Is this the right board for me?

[coffeaddict]

Hey, I am planning on progressing to a shortboard after surfing nearly a year on a 6'6 softboard. One guy offered me a 5'10, 37 volume board, and I'm not sure its the right one for me, mainly because of the height of it. Most recommendations are telling to go for a 6'2 atleast, but due to the forgiving volume it made me consider it.
My height is 1.75 and my weight is 68-69kg. I surf at least twice a week.

Thanks in advance

[Lebowski]

My general feeling is that you'll struggle on it. Less than a year of surfing is not much time at all. To be honest, a 6'6 foamy is probably far more bouyant than the 5'10. I would personally reccommend something like a 6'6 shortboard, which will be very different to your foam board already, without the additional challenge of a pretty big length reduction.

[IB_Surfer]

Ditto, with a 5'10 board you might catch one out of 20 waves, start with a 6'6 step up, then once you have that one down keep it as your big wave board and go down to 6'2, then 5'10 next year. It's more fun to progress while catching surf than to progress catching nothing

[coffeaddict]

Ditto, with a 5'10 board you might catch one out of 20 waves, start with a 6'6 step up, then once you have that one down keep it as your big wave board and go down to 6'2, then 5'10 next year. It's more fun to progress while catching surf than to progress catching nothing

You're right, tried my friends' 6'2 and caught like 2-3 waves, I went for a 6'4 eventually, I think its in the right spot , not too much and not too little also. Thank you for the reply!

[coffeaddict]

My general feeling is that you'll struggle on it. Less than a year of surfing is not much time at all. To be honest, a 6'6 foamy is probably far more bouyant than the 5'10. I would personally reccommend something like a 6'6 shortboard, which will be very different to your foam board already, without the additional challenge of a pretty big length reduction.

thanks