Update: Shout out to the eFoil community!
Posted about a week ago asking if I should pull the trigger on an eFoil. After several helpful comments, someone local actually reached out and offered to let me try out his Fliteboards.
We went out today and I had a blast! Managed to get up and flying quickly, and definitely took some falls.
Safe to say I'll be picking up a board of my own soon! Huge thanks to this community, and especially to the guy who took me out. Cheers