Anybody ride with their youngun on your board?

[Miljack]

I thought I saw a post here of someone with their youngun on their wake board, standing inbetween the bindings. Has anyone done this? How did you start? What would you say max weight would be for the child? Pros cons?
thanks,
Jack

[wake_fun]

RE: Anybody ride with their youngun on your board?

I did it last year with my 4 year old. She sat in the water in front of me, feet on board, hands on handle...........and we got up. Try it out!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tomfooter]

RE: Anybody ride with their youngun on your board?

If they are real small, you can have them "hang" on your upper forarms using there underarms while you get up. (Does that make sense?) After you are up un the water, just lower them down on to you board. They'll love it! Yellow_Flash_Colorz:

[wake_fun]

RE: Anybody ride with their youngun on your board?

Check out page 51 of October's Wakeboarding mag.

[AirNautique211]

RE: Anybody ride with their youngun on your board?

my son on a surf board with nephew and girlfriend.

[Miljack]

Thanks for the replies. I tried it with my almost 5yr old, and I almost got up. I didn't have him holding the handle, maybe I should try that?
I'll post pics if I can pull it off.

thanks,
Jack

[patoloco]

My 2.5 year old rides with me on the wakeboard, but so far as preferred to stay on my hip while riding. She absolutely loves it.

Basically I have her put one arm around my neck on my side...I hold on with both hands to stand up. I then ride one handed, holding her normally, or she hangs on to my shoulder while I use two.

She has also recently picked up kneeboarding on her own and can't get enough. We doulble..she gets one kneeboad and rope, I ride next to her on the other. It only takes about 8-10mph to plane her out!

[BigBald]

One word of warning. I have a friend that skied with his son for the last several years. He just let him sit in his lap while he double skied. The kid loved it. The kid is not 4 and just last month they were skiing. They took a spill and spooked the kid. Now the kid won't try anything. No telling how long it will be until he tries again. Hopefully not long, but it could be several summers. This kid doesn't forget much.

So, just be really careful. Those little dudes can get freaked out easily.

[dtbrown]

My wife claims her dad had her sit on his shoulders and hold onto him while he tooled around on two skis. That didn't last too long though. She was up on one ski by the time she was 3.

[Onthewater]

:shock:

awesome

[Andrew]

lol, at that age they barely have to be movin to stay above water. i wish i'd been introduced to skiing/boarding at that age

[mjg100]

Wakeboarding with your child

I used to take my daughter all the time. Started at age 4 and stopped at age 8 or 9. I also took my son starting at age 3 and stopped last year at age 6. I stopped with my son since he learned how to ride a wakeboard this year. Last year a son of a friend wanted me to give him a ride. He was around 60 lbs. He was a load to get out of the water. When they are little have them bear hug you, wrapping their legs around your waist. You can hold them up by supporting them with your arms (arms go around their body) or you can ride with one hand and hold them up with the other. Once they get more confident you can lower them to the board and let them stand between your feet. With my son I even made a few small jumps. My little girl always said "no jumping daddy". Just be very carefull. You do not want to have a crash and scare them to the point that they are afraid. When stopping I used to hold them up (by the waist) so that they did not sink down into the water very deep.

[wake_fun]

Here is me riding with my girls, 2 years old and 5 years old. I tried to get the 5 year old to go on her own but she wouldn't do it, maybe next year

[ag4ever]

Helmet for daddy, but none for the kids?

I think this is a great way to get the kids riding at a young age. The most important thing is to not spook them by crashing or having them ride so they get a face full of water.

I have been using a pair of Cypress gardens trainers that my brother learned to ski on ages ago. I don't even remember what I learned on, but I would gess they were a pair of adult skis me dad tied together and tied a rope to.

I have been teaching some friends kids to ski by first pulling them in shallow water so the backs of the skis are still riding on the sand while I run with the rope in my hands. This gives them the extra stability to build confidence and also does not scare them about the deep water. After they are comfortable with that, we have one person on shore that holds them up while in shallow water, and then pull them at just above idle behind the boat. The trainers have a handle at the boat end so if there is a problem the observer throws the line out of the boat, and the kid is not being drug behind the boat since the rope is attached to the skis, and the kid's handle is attached to the point where the tow rope is attached to the skis.

I have never had a problem getting a kid skiing this way.

[wake_fun]

Yeah, I know.............I finished my set and then told the wife to give me the kids..........so off we went for just a short run. Here she is with my helmet on :grin:

Helmet for daddy, but none for the kids?

I think this is a great way to get the kids riding at a young age. The most important thing is to not spook them by crashing or having them ride so they get a face full of water.

I have been using a pair of Cypress gardens trainers that my brother learned to ski on ages ago. I don't even remember what I learned on, but I would gess they were a pair of adult skis me dad tied together and tied a rope to.

I have been teaching some friends kids to ski by first pulling them in shallow water so the backs of the skis are still riding on the sand while I run with the rope in my hands. This gives them the extra stability to build confidence and also does not scare them about the deep water. After they are comfortable with that, we have one person on shore that holds them up while in shallow water, and then pull them at just above idle behind the boat. The trainers have a handle at the boat end so if there is a problem the observer throws the line out of the boat, and the kid is not being drug behind the boat since the rope is attached to the skis, and the kid's handle is attached to the point where the tow rope is attached to the skis.

I have never had a problem getting a kid skiing this way.