That board is pretty low volume for a first timer. I would start with a bigger board then work your way down. The type of wave is a huge part of how hard it is to learn too. Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 has a good variety or breaks and is generally a good place to visit too. Though I haven't been back since the big hurricane hit the island.
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Thanks for the tip!
Not a first timer...used to surf a lot in northern california and still have the board from then.
Probably need to change to a Doyle/foam board but that's a lot of sats haha! Also way out of surfing shape rn. Also waves weren't spectacular (but another surfer seemed to get up a lot 😩).
We visited PR in March and had a blast! Great country. Surfed at Rincón AND GOT UP (on a long foam board 😂)! Yeah! Was a lot of fun surfing with our daughter.