Undoubtedly one of the best places in the world to learn to surf is Australia. People in Hawaii made huge wood boards and would get in the water and paddle themselves out in the water and then paddle and ride the waves as they broke over the shallow sand or reefs.
If you want to learn to surf, skip the trial and error and get a good instructor. Reasons, well first they are very stable so standing up will be possible within one or two attempts, they are soft so you won't slash open your flesh with the fin, or crack open your skull on the first wipeout, they are cheap and lastly they are very easy to paddle and generate speed on, which is one of the most fundamentally important part to surfing. Another photographer and surfer named Doc Ball published California Surfriders 1946, which depicts the pristine coastal beaches and good time, relaxed atmosphere of surf living.
There are many excellent surfing instructors throughout the world. The advantage of shortboards is that they are short enough and light enough to maneuver the expert surfing tricks. If you want to go down the face of the wave, you have to keep your head down.
People often react very badly to being dropped in on. At the end of the day choosing a board is personal and you need to get advice from an expert.
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