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timo
Since 15 Jun 2006
40 Posts
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 Tue Jul 10, 07 2:34 pm Kids Wanting to Kite |
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| How young is too young? My nephews (10 and 12 years old) are coming to visit and want to learn to kite. I haven't seen a lot of kids out there and was wondering why? Is anyone teaching kids in Hood River?
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kitekid
Since 15 Apr 2007
170 Posts
Stoked
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| Tue Jul 10, 07 3:21 pm |
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| i started flying trainer kites when i was 9 my lil bro who is 5 can fly a lil one meter trainer then i got up on a board when i was 10 and never went back to it till this last year
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EdG
Since 19 Dec 2005
424 Posts
Just a Kook that's
Obsessed
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| Tue Jul 10, 07 3:37 pm |
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time to get some small foil kites. Pass on the stoke 
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carolb
Since 04 Nov 2006
590 Posts
Stevenson, WA in the summer, SPI in the winter
Bolstad Clan
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| Tue Jul 10, 07 9:58 pm |
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The smile says it all.
Here's the youngest of the Bolstad clan, Rebecca, this week in Stevenson (age 14, 100 lbs.) She did her first jump. Start them slowly with good instructions and good safe gear. We have a kayak you can use to go out with them.
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
3753 Posts
Los Angeles, CA
Videographer
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| Tue Jul 10, 07 10:07 pm |
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| Tucker was like 10, and that was 6 years ago when gear sucked!
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kiteboard117
Since 02 Mar 2005
450 Posts
PDX
McLovin
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| Tue Jul 10, 07 10:18 pm |
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wow beccas doing great! heres a shot of me when i was starting out.
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6548 Posts
Couve / Hood
Site Lackey
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| Wed Jul 11, 07 5:55 am |
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hey nice board leash tucker, that explains how you turned out... too many knocks to the head.... 
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barfly
Since 31 Mar 2005
1210 Posts
Seaside
BRACKISH
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| Wed Jul 11, 07 6:11 am |
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| Including myself, there's a couple of instructors that offer land lessons here in Seaside and 10-14 yr olds do great. Typically we have them landboarding on small foils and doing downwinders in one lesson. Quick learners even start tacking. Sunset Beach is great b/c once they have it down, you can just follow them in a car. As a comparison, most adults can't even start looking at a landboard until 3+ hours of instruction with kite flying and basics.
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