I am looking into starting surfing and am unsure what board to get. I weigh 75kg and my smallest wave board is 68l. Not sure if that helps, but was thinking that might help with board choice.
it depends on your local conditions, i started with a 7'6'' mini-mal then soon went to a 9'0''.
i have since got 2 longer boards, i only surf occasionally and am about the same weight as you.
I thought posting here made more sense as I was hoping someone who windsurfed and thrn also took up surfing might be able to comment.
I will look at the mini mal
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I thought posting here made more sense as I was hoping someone who windsurfed and thrn also took up surfing might be able to comment.
I will look at the mini mal
Yeah I was trying to be funny but to no avail. Actually I'm 90+kgs and have a mini mal tri-fin with a pretty fast rocker line which I bought in the mid nineties and is is still going strong (probably due to the fact I do more windsurfing than surfing)
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I am looking into starting surfing and am unsure what board to get. I weigh 75kg and my smallest wave board is 68l. Not sure if that helps, but was thinking that might help with board choice.
Can you stand up? If you can at your weight maybe a mini mal with about 45-50lt and a flatish rocker.
If not start out with a foam/soft top board, easy as 
Much easier to learn on a board you can paddle! And obviously that's the main difference between windsurfing and surfing, so a mini mal is probably a good idea.
If you're young and fit, once you've progressed to the point of being able to ride a wave, you may then want to go to a smaller more manoeuvrable board.
In my 40s I rode a 6'3", in my 50s that became a bit hard to paddle, (I don't surf very much these days, so loose my paddle fitness quickly), so moved to a thick 7' board, and now in my late 60s I'm back to an 8' board.
Hint, don't try and learn in fast hollow waves, (Scarborough, triggs) you want the ones that just crumble at the peak, you can find these at reef breaks more than sand breaks.
Once you have caught the wave, things are much the same as a windsurfer except you don't have a boom to hang on to. And you only have the wave for power, staying near the action is the key on a surboard, where the wave is steepest is where the most power is.
As a complete beginner, I used soft foam board for 2 days, then switched to a 7'8'' minimal for a couple of days in Morocco, now I bought a 7'0'' Minimal, I hope it will work for me, I don't have much conditions back home, but on road trips to France and Italy, it should be useful, when the wind drops :D
Fish boards or semi fish retro style boards are the best to learn on and you will never stop progressing on one,if you are complete beginner get about a 6'8-6-10 these boards are wider ,thicker and easier to paddle,its a bit like cheating,mals are fun but no much nose rocker and nose dive to easy,you can get rad on a fish,a thruster is more stable than a quad
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I have never actually tried surfing or attempted standing up on a surf board.
I was the same - but closing in on 40 at the time, and not great at jumping to my feet - I chose SUP instead. I'd still like to surf (traditionally), but having enough fun pushing my limits with smaller & snappier sup boards.
