My daughter has expressed an interest in the sport and wants me to teach her this summer, but I'm wondering how do I go about finding a kiteboard for a kid? 10yo. What have you guys been doing with your kids? The stance would have to be narrower and the board smaller I would assume.. as well as the foot pads. Any advice or where I should look, thanks.

Unless we go directly to strapless.. but I don't think that's a good idea.

Go custom. There are plenty of shapers out there that could make a twin for you. You could try talking directly with may be Slingshot since they make their boards here in the U.S. and not in a factory around the world. There is all so BroKite in Corpus Cristi they hand make all their boards so it would be easy for them to make a smaller board.

Take a look at the Epic board specially made for kids :



More info : http://www.epickites.com/products/kids_tt.php

Ah Seb already shows you the board i wanted to point out. ofcourse more brands have special kids boards. i believe North has one too.

Liquid Force Influence Mini from Kite-Paddle-Surf in Bellingham, WA:

http://www.kitepaddlesurf.com/2012-Liquid-Force-Influence-Mini-126-cm-Kids-Kiteboard-199-2128060.htm

and the Grom strap kit:

http://www.kitepaddlesurf.com/searchquick-submit.sc?keywords=Grom

$280 has got to be the best deal around that I've seen for a new kids board with pads and straps. I've bought from Andy many times (despite the fact that I live on the completely opposite side of the country) and the prices and service are top notch.

I bought my 12yo daughter a used board from Real last year and then still had to get pads and straps and ended up spending not much less than that for a board that I had to fix up a bit. Wish I could have gotten this deal then.

Chris

Some great leads thank you very much everyone!

That epic board is quite pricey compared to others that I'm finding of the same spec (e.g. 199.99), I guess it's the model year difference. The board is going to get lost (or non retrievable) anyways so older model year will do fine.

Another option: http://www.kitezombies.com/gear/best-kb ... ure-v2.htm