Use a big soft top beginner board to start and once you have learned how to stand up and ride whitewater, you can transition to a fiberglass board, stepping down in board size length SLOWLY until you have a very
strong, balanced
paddling technique and are super confident in taking off and riding green waves.
All of Level 3
techniques plus - you have high confidence in your
paddling ability,
strong duck diving and / or turtle roll
technique, comfortable in the line up.