What longboard for begginers?

[Even Flow]

I was looking at the Roger Cooper range that are stocked locally but the Island has a limited range, so I'm asking advice here on what you would buy for between £400 & £800.
I'm not too keen on a pop out cause I already have my camper stuffed with kitesurfing kit and I'll only have room for two boards, hopefully a good Longboard and a half decent shortboard for later if I progress, so a pop out would become a spare and I just don't want the hassle. If you think I could be convinced otherwise please go for it!

A bit of info on my water activities so far include yachting both cruising and racing as winchman, sailmaker for 6 years, raced dinghies, kitesurfing the last 2 years although I've had my eyes closed more than open, so say 6 months........ and I'm now looking at surfing.

So what would you buy?

[VaB]

Buy used. What ever brand, when you can surf, worry about how good your board is.

What kind of bike did you learn to ride???

[jonny]

we do

[Even Flow]

What kind of bike did you learn to ride???

... a Raliegh Chopper. Don't think I'm about to use that cause it'll sink.

Nice McTavish board but maybe a little outa my league as far as second hand goes? Then again maybe a little research is in order on these.

Maybe second hand is the way to go but I'm concerned at resale values?

[drowningbitbybit]

hopefully a good Longboard and a half decent shortboard for later if I progress,

Do you want to buy a longboard to be A) a longboarder or B) just to learn on before getting a shortboard?

If its (A), then I'll let someone else answer 'cos I know naff-all about proper longboards
but if its (B) are you sure you want a longboard at all?
If you mean a 'bigger' board to learn on, then maybe you should be looking at a pop-out mini-mal (and they're dead easy to sell) or a fun-board shape (7'8 maybe).
Get one of those for a few hundred pounds, spend the summer on it, then look again at what you might want - by then you'll know if you're a longboarder, shortboarder, or what.

[duhkine]

I agree, just buy the cheapest longboard you can find and surf that bad boy until you know you are not bad at surfing. Then its up to you to decide how you want to go from there (shortboard, longboard, bodyboard, bodysurf?, both boards), but theres no such thing as giving up surfing .

Aloha!