Welcome to the sport of kayak fishing! You are doing the right thing, going with boat, FPD, paddle only to get the mechanics of surf launching. Today should be a great day for practice. It is actually quite fun surfing waves when you don't have to worry about damaging gear!
Come introduce yourself at this meeting, you may or may not know but our sport is in danger of either going extinct, or severely limited.
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Chris