Surfing Waves

Hey! I've been longboarding for a while now but I thought it would be fun to learn to shortboard this summer. Any reccomendations for board height? I want it to be small enough for carving but I still want to be able to catch waves and stand. Im 5'11 and 145lbs.

You want to carve but are concerned about standing?

First things first....smaller boards need different techniques.....many things translate, but many things do not. If you are on true longboards (9ft+) then the next step down would be in the mid 7's at the shortest....otherwise you'd be asking too much of yourself.

Roxyyy wrote:I'm a 15 year old girl and I really want to get good at surfing. I have some experience but I go long periods of time without surfing. I can normally stand up when catching a wave but I usually fall off after 8-10 seconds. This summer I have almost 2 whole months where I would be able to surf 4-6 times a week. Would it be possible to learn to short board successfully in this amount of time? (I'm 5'11" and 135lbs and I have a 8' board and am planning on getting a short/funboard) And what size board would you recommend?

So from your above post dated May 8th, you been surfing for awhile now. ( like 3 weeks since ). As stated, you hoped to be on a shortboard this summer, but like most of the responses said, you need to spend more time learning the basics. But if you want to be on a shortboard "no matter what" .......... Even though most would recommend not going less than 7' ( even if you could turn your 8 footer ) .......... The volume calculators says for someone 5'11" 135lbs. beginner:
Firewire = 7'0" or 7'2" Addvance
Rusty = a board around 44 liters
Channel Islands = 6'4" biscuit 7'0" flyer 2 ( i left out the pointy nose step-ups )

Why not get a 7'6" Funboard ? Even that will be challenging enough to stay on.