Or you could go shorter and maybe try a fish.
8ft mal or magic carpet surfing.
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Once again this is just a guide and different types of board will suit different people more than others.
Longboard mini mal magic carpet fish big shortboard.
You might want to try a hard mal surfboard around 6 8 7 2 size and see if you like that.
But the answer is yes a magic carpet would be fine to learn on.
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A magic carpet will surf in small knee high waves to overhead high surf.
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An option is to go to a surf hire store near the beach where you surf.
Magic carpets are great fun but they do lean towards a lazy style of riding.
The idea is to bring together the benefits of two conflicting surfboard concepts longboards and shortboards.
For learning the bigger the better 7ft6 say for yourself.
Im 15 stone and am currently riding a teardrop 6 10 fish thang im 43 and am looking to go back to either a minimal or a shortend longboard magic carpet for my size i would be looking for an 8ft minimal but i really fancy trying a fluid juice 7ft 4 magic carpet for small summer days are there big differences in the way the two boards would ride.
This is fine if this is how you want to surf but if your planning on moving to a shortboard at some point then go for a minimal.