You might want to try a hard mal surfboard around 6 8 7 2 size and see if you like that.
8ft mal or magic carpet surfing.
But the answer is yes a magic carpet would be fine to learn on.
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An option is to go to a surf hire store near the beach where you surf.
Once again this is just a guide and different types of board will suit different people more than others.
Magic carpets are great fun but they do lean towards a lazy style of riding.
The idea is to bring together the benefits of two conflicting surfboard concepts longboards and shortboards.
A magic carpet will surf in small knee high waves to overhead high surf.
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Or you could go shorter and maybe try a fish.
This is fine if this is how you want to surf but if your planning on moving to a shortboard at some point then go for a minimal.
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For learning the bigger the better 7ft6 say for yourself.