What is the best time for surfing for beginners?

I tried surfing for the first time today?

• so today was my first time surfing ever, it was my first lesson, btw i'm 16..so i have a long way to go. i just got home and my arms and lower back are on fire, i'm not an unactive girl (i do crew*rowing*)...did you feel like this when you first started surfing? and some tips can really help

• Answer:

  while i dont surf, i do bodyboard. and after a long day in the water i feel the same pains (including my calves because we kick all day). and i am in pretty good shape. its because you are working muscles and areas of the body that arent used to that much exercise (how many times a day do you do a motion similar to paddling and do you keep your back arched on a normal day at home, i dont think so). by the end of the summer, you wont feel a thing