You re never too old to learn to surf. I have written some surfing tips with the intention of keeping you all safe.
Your best resource for surfing tips will be a friend who surfs, every surfer was a beginner at one point and will be able to give you tips which will shorten your learning curve and help you from making many first time beginner mistakes. 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. On smaller days you will see the future stars of surf whipping it out on the inside reef.
Aside from the possibility that a serious spill might put you off surfing for good, big water surfing without the necessary experience is irresponsible at best, suicidal at worst, never surf in conditions you aren t ready for, and only experiment under the watchful eye of a professional surfer or an experienced buddy. The gun is a distinctive board. Created in the 70s, the fish is typically shorter and thicker than a short board and comes with a swallow tail and a larger twin fin set up.
You will need to do this many times before you get it. A surfing school will allow you to try surfing out before you invest in a new surfboard and spend a lot of money on surfing equipment.