greyeyes

I will be moving to California soon and I'm getting everything worked out. I just recently took a short vacation out there to check on places to live and that sort of thing. I just so happened to go to the beach with a rented hardboard longboard and pretty much fell in love with that sport (took me three days to stand up but I still loved it). Very soon now will be my twenty first birthday and my parents said that they would buy me a board (damn those things are expensive). Does anyone here surf and can anyone give me some advice on buying my first longboard? I am 155 pounds 5'11'' if that helps any. Honestly I have no idea what I am doing but I do know that I want a longboard. I'm not sure what brand of board is good, though I was searching the net and found a board by Rusty called the Ted Robinson. It seems like it would be perfect but I dont know if that is right. Could you guys help me out? Also I have been riding a longboard skateboard for a few years now so I am a little better than the average person that is new to surfing.