SDDiver5
Expedition Leader
Since you're just cruising and riding small waves, there wont be much of a difference in board performance. A surfboard performance only matters because you are going faster. With a SUP, you can get a smaller SUP where you can make faster turns...but then you lose some, if not all of the stability you will want when you're cruising.
My board is a 11' 6" Riviera. Its fun to ride small waves on and really picks up some speed when I'm cruising and start to really paddle it. The reason I got the bigger one is because I can fit a crate with gear in it (I sometimes use my board as a base for when I spearfish) and I can usually bring my dog and have plenty of buoyancy. Hell, I've even done 2 people on my board at once.
Since you're land locked (really sorry to hear about that BTW) I'd get a bigger one because you can take it to a river or lake where there wont be waves and stability will be more important.
Good Luck
My board is a 11' 6" Riviera. Its fun to ride small waves on and really picks up some speed when I'm cruising and start to really paddle it. The reason I got the bigger one is because I can fit a crate with gear in it (I sometimes use my board as a base for when I spearfish) and I can usually bring my dog and have plenty of buoyancy. Hell, I've even done 2 people on my board at once.
Since you're land locked (really sorry to hear about that BTW) I'd get a bigger one because you can take it to a river or lake where there wont be waves and stability will be more important.
Good Luck