"Mark Andrews" wrote in message m...
Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated.

Last season when I had just started out, I bought a fairly stiff board (in the recommended
size for my weight). One person told me it was too stiff for a beginner, but it worked for me.
Hard to turn the first time out though. The strongest rider among my friends (an accomplished
racer) never used beginner equipment.

OTOH, I'd love to have a more flexy board too for playing around. I can't imagine ever
being able to wheelie my board very well.