Carboneutral said..
That would have to be every water loving dads dream, to have his son join him surfing, kiting, diving etc, we all know what the feeling is no matter how we engage with the ocean, to introduce our kids to it and have them love it just as much is awesome, not only does it get them to connect with the environment, they also become the crusaders to protect our oceans in the future.

I beg everyone not to respond any further to the negative comments, its the only thing these people live for and adds to their enjoyment when we reply.

Thanks for sharing, great video/photos from both kids.

Man you are spot on, well said.
It is out of this world having your sibling/s follow ya to the beach and start ranting when they see the conditions and hurry to get out there. Then have them pull the trigger in front of you or snap a reo of the face of a wave and give you a smile as you pass. Or simply in the early learning days they work out how to go and come back, all a good stoke for all.
Nice vid Drum.

Latest version Drum is turning :) and you get lots of turns(repetitive vid warning), poo stance and harness up under armpits. Yes working on this. Smile is the winner for me, I wish he had the time on the water the others get.

Looking good Drum

STELLA01 said..



Just a Proud DAD

rightly so!!! epic shots, the second one down shows style and control better than some of my many years kiting mates! yewwwww

Cool topic! Here is my Boy in early training...







As you can see he already has the bug

Old school hand plant

All this makes me jelly. Can't wait till my girl is out kiting wit me. I'm going to wait till she's 30 kg. What do you guys think?

With above . It is not easy teaching them as they say they know stuff but really they don't . My son used trainer kite for at least 150 hours and actually use a boogy board behind that kite for some really cool down wind runs in the shallow lagoons was cool to watch but also was frustrating for him when he stuffed up and it went into the drink and took ages to dry and get it flying again . Kite selection is hard as small kites are built for high winds more so then small people . Epic do a great kite for junior riders with smaller handel , smaller chicken loop (kids have smaller arms and cant reach stuff) and throws . He is now 30 kgs and rides a sligshot rpm 8 meter in 10 to 18 kn range . After being on this and learning for a while I did send him off to another instructor (they seem to listen to another people better) . The best thing he learnt was if in doubt let it go and hit the quick realese , after he had done a couple of release and realised you can easily reconnect he was gone . But more important I felt better that he knew it was there when ever it all gose to crap .

They must be confident with both what is around and in swimming and stuff .

Release first then think is the key to a very worrying dad . Not think then release

Cheers Hilly,

Merry Christmas, have a great time in Margs.

STELLA01 said..
Cheers Hilly,

Merry Christmas, have a great time in Margs.

I'm in the same boat I have a ten year old on an Ozone C4 5m and he's a little fella only 25kgs the issue we have is the amount of strength needed to operate the safety. It's way too heavy for him to quickly flick away when loaded. I've been looking at doing some mods and maybe changing the bungy cord to make it easier. Luca finds he sometimes needs both hands to flick the thing away, which I'm not real happy about.

Any Ozone afficionados advice would be greatly appreciated.

Also I have a couple of other questions do you have the MUST DO rules, HELMET ALWAYS, Impact/Life Vest.

Helmet is easy, but for the vest we use an old Quiksilver PFD but I think there's a few too many snag points and was wondering if anyone has used any good PFD's or similar. Luca's a strong swimmer but we want him wearing a PFD just in case.

Any feedback would be great.

Cheers and Merry Christmas

Sick Nate.... Going Orff!!!

Answer to pfd is get to your local water ski place and get the wet suit with floatation already built in . Don't have to worry about the vest going up over there head ( which I have seen ) and not as in ya face all the time safer then a jacket type .

I think he has it :)

He's got some time to make up on the others

Told you you went big TJ