What's the best setup out there for Mini-Groms?

(501s) · (501s) **Join Date: Feb 2010** 04-04-2011, 8:51 PM

So I had my 2.5 year old son out on a snowboard this year and he loved it . He kept asking to go all winter and he now has his own board and boots. With summer coming up I know he will be into trying the wakeboard so I'd like to get him a setup for his third birthday. His 5 year old sister would also use it with him (she snowboards now too).

I did a lot of looking and there only seems to be 3 brands that make a really small setup: Hyperlite, Liquid Force and CWB. I am leaning towards the LF nemesis combo because the bindings look nicer for kids with the Velcro. Has anyone used these boards with their kids?

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(stxr_racer) · (stxr_racer) **Join Date: Jun 2006** 04-05-2011, 3:40 AM

I can recommend the Nemesis...my boy loved his!

(baitkiller) · (baitkiller) **Join Date: Jan 2010** 04-05-2011, 5:05 AM

LF makes the smallest boards with a 106 and 111 available. My 5 YO daughter rides a 111 LF Star. The little shredder at 10 is riding a 120 Ronix Vision that is the Bomb! This thing is super light and has great bindings. He rides it finless and its really fast.

Good luck. I got my girls 111 from a post just like yours. A Wake Worlder stepped up and sold me a nice used one.

Hope it happens for you too.

Build the stoke.
John

(chattwake) · (chattwake) **Join Date: Jan 2010** 04-05-2011, 6:03 AM

I ended up getting my 2.75 year old daughter a hyperlite Divine 109 and small hyperlite symbol bindings. She hasn't ridden it yet, and may not this year. She's pretty small, and even with the bindings as close together as I can get them, the angle on her knees is pretty bad. I'll probably just let her play with it this season in the grandparent's pool and/or let her stand on the boat platform in her bindings while holding a rope so she can act like she's riding.

Who knows though. She begged to surf with me last weekend, so she may bug me to ride until I let her.

(gotwake133) · (gotwake133) **Join Date: May 2010** 04-05-2011, 10:03 AM

From my experience with selling setups to little kids, the LF setup has been much more popular! (Star or Nemesis)
The bindings are so much easier for kids to put on, and also very comfortable. THe Nemesis (star is exact same with girl graphic) is a great beginner board that you cannot go wrong with! My little brother started on it and loved it!

(501s) · (501s) **Join Date: Feb 2010** 04-06-2011, 8:28 AM

Im definitely leaning towards the Nemesis combo. Thanks for all the tips. Now i have to track one down or find someone who will ship to canada and not charge $150 for it.

(501s) · (501s) **Join Date: Feb 2010** 04-06-2011, 2:59 PM

Went to my local shop to support them. $500 for a kids board, at this point I'm gonna pass. They had an 10 Ronix One with Boots for $1300 but %30 off. Im in Canada, so ya prices should be %10-%20 higher but not %100 higher, those prices are just silly.

Oh, and chattwake provided a hookup AGAIN! Thanks a lot!