word, my dad is a huge surfer and my brother, i skate a whole lot more than i surf but i get down from time to time
since your just starting you probably want a bigger board. i dont know where you moved to but im not suspecting you moved to hawaii so youre probably going to have to deal with shitty waves, bigger boards help out for that too. i usually cruise longboards or fun boards which run from like seven and a half feet to somewhere around nine. go to a surfshop and check shit out, i highly recommend fun boards there not as big as longboards but there big enough to chill on and walk around and shit, which is tight.
but yeah pretty basic shit, just get out there and charge it, i find after surfing i feel way more comfortable on my skateboard, and riding a wave is a tight feeling. learning to catch waves is the hardest part, once you got that its all cake