Help with young Wake boarder

[szklaruk]

Hey guys, we have some friends coming to the lake in a couple weeks. They have a 8 year old that wants to do some wake boarding. He's roughly 65lbs and has a 28" board. Just wondering what speed, rope length and anything else I might need to know. I grew up skiing and now surf, so never really got into the boarding. Any help would be great! Thanks in advance!


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[BCRider]

http://www.learnwake.com/videos/teac...how-to-get-up/

[rhoadsdj]

Do everything this video says. I followed 75% of it with my 7 year old daughter. Day 1 she popped up every time but couldn't ride very long. Day 2 she could ride 20-30 seconds at a time. Day 3 she can ride as long as she wants. We're working on edging back on forth now.

I tow her at 10mph on a 55ft. rope but she only weighs 50 lbs. You probably want the same rope length but more like 12 mph.

[szklaruk]

Awesome, thanks guys!


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[Jetdriver]

The slower you pull the bigger and more washed out the wake will be. For young kids this is intimidating. I find using a 65 foot rope and pulling around 16-19 mph with taps 3 (07 22VE) puts them on a sweet spot on the wake where there is very little wash and it's not that big.