 I have never surfed a day in my life but I feel like I could do it. Its just a person standing up on a board or lying gliding on water as they come into shore....
Yea it can't be that hard!  I have skim boarded before, but never surfed.
The only thing I worry about are the real dangers, surf breaks, big rocks, coral reefs are very sharp.  Not to mention all the various sea creatures out there just waiting to make a meal out of me.