A painful reality you may face is that beginner surfboards that are made out of foam are not going to handle larger waves very well. It is actually really simple to why that is. You see, these types of boards favor stability over aerodynamics and they often heavily sacrifice their aerodynamics. What this leads to are boards that can’t hold up to the pressure of the larger waves. Of course, considering the fact you are just learning surfboarding, you should not be worried about attacking those larger waves anyway.