My family won't let me surf.

Let me start off, I am a pom from the UK but have lived in WA since I was 8 years old. I have swam in the Ocean all my life and I avidly body-board whenever I can. I can swim fairly well and fairly beach savvy. Recently I decided to take up surfing as it looked like fun and shares a lot of the same wave catching techniques as body boarding (I'm probably wrong). I told the rest of my family that I wanted to start surfing by buying a cheap second hand board off Gumtree. My mother in particular is fully against me surfing. She won't let me get a surfboard for fear of me being attacked by sharks. Now that I've said my little bit, what could I do to sway her opinion. Surely surfers don't get attacked by sharks as often as she makes out. I've tried to tell her that I could just as easily attacked by sharks while body boarding in deep water the same as surfers. I'm at my wits end trying to tell her that. Is there anything I can do?

Lawn bowls is for you.

Surfing is overrated.

Thank your family later

lol. I don't know. but I'm around 80kgs give or take. Most surfing websites say a 6' 4 board would be good for me. That of course is a calculator and not based off my personal preference so I don't really know.

Now is a good time to buy a shark shield as there is a $200 rebate if you are a local resident. You pay $299 for the power unit and deck grip antenna at Soul Boardstore. Any extra boards you may have you need another deckgrip antenna at $99.

Tell your mum that the beaches your surfing will be fully netted.
And you promise not to surf outside the shark net.