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06-17-2008, 07:37 AM
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That is a shame that they weren't supportive.
My dd is five. She started on the water sled at two years old. When she was three she road the kneeboard a few times but was too scared. Last year, at four years old, she owned the kneeboard. She started on the boom and was behind the boat by July.
She is hooked on kneeboarding. She cuts outside the wakes, attacks rollers, side slides, mini jumps the wake.
We haven't hooked her on skiing, yet. However, every day we went out this weekend she asked to try it again.
Everyone in the boat has to be supportive. Build up their confidence. Take the camera and tell them you want to take pictures to show their friends. We have gotten several kids to ski or kneeboard that otherwise wouldn't try. You have to make them feel excited about it. My huband and I were snow ski instructors so we use those skills in teaching waterskiing.
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