Go direct to the mactavish factory, plenty of used boards and cheap

Check the webste and look under used.

Mac's right height and weight are real important.

To start out you really ought to get something with heaps of floatation, nothing will frustrate you more than continually missing waves because you either slide down the back of them or you can only catch them when they're too critical and you just end up nose diving.

Forget all, the crap that people talk about when they say a nice thin board will let you feel the wave and pull off great turns. You can do all that with another board once you learn on the first one.

Is there a place near where you go to the beach that has a good selection of rental boards? In the long run it could be worth your while to spend as much as 100 bucks renting several different boards so you get a better idea of what's right for you.

The guys who run those shops are usually surfers, they can usually set you in the right direction.

Hee haa, about bloody time the longboard forum got some legs

Great advice from obct ( hows it going mate ) hire and try if you can,it will same you $$$$$$$$$$$ in the long run down that green line
As BP said you can have length width thickness wired but, if the rocker is too flat or too much for the type of wave you surf,it will be a dog's breath and stink [}:)]

I have a great Jackson Close custom which are not on the market, I 've met up with Jackson and talked boards ( he rips ) check him out,the JC is similar to the Razer outline but a tab wider in the tail.I had one made and it loves a bit of power, flatish rocker compared.

mac

Thanks for your answers!

I'm 180cm tall (5.9 feet)
My weight is 75Kg (165 lb)

Just few lines to describe you my level.
I tried surfing just 2 times and I watched few surf lessons on youtube ;-)
I have a windsurfing background... does it counts? :-)
The second time I tried, I hired a soft surfboard 6.8 and I surprisingly manage to stand up few times.

I am tempted to go with something between 7 and 8ft (NO SOFTBOARD)... what do you think?

Cheers!
Gnacco

thank you obct!
Is dartboard a good make?
I just found a nice one at reasonable price.

I've got a dartboard that I use for kiting but had last year off due to injury so I haven't given it a good thrashing.


Aloha, Dripping Wet and SunShine Surf in Manly all have a pretty good range of used boards and are really helpfull.