Hi all,

I'm quite new to surfing, i've done about 5 lessons on foam boards and am quite comfortable on the shortest ones they had (about 7'2) plus have done a few random beach days on random boards.

My uncle gave me a really old shortboard that he used to use, and i'm hoping you guys can help me decide whether the dimensions of it are ok for me.

I'm a fairly athletic build, 181cm tall and 75kg heavy. The surf i most often get into is 2-3ft.


The dimensions written on the board are faded and hard to read, but look like: 6'4 x 19 1/8 x 14 1/4 x 11 1/2

by measurement it seems to be between 1.5" and 2" thick.

I had a few attempts at using it a few months ago (before 4 of the lessons) and didn't have much luck, but that said i know shortboards are tricky to get used to.

Anyway, do you think this board is close to what i should be using, or should i be looking to replace it?