Hi all

I am interested to get my 9 year old out on the water with me.

She is just under 40 kgs and 5' 0" tall.

I was thinking perhaps a soft surfboard around the 6' 10" to 7' 2" mark might work as a SUB for a person of her weight.

I would appreciate any advice or experience others might have.

Thanks LSD - that is interesting and useful info

Damn - I was looking at a softboard 7' 4" by 22" and I was thinking that in proportion it was relatively wider than my *board 12' by 32" aircraft carrier (same relative proportion as the *board would be 7' 4" by 19.6").

Back to the drawing board - no cheap options unless i DIY, and I am not sure I am up to that.

Hi Down Winder,

Nesha (11) is about 4'8 and 34kg and she rides a 8'2 x 26.5 x 4 imperial





Kristiana (13) is 5'4 and about 40kg and she rides 8'9 x 26.5 x 4 1/2 imperial





GBoards make SUB and it too is quite good!

I tried many different surf boards but most top out at 23 - 24 inch and this as a rule does not work stability wise in the surf, 26min im my opinion.

Starboard make a kids board at 7.2 x 30 x 5 1/2 but they even float big kids lol!




The volume is important to get glide onto a wave and width is really important for stability!

Regards Phill

Hi Downwind,
We use G-boards and find them to be very good with kids and adults alike, you can't go wrong with them in my humble opinion.

Mike

My boys 9 and 6 ride a mal with about 1 foot broken off the nose. They found it a bit wobbly at first but now have no probs. Hey LSD where did you get the handle for the boards you made.

I dont really know and they are now discontinued in Australia replaced with the 8.5 a very different board!

I would suggest it is about 120 - 125l at a guess

PM me for mor details

Regards

Phill