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Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:20 pm
by Hatchnam
What sort of deck traction are you using on them?

Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:13 pm
by ctd
ajohnsen wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 02, 2018 2:07 pm
My kids started getting into the 6' Grommy softboard I bought them last year. They were just riding on their stomachs. My daughter was doing fine, but my son couldn't not nose dive. I tried many techniques with him, but there's only so far back on a board you can lie before it's a tombstone. It has virtually no rocker. Any tips?
lie further forward and paddle harder

its not the nose that is diving, its the tail being picked up. Because the wave is hitting the tail too fast relative to the speed the board is moving at. Moving back slows the board down (just as it does when you are standing). You might need to give him a push or a bigger board. Or make him do some pull ups...

Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:04 pm
by ajohnsen
Yeah, when I push him in, it's fine. I reckon softboards probably aren't for bellyboarding and that's part of the problem.

Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:45 pm
by alakaboo
Hatchnam wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:20 pm
What sort of deck traction are you using on them?
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Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 7:04 pm
by Hatchnam
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Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 7:30 pm
by alakaboo
In all honesty they use a lot of wax.
Apparently there is bodyboard-specific wax that is better.

Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 7:31 pm
by Beanpole
I started my son standing on a boogie board on the shore holding my hand when he was tiny. As the wave would wash in it would lift the lid up and we would skim board it around. Got him an old crappy foamy at throw out. He never looked back. Daughter had lessons. Can stand up but has always prefered to float around with her friends and chat.

Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:30 pm
by Morgan The Moon
I tried a mates 7'0 CMP softboard at the point a couple of months back. Thick as, but loads of fun. Just over 200 $$, with a slick bottom. Went well. Seen Ace Buchan around on those Catch Boards too - of course he made it look the goods.

Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:05 pm
by ctd
ajohnsen wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:04 pm
Yeah, when I push him in, it's fine. I reckon softboards probably aren't for bellyboarding and that's part of the problem.
Ah, if he is bellyboarding then perhaps it’s different-maybe he just needs a bodyboard?

Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 6:38 am
by Beanpole
Have you considered not advertising on here?

Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 6:44 am
by buddy
We finally get a woman back on RS and beany goes passive aggressive on the first interaction.

Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 6:56 am
by Skipper
i'm loving my Softlite Hybrid Driver

Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 7:03 am
by Beanpole
buddy wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 07, 2023 6:44 am
We finally get a woman back on RS and beany goes passive aggressive on the first interaction.
Gender neutral response.

Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 7:08 am
by Beanpole
Skipper wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 07, 2023 6:56 am
i'm loving my Softlite Hybrid Driver
I bought my wife an 8’ Softlite Chopstick.
It’s my go to board for crowded Bondi these days.
Really manoeuvrable. Great 60/40 rails.
I had a 7’6” O&E one. Very thick boxy rails with a sharp bottom edge.
It would go really fast in a straight line but not very manoeuvrable.
Snapped on a big day.

Re: Best softboard to use to teach kids ???

Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2023 8:29 am
by Beanpole
Mullet Surfboards has a Beanstalk Model. I wish they’d stop stalking me.