It's been a long road but the boy is finally riding and holding ground, as well as doing all the board and kite control himself while Dad watches from the beach.

Eleven and a half years old, 40kg and stoked off his brain as you can imagine!!

For anyone else teaching kids, I can't say enough about how important having a user friendly kite has been to the learning process. We got an Cab SB1 5m and added the 08 depower system upgrade, and he can control it really well. Board is an old Wipika Serum 120x38.

Would be interested to hear of any other parent's stories.

Andy.