Surfing Waves

Other week when it was good wether i went down fistral to do a bit or bodyboarding...when i see tis kid bout 4 or 5 jumping up on one of those little foam body boards shaped like surf boards he stood up for a goo 5 or 6 secs !!! i was like dude how cool is that little kid...his mum and dad were is the water ( torist ) so i asked if hed ever surfed and they said no hes never been in waves before!!!