I could be tripping but was thinking maybe for my 11 yr old girl who is keen as to learn

I ride a freestyle wave but new back to the sport

this board was found behind the shed and the owner said make an offer

sailing Brighton a coupla weeks ago on a strong southerly I met a legend of a guy who passed on an 88 lt starboard wave board ( red) it went straight to a mate of mine who loves smashing all his gear!

reluctant to make any offer on board but envy eyes thought it might be a good kid board??

any opinions be ace

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If your kid is light and you have a tiny sail it could be ok.
A centreboard would be good but not nessisary.
If it lived behind the shed and not in it , it is probably sun fried and fragile.
If it looks watertight offer $100 if it has a fin or $ 70 without .
A old starboard go for $ 300 would be perfect.

Thanks??

Dear Friend,
This 150 lt JP board seems ok. In my opinion board is convenient for your doughter. She can use 2.5-3.5 sqm sail. The price is controversial however you can offer 150-175 dollars (inc.fin).

I think is perfect.
I am looking for something similar as my 8yo daughter already finds the big 310L inflatable "boring", and she started using my 100L freestyle instead, but I can see she struggles a bit now.

yeah, jump on it, good find

Looks good, if sun got to it the paint and pads would be worse so I reckon it looks solid. Ripper board for kids.
Easy enough to make a dodgy centreboard there's a thread here somewhere showing how to use a plastic chopping board and suction cups. Or, not hard to install a finbox halfway up and then when done leaning fill and paint the hole, it never happened :)

I reckon its at least a $200 board

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Paddles B'mere said..
yeah, jump on it, good find

Plus one ^^ my 11 year old learnt on a 150 vision ...no problem ..I put a 42 fin in it for her .

$ 150-200 ok. Start at 150 and go up if need be ..might be a good light winder for you too.

If you don't buy let me know.
Tony

It needs a good wash.

For a 11yo weight, that board will be difficult to turn.
for the money ..if low enough.. and board is in sailable condition.. be a starter anyway.

overall it's not a great learning platform, but it's cheap.
It may need a smaller fin so she can turn , but then it may be too small.

it may be good to just see if she is actually interested.

^^ any beginner board is hard to turn. Dunno what would be floaty and stable and easy to turn....?

Good o
thanks lads
what about a big 12ft wayler with the square tail?
i suppose after reading the commments I could also get a play on it in light winds?

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Mark _australia said..
^^ any beginner board is hard to turn. Dunno what would be floaty and stable and easy to turn....?

It's because the fin's too far back for small upright sails. If you could jerry rig a strap-on or stick-on fin it would probably work ok.

^^^ good point but I thought he meant for kids....I'd think that would be applicable to anyone as yes COE isnot coinciding with CoLR
Wise to stick a dodgy centreboard on it for sure

OTOH my 11 y/o boy turned a 10ft SUP with fins at back just fine with the walk around the mast method - so maybe pure basic learning is fine but would be hard when they start doing faster sailing and wanting to turn (or even just round up)
This is making me realise SUP may not be the best learning platform and we are kinda pushing it as a way to increase participation they are so common...
Hmmm

My two 10 year olds have been learning on a few boards with ezzy 2.0 and 2.5 sails. A 10'8" JP all rounder sup, a starboard start with an old fin for the centre board and last weekend on a 151L starboard go with the small fin underneath. They both did well on the starboards but without a centreboard/fin the sup would not even sail across the wind with the small sail, would not tack either, so they learned to sort of gybe. The borrowed start (thanks Geoff) gave them a nice wide platform and would sail upwind, so most the time they were able to sail back to where they started from, and I didn't have to rescue them. They managed the go as well just not as stable, but on flat water its good. Used a 42 cm fin in the go and a 6" fin for the centre one. Next time I'll try them with out the small fin and see how they go. If you get it for the right price I would recommend putting a fin box in the centre or Bunnings sells cheap suction things.

As a side note to kids learning, I read on here some years ago about towing them along behind another board to give them the feeling of going fast/planning etc. I did this last xmas holidays. Used a longboard(can't remember what its called) Tied rope from rear foot strap to the hand hold on the nose of the start and went sailing. In about 15 knts, the young fella comes in stoked saying I never knew it could feel that fast.( I don't think we were planning, but definitely going faster than the ezzy 2.5 had ever been before).