little rippers

(nwsjake10) · (nwsjake10) **Join Date: Feb 2007** 06-27-2007, 1:27 PM

how many of you guys have little bro's, kids, or cousins that are out there ripping? i went out riding last week at my aunts house and "borrowed" an 07 X-2 from the dealership I work for, my little cousin (11) wakeboarded for either the 4th or 5th time, (not a lot), i got him up behind the X-2 and he is ALMOST landing w2w jumps, i was in total shock at how fast he learned...anyone else notice how good/fast these kids are learning to ride???

(dabell) · (dabell) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 06-27-2007, 1:33 PM

Give a kid something to do and they will pick it up so fast you think they did it in a blink of an eye. He!!, I still can't play the PlayStation2 as well as my 7 year old. I will sit back when he decides he wants to board and enjoy him learning.

(twoten) · (twoten) **Join Date: Jun 2007** 06-27-2007, 1:36 PM

my cousin (9) did it for the first time last saturday. Got up first try and went in and out of both wakes...

must be the supreme instruction by his older cousins...

(nwsjake10) · (nwsjake10) **Join Date: Feb 2007** 06-27-2007, 1:38 PM

it just baffels me how well they learn, i mean yes coaching is important, but its just crazy how fast he learned, i wasnt landing w2w's until i rode probably for a whole summer..almost frustrating to see how fast they can pick it up..hah

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My boy Brooks is 7 and is trying TS jumps and 180 butter slides. This is the first year that he has had his own board and has only rode it for two sets

. I guess that is what you get when you don't have a boat. Our family Powell trip is next month and he will be getting a lot of time on the water. Hats off to all the kids just ripping at the sport!

(tuffenuff) · (tuffenuff) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 06-27-2007, 7:42 PM

I've noticed how my youngest son(15), now applies his skateboarding skills to wakeboarding. He and his water buddies talk all the time about tricks on skateboards and tricks they try on the wakeboards.(They practice one to accomplise the other,somewhat). I gotta say the best thing about watching them is the "1 UP Factor" between good, but competitive friends. It makes watching and/or gettin picz that much better!I LUV watching the young un's behind the boats!

(mhetheridge) · (mhetheridge) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 06-27-2007, 7:42 PM

My son is 5 and wants to do it so bad. We're looking for a board for him. I'm new to this and really got into it for wakesurfing purposes to satisfy my need to surf during the flat summer months. But a buddy is pretty good at wakeboarding and now my boy wants to do it. Any suggestions on a board for a 5 year old?

(wakedad33) · (wakedad33) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 06-27-2007, 7:52 PM

Matthew, look for the smallest board & bindings you can find, if you have access to a barefoot boom that would be a great way to start a 5 year old, only need to go about 10 MPH, not to scary. Good luck to your son and have fun.......

(mhetheridge) · (mhetheridge) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 06-27-2007, 10:06 PM

Randy thanks for the input. I'll look into the barefoot boom.

(tmills) · (tmills) **Join Date: May 2006** 06-28-2007, 12:59 AM

My 5 year old goes wakesurfing with me. My other son who is 9 loves to wakeboard and wakesurf. Am I the only one who wishes I had a childhood like my kids? Upload

(jmanolinsky) · (jmanolinsky) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 06-28-2007, 4:25 AM

This is my son a couple of years ago. He had just turned five years old. This is his third or fourth time out. He had been skateboarding since he was about two and a half and it definitely help his wakeboarding. Pull the rope in to about 60 feet and run between 14 to 17 mph. You can stand on the swim platform with him in the water and pull the rope with your hands to show him what it will feel like. You can probably get him out of the water like this. If he's ready to go for it, let him go for it. LF has a small board to fit kids. Upload

(mhetheridge) · (mhetheridge) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 06-28-2007, 5:04 AM

My son goes surfing with me when it's really small. Like ankle to knee high crumblers. He's been skating for about a year. Really just rolling around our outdoor play area. He also plays a little on the indo board. Pretty much, we're all about surfing and skating. I've tried soccer to no avail and tee-ball which he likes. But watersports he really seems to like. Troy, I would love to have a childhood like my kids. This is my first boat ever. We didn't have one growing up. Plus, my dad didn't take me surfing or skateboarding. Those weren't his interest. I picked all that up when I was a teenager. I'm 38 and still skate / carveboard. I still surf. I'm learning how to wakeboard. Wakesurfing came pretty easy to me. Just finding the sweet spot and the right board was the difficult thing.

(jmanolinsky) · (jmanolinsky) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 06-28-2007, 5:41 AM

My son's board is a Liquid Force Nemesis 118. It has been a great board. He is seven now and this will be his third season riding it.

Hope this helps,
Jman

(dgarland0) · (dgarland0) **Join Date: Apr 2003** 06-28-2007, 3:19 PM

Here is a pic of my 4 year old from two weeks ago. He wants to wakeboard so bad, and has with me many times. Looks like its time!
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(charman) · (charman) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 06-28-2007, 4:59 PM

Jman, your kid had a better toeside edge at 5 than i do at 26!!

very cool pics people. you can tell you parents are cool/good by the way your kids look

(jmanolinsky) · (jmanolinsky) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 06-28-2007, 5:07 PM

Thanks, Looser. I'm just trying to give my son the childhood that I longed for when I was a kid. My folks weren't into the lake scene at all and I was always envious of the kids who spent weekends and vacations on the lake boating.

Jman

(downfortheride)

Jman ~~ I do haft to say your boy has a hell of a TS edge. Looks like the next Randall is up and coming! It's pretty funny how much they learn from inside the boat. My boy Brook's is just getting into it and here he is taking some slashes at the wake. He also just got his first TS air and found out what it feels like to catch that TS edge on a FS Butter 180.
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(aces6692) · (aces6692) **Join Date: Nov 2006** 07-01-2007, 2:09 PM

me when i was 12 Upload

(wake_nurse) · (wake_nurse) **Join Date: Jun 2007** 07-01-2007, 7:30 PM

Our girls (13 and 11) both got up on their first pull. They've been snowboarding and used to run GS gates on skis, which has been a great help in learning how to wakeboard. The 11 year old is going out of the wake now, and from what my husband told me (I had to work today), caught her first air off the wake today!

The younger the kid is, the less fearful they are; it's great to see the little ones (3, 4 year olds)ripping it up so young!

(bucnoles) · (bucnoles) **Join Date: Jul 2005** 07-01-2007, 9:14 PM

I surf with my son who is 2 and this past weekend he strapped on his board and got pulled behind the boat. Here is a pic. of him surfing, I'll get the wakeboarding ones up tomorrow. Upload

(Message edited by bucnoles on July 01, 2007)

(shawnk) · (shawnk) **Join Date: Jan 2005** 07-02-2007, 5:46 AM

Picture of my kids this summer. Just getting the hang of it. Maddie (5) & Parker (2).
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(soonerwake85) · (soonerwake85) **Join Date: Jun 2007** 07-02-2007, 8:35 AM

Its crazy how fast younger kids are progressing. I have a younger sister (13) who has just started wakeboarding with me this summer and after her 2nd time out is already landing w2w. The younger kids seem to have no fear and will try anything.

(josh_r_skater) · (josh_r_skater) **Join Date: Nov 2006** 07-02-2007, 8:38 AM

cant wait till mine is older his 6 months right now

(dgarland0) · (dgarland0) **Join Date: Apr 2003** 07-04-2007, 2:16 PM

I posted a pic of my son wakesurfing up a few posts ago, wanted to update that os of yesterday he is now on a wakeboard. Not bad for newly turned 5 year old.

dg

(obriengotwake) · (obriengotwake) **Join Date: Feb 2003** 07-05-2007, 6:32 PM

my niece(12) just got up for the first time last weekend. she was so excited almost as much as her uncle. She didnt want me to post pics online of her but i can tell u she had a huge smile on her face. Keep the kids going love to see the young ones rippin it up.

(stxr_racer) · (stxr_racer) **Join Date: Jun 2006** 07-06-2007, 6:19 PM

Awesome pics of little rippers...keep em comin! Here's a few of my boy.

Havin fun with big bro! (age 9)
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Now (age 11)
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(extremeisaac) · (extremeisaac) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 07-06-2007, 6:48 PM

ill join.. my 4 year old got up for the first time last weekend with his first time trying. He is stoked.. he is going again tomorrow after asking every day this week to ride..

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(j_b) · (j_b) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 07-06-2007, 6:52 PM

Someday......

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petey20 07-07-2007, 9:12 PM

He'll be ready in a few more months...
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(hk308) · (hk308) **Join Date: May 2007** 07-07-2007, 10:32 PM

Gettin his game on

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(nbeihl) · (nbeihl) **Join Date: Mar 2004** 07-08-2007, 12:08 PM

That rules!!! I hear about so many people selling their boats once they have kids, and it makes me sad.

(scottman) · (scottman) **Join Date: Sep 2002** 07-08-2007, 12:48 PM

Here's video of my 4yo after a couple of tries. He picked the music...

http://scottmcfarland.com/videos/player.aspx?v=/videos/Home/Lake/Reece HS 6-30-07&p=Reece HS 6-30-07

This weekend he was going in and out of the wake heelside.

(Message edited by scottman on July 08, 2007)

(prodriver4) · (prodriver4) **Join Date: Jul 2007** 07-09-2007, 4:53 PM

My nephew MIKEY, he is 9 Upload

(prodriver4) · (prodriver4) **Join Date: Jul 2007** 07-09-2007, 5:27 PM

here are a few more Upload

(stxr_racer) · (stxr_racer) **Join Date: Jun 2006** 07-10-2007, 12:38 AM

Way to go Mickey...looking good!

(prodriver4) · (prodriver4) **Join Date: Jul 2007** 07-11-2007, 6:12 PM

Hi again, Mikey,(pictured above)
Took first place in novice class
at the Fort Freemont Wakeboard contest
on the Wolf River today(in Wisconsin)
His first competition
He was stoked!!!
CHRIS...

(mi_moomba) · (mi_moomba) **Join Date: May 2005** 07-12-2007, 11:25 AM

This is our next ripper, maybe she'll make the Chick Flick part 5! Upload

(geogilbert) · (geogilbert) **Join Date: May 2007** 07-12-2007, 12:57 PM

Kinda a double post but it is fitting here also. I shot this video at the Scioto Wakefest last weekend. (It is my 1st video so no comments on film or editing skill please, I know it is bad)

http://www.wakepics.com/img/21329

(wade2062) · (wade2062) **Join Date: Jun 2006** 07-12-2007, 7:18 PM

Here is my little ripper. Took first place at his first comp. Headed to nationals in Dayton 6yrs old Upload