First Board for Beginner

[superduperfritzy]

Im sure theres a ton of these kinds of threads and I alpogize, but I am looking for a first board. I have kind of surf before on a 11' windsurf board but it was hard since the nose kept digging into the wave and It was extremely hard to carry. I also have experience longboarding (Im pretty good I go fast and do like standup slides and stuff), snowboarding(basic carving and going down kind of fast), and skimboarding( I can wrap mush waves since I dont have waves that break on the beach). I am 14, about 125-130lbs. I dont really want a board over 8 feet, Im kind of looking for a board around 6'6 being the lowest to 7'6" or something. I dont know if this is a good idea or not, but I would like to also make a surfboard. I've made skateboards before but I dont know if its a good idea to make my first surfboard.

Thanks and sorry if my ideas of legnths are way off or anything.

[jaffa1949]

Superduperfritzy, at your age the board range you are looking at is fine just not super thin or very narrow, you can't give yourself any credit for snowboarding or riding an 11foot windsurfer, those are just problems without giving you a feel for surfing. You skimboarding will give you an idea of how to carve and change direction on the face of the wave fairly quickly after you get the basics!
I think 6'8" or 7' at the most will work, remember around 21 22" wide would help .
but I would look for a different beach.
If you can hang out around a board making place you could probably pick from a number of boards in the shop , as for making boards could be a good thing but get some idea first!
BTW you are not far off in your thoughts