimming since age 2 so has no problems with getting in the water).

Oh... and he looks absolutely gorgeous in his tiny wetsuit!

[dreamer]

you shouldn't surf with the intention of becoming a pro surfer - you'll find the difference between a pro surfer & that guy you see carving it up at your local is a world tour t-shirt.. Seriously, i've seen some insane stuff @ whale beach in NSW, Australia - last weekend a guy was doing backflips off the back of waves - the most insane xxxxx i've ever seen -- why is he not on the pro circuit?

Surf because you love it -- if you're good enough, it'll happen, if not at least you'll be out there knowing you're doing something that drives you & makes you feel like a new person everytime you get out of the water.

[Surfa_Shannie]

yer thats so true. i just guess i want to be doing something i love with my life, nd surfng is that. i dont wanna have a typical boring job but i guess every 1 starts at the bottom so i think if i just work relly hard for what i want i will grow. how many people on here have jobs they can say that they actually love??? and if so what do you do??

[dreamer]

not sure - but lucky them.. The great thing about surfing is it lets you forget about work and worries.