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Learning to surf

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  • 18-08-2015 9:43am
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    freddie1970
    Registered Users Posts: 519 ✭✭✭


    Is 40 + too old to take up surfing ...thinking off getting lessons in the next few weeks


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    spaceHopper
    Registered Users Posts: 3,987 ✭✭✭spaceHopper


    No you won't be the best surfer ever but you'll still have lots of fun and why have a regret, do it and if you don't take to it well you gave it a go. I know one guy who took up surfing when he was 40 and he's handy enough on a long board


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    freddie1970
    Registered Users Posts: 519 ✭✭✭freddie1970


    Cheers I'm getting lessons in strandhill..I was scuba diving for years but found it was a lot of work just be in the water for 20 mins...I'll see how I get on really looking forward to it


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    spaceHopper
    Registered Users Posts: 3,987 ✭✭✭spaceHopper


    I always find that the first 20 minutes are hard word then it clicks in an it gets much easier.


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    punk_one82
    Registered Users Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭punk_one82


    I'd be the kind to say no, absolutely not too old. If your body is capable of doing it then there's no reason why your age should matter.

    Go for it and enjoy the ride!


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    Fionn101
    Registered Users Posts: 719 ✭✭✭Fionn101


    only 40+ , you have a few decades of surfing ahead of you so.
    Enjoy the ride


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    Stealthfins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,141 ✭✭✭Stealthfins


    Thinking of transitioning from Bodyboarding to Surfing myself,turned 40 the other day.
    I'll be probably paddling in deep,so used to the steep take off on the bodyboard.
    Hopefully it won't take long to stand up lol


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