Share your Grom footage 7 years old and starting to rip

that was just superb....

Amazing ! 7 years old thats grade 2 awsome...

And I bet his 10x better then Loftywinds

mm might need to lose the ol' toilet stance.. also point the board down wind when landing jumps.

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haha that puts a new spin on the safety bay short tacker

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Haydn24 said..
mm might need to lose the ol' toilet stance.. also point the board down wind when landing jumps.

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ummm he is 7

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Haydn24 said..
mm might need to lose the ol' toilet stance.. also point the board down wind when landing jumps.

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Harsh dude.

Awesome work Mark, Nathan is a joy to watch out there.

Unreal!! Graduated from dads board to his own yeew go grom

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WOK said...
Awesome work Mark, Nathan is a joy to watch out there.

Great to see kids out kiting, it's a shame we don't see more , as a kid I would of been all over kiting, were definatly behind the euros IMO for youth development

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STELLA01 said...
Share your Grom footage 7 years old and starting to rip

Great , you must be chuffed watching him progress, watch some videos of tom bridge it'll give him some inspiration

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cauncy said..

STELLA01 said...
Share your Grom footage 7 years old and starting to rip

Great , you must be chuffed watching him progress, watch some videos of tom bridge it'll give him some inspiration

Thanks for the heads up about Tom, my young fella froths every time the wind blows, hopefully he stays interested and motivated, better than sitting in front of the idiot box.

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Haydn24 said..
mm might need to lose the ol' toilet stance.. also point the board down wind when landing jumps.

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ummm he is 7

Yeah, and ummm he is kitesurfing.. good effort... but he can improve like all of us... just giving tips

i want him to be better by 8 so we can all be shell shocked again

Haydn24 quit before you make yourself look more like a tool!! He doesn't need tips from u when his old man is a solid kiteboarder

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Nathe said..
Haydn24 quit before you make yourself look more like a tool!! He doesn't need tips from u when his old man is a solid kiteboarder

All good Nathe, by the way, easy on the old man bit, that hurts

Holy shxt, by the time he's 10 he'll be showing Youngy how to do a downwinder


And good on his old man for getting him into it

Great video Mark Every time we come down he's progessed to the next level.

Makes you proud to watch & see them all enjoying it because they love it..... & not because it's just something Dad wants me to do. So much more rewarding & I'm definately look forward to being able to ride with my two, hopefully by the end of summer.

Keep it up Nate & Catch you guy's soon

Greta stuff mate, I got a 5yo that wants to get into it so I just got him a trainer that he can play around with. I got a question, how big is the kite he's using and where do you get a harness small enough for a kid?

Ohh man thats soo good.

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Greta stuff mate, I got a 5yo that wants to get into it so I just got him a trainer that he can play around with. I got a question, how big is the kite he's using and where do you get a harness small enough for a kid?

Hey Marty,

I started Nate on a Ozone IMP 1.5m foil within 6 months I bought him a 2.5m Wainman school Kite so that he could take to the water. The harness is a flying objects Minx, one problem its a waist harness and at their age they don't have a chest so the harness rides up putting them in an awkward position, I have just ordered him a xxxs seat harness, Sonya at Westoz board sports has been a great help, I can't remember the brand of harness I ordered him Ill find out and post. The kite Nate is flying in the video is an Ozone REO 5m. Great kite but he gets over powered above 15 Knots and at this stage he knows about depowering but can't adjust kite power himself so I always make sure he is slightly under powered.

When Nate first began flying a ILE kite I made sure that I was always hooked up to his harness with my leash, the first time I let him go was terrifying, but I had drummed into him how to release which he has now done on several occasions, so I now feel confident in his ability to deal with a dangerous situation.

Another problem we faced was bar throw, I originally let Nate use my Wainman Bar but he wasn't strong enough to activate the Safety release, I then let him try several other brands but the throw was to long and when he let go of the bar he couldn't reach it again, Jason at Westoz advised that we try the Blade uni with its adjustable throw, perfect but now we have another problem, at 23 kgs Nate doesn't produce enough resistance for the bar safety to fully activate, leaving him in a semi powered situation after safety deployment. I am currently talking with Blade to rectify this problem still waiting on the revised swivel to arrive. Will let you know how we go.

Don't know the situation in QLD but here in WA we have groms everywhere learning to kite, one of the manufacturers needs to address the need for a dedicated small person quiver, I am going to approach some of the majors to see if they are interested. Again I will let you know how I go.

I'm sure I don't need to tell you Marty but keep the little tacker safe.

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SammyJ said..
Great video Mark Every time we come down he's progessed to the next level.

Makes you proud to watch & see them all enjoying it because they love it..... & not because it's just something Dad wants me to do. So much more rewarding & I'm definately look forward to being able to ride with my two, hopefully by the end of summer.

Keep it up Nate & Catch you guy's soon

Cheers Sam see you soon

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marty72 said..
Greta stuff mate, I got a 5yo that wants to get into it so I just got him a trainer that he can play around with. I got a question, how big is the kite he's using and where do you get a harness small enough for a kid?

Hey Marty,

I started Nate on a Ozone IMP 1.5m foil within 6 months I bought him a 2.5m Wainman school Kite so that he could take to the water. The harness is a flying objects Minx, one problem its a waist harness and at their age they don't have a chest so the harness rides up putting them in an awkward position, I have just ordered him a xxxs seat harness, Sonya at Westoz board sports has been a great help, I can't remember the brand of harness I ordered him Ill find out and post. The kite Nate is flying in the video is an Ozone REO 5m. Great kite but he gets over powered above 15 Knots and at this stage he knows about depowering but can't adjust kite power himself so I always make sure he is slightly under powered.

When Nate first began flying a ILE kite I made sure that I was always hooked up to his harness with my leash, the first time I let him go was terrifying, but I had drummed into him how to release which he has now done on several occasions, so I now feel confident in his ability to deal with a dangerous situation.

Another problem we faced was bar throw, I originally let Nate use my Wainman Bar but he wasn't strong enough to activate the Safety release, I then let him try several other brands but the throw was to long and when he let go of the bar he couldn't reach it again, Jason at Westoz advised that we try the Blade uni with its adjustable throw, perfect but now we have another problem, at 23 kgs Nate doesn't produce enough resistance for the bar safety to fully activate, leaving him in a semi powered situation after safety deployment. I am currently talking with Blade to rectify this problem still waiting on the revised swivel to arrive. Will let you know how we go.

Don't know the situation in QLD but here in WA we have groms everywhere learning to kite, one of the manufacturers needs to address the need for a dedicated small person quiver, I am going to approach some of the majors to see if they are interested. Again I will let you know how I go.

I'm sure I don't need to tell you Marty but keep the little tacker safe.

Thanks for the info. I havent seen any young kids kiting on the Goldy (they are all surfing) so its hard to get info on what sort of gear to get.

Nate attempting a railay

Please helmet... many kiters jumping around...

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Please helmet... many kiters jumping around...

Your 100% right, I wasn't expecting such qick progression, we have been trying several brands of helmets and each have presented the problem of riding down over Nates eyes, have decided on a Liquid Force, ordered and on its way.

Drum edited this by himself, not bad at 11. Will have one with Trisso and Nate in soon. The kids are frothing it is great to hear the hoots :)

Go hard Drum! See you on the weekend, Nate

Great stuff.

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.

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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.

Totally agree, and some of the posts have been removed .. keep the gommie goodness coming..