Hello Legendary Animals,

As parents, we all want to see our children practice their sport. It's a moment of sharing with your daughter or son, it brings you closer and you don't have to deal with the whole village soccer team in your car on Saturday morning with Hassan who forgot his snack...

Anyway, I won't spoil the rest of the video but you could say that there is no exact age to start wakeboarding. We are often limited by the water sports bases to a minimum age for safety reasons. It is often impossible for bases that have a lot of people to take care of one child at a time outside of private lessons. The minimum age is often around 10 years old. On the bi-pulleys who have less constraints due to the fact of having an operator for 1 person in the water the minimum age is often around 7 years old.

I remind you that the minimum condition is that the child knows how to swim and is not afraid of water. Then it is possible to find ways to give him confidence by placing a parent on the water with a paddle and that's it. It is important that the child has the desire and is not afraid!

However until now the big negative point was the material. This year Slingshot has released new sizes and it is now possible for the smallest among us to practice wakeboarding without floating or waiting for the next season.

Let's start with the shoe!

The GROM 2020 starts at 33.5 and goes up to 35.5. This corresponds to the size of a child of about 6 years old. The shoe is made on the basis of the OPTION which is the adult range with the only particularity that they put Velcro instead of gummy straps which can be a little difficult to hang for a child.

They are therefore shoes that we call in the business, open-toes in American's.

But be careful! It is not because they are intended for children that they are not precise. The OPTIONS (the adult version) is for me today the best open shoe on the market. It goes up well and allows a super support. We would not want our children to make ankles because of a bad tightening of a shoe.

And the board in all this!

The SUPER GROM. This one is not to be introduced anymore. The model has been in the range for a few years now, the design has been revised every year. It starts in size 125 and also offers a 130 and 135cm. It is a versatile wakeboard and very flexible. It adapts to the weight constraints of children or small people ^^. I don't know if Passpartout does wakeboarding ? Put this in comment if you know it....

Other brands offer even smaller boards, but the SUPER GROM is flexible and rides a little big like all slingshots.

Finally, remember to equip your child with safety equipment that is appropriate for their size. I'm talking mainly about the vest or impact vest and the helmet. Nothing worse