My kids are 7 & 9 and ride a Nemisis. they have been on it for over a year. My son is 9 and weighs just about 50 pds and my dausghter is the 7 y.o. and wieghs 40-45 they love the board and had no problems riding it. BTW neither of them had any desire to ski even though they tried it several times, so it seems like an excellent beginners board.