Baller jjackkrash Posted March 18, 2017 Baller Share Posted March 18, 2017 Last night the boy told me he wanted to ditch his two skis and slalom this summer! So, naturally, we woke up bright and early and headed up to Wiley's. Darren hooked us up with a kid's training Senate; 63" and 1 inch wider than normal, with a little growing room. We are both super excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted March 18, 2017 Baller Share Posted March 18, 2017 @jjackkrash Fantastic Picture!! "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PatM Posted March 20, 2017 Baller Share Posted March 20, 2017 Cool looking ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ozski Posted March 20, 2017 Baller Share Posted March 20, 2017 Its the most rewarding thing.. Not ashamed to admit my eyes watered up when my little guy popped out of the water on a single for the first time. Barely 2 months later and he's addicted to chasing buoys.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jjackkrash Posted March 20, 2017 Author Baller Share Posted March 20, 2017 @Ozski, wow, that's fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Glock Posted March 21, 2017 Baller Share Posted March 21, 2017 @ozski, that is sweet! How old is he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller nzguy Posted March 22, 2017 Baller Share Posted March 22, 2017 @ozski was your son keen to give skiing a go or did it take a bit of persuasion or may be bribery. My 8 year old son always says he'll give it a go but when we are out in the boat it's always "not today". Not sure if I should resort to bribery etc. I can imagine a kid being a little nervous about skiing for the first time. Anyone got any bright ideas? I can imagine that would be pretty cool seeing your son up a slalom ski. Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ozski Posted March 22, 2017 Baller Share Posted March 22, 2017 He's pretty strong willed ( at age 6) and was not interested in anything other than the tube until December so we never forced the issue, more ski time for me.. But he always said when he turned 7 he would start so we put him on some cadet doubles and he got up pretty quick and within a couple of skis started doing wake jumps because that's what you do on 2 skis... He was hooked but getting him from doubles to single was a challenge that we sorted by using the boom. After a couple of runs on the boom he got up using the long V first go and then straight to the short V and has never looked back. I'm teaching him on the mini course -28 running about 26 and he comfortably runs pass after pass working on staying tall and keeping his position.. I want form and rhythm before he goes full course. So every kid is different but we pretty much let him make the choice, a couple of small bribes here and there but certainly no pushing. Now the genie is out of the bottle its not going back in.. For me as a dad there is nothing better but if he wants to give it up one day and do something else then that will be ok by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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