Surfing Waves

I bought this board late last summer, i don't even know the brand, it says freedom on it, its 6'8'' and its a fun board shape. i'm 6'1'' and around 175-180 depending on what i eat and in some sort of shape..

got it used for $190 bucks i figured it would be a perfect starter as i was just beggining to learn at the time..

its really heavy, but i guess its tough too and thats what i really need because i was a noob, i still am..

how ever the other day i went out with my girlfriend and she has an 8 foot clay bennet long board and i rode it a couple times and my god it was so much easier to catch waves, i stood up albeit for a couple seconds because i had my feet in the wrong places (wasnt really used to the board)

but i mean all in all her board weighs almost a third as much as mine does, on top of that i havent had TOO much progress on my board, i made the mistake of learning to surf with some really good guys and while they were out tearing it up i was just trying to get out of the way etc.. but i do go at the very least once a week, i live i jacksonville beach and while the surf isnt awesome here i mean its enough, today we had some.

so i'm a little confused as to what i'm doing wrong, for the longest time i couldnt stand and still i'm quite shakey when i do get up, today me and my friend went out into the open faced waves and i got one perfect, i noticed that the faster i went my board was a lot more stable, but as i tried to get some more big ones i ended up eating it..

pretty much i was just wondering if i should save up for a long board or grind it out with the one i have?

i mean it rides really nice once you get a feel for it, its just that after nearly 10 months i would have hte hang of this...

i dunno, i plan on going out a lot more though because summer is coming up.. maybe i just need more practice, any one here have a similar problem?

Shortboard...

M1K3AA wrote: its 6'8'' ... i'm 6'1'' and around 175-180 ...
got it used for $190 bucks ...

Longboard...

M1K3AA wrote:i rode it a couple times and my god it was so much easier to catch waves

Now, I think you may have answered your own question....

Faf, is that you?

RJD wrote:Faf, is that you?

HAHAHAA...classic.

ya its very faf-ish alrite, we know by tomorrow if he gets barrelled or not

A Frredom board? I do not know for sure but their is a Freedom Surf Shop in Virgina Beach. If they have their own boards and it made its way down to Jacksonville. If it is what I said above it is most likely a cheap popout. Have you Googled Freedom surfboards?

I would think a longboard would be a good call for you and Jacksonville FL. Your girlfriends board is probably a minimal as a long board is 9'0" and longer. I would go rent a longboard and see what you want. The ine reason I say longboard is summer = small. Then get up and have some fun and move on from there.

O_Danny_Boy wrote:ya its very faf-ish alrite, we know by tomorrow if he gets barrelled or not

faf?

sorry no clue who that is lol..

anyways i think i'm going to save up for a long board, either that or steal my girlfriends... my brother in law also has an 11' epoxy almerrick board and man that thing was a fun ride too..but pallding out on those tanks gets quite annoying..

Sorry M1K3AA that was just a joke.

Mate sounds like you've done a steller job at sticking with learningon that shorty but its going to be hard work (doesnt even sound like a good shorty to learn on).

Make it easy on yourself and get something with a little more float at least, rent a few boards (chunky 7'+fish, minimal and proper 9ft+ mal etc) it'll be alot easier to learnon the mal.