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I need some inspiration here. I've got a 6'2 gun and am looking to work that baby this Summer. We have a point break close by as well as your regular small slushy breaks.

Dude, seriously? Putting the words 'gun' and 'slush' in he same sentence?

Not to doubt your athletic prowles but learning on a 6'2 gun is not going to get you many waves.

Go big, go thick!

I started at 12 with a long board - - which I got by trading a guy for my train set. Anyway I learned everything I could from a few buddies who had jobs at the O'Neil's Surf Shop in Santa Cruz, CA. Pleasure Point was where I started, and I got up the nerve to get up pretty quickly - - - - after I noticed other guys were getting waves and I was missing out.

The fuck you guys talking about?

OP, your post title is going in my book of quotes.

They are talking about surfing, Bic. It's a lifestyle that allows one to be a teenager at age 75. Glorious!

Honestly.. i think it was my first or second try. I was probably 22 in Santa Barbara, on a longboard, don't know the size, but I think all those years of yoga helped my balance. I'll always remember that.

I thought this thread was a metaphor for bottoming. Somebody's not getting any..hahahah

When I teach people I won't put them on anything smaller then a 7 foot, with a 6'2 you might as well ride a patoto chip in the lineup. Starting bigger increases the boards bouyancy, therefore making staying afloat much easier when treading for the perfect wave.

But, back when I was 13, rode my first wave, it was after 2 full days in the water without any stopping. I felt so accomplished.