Wakeboard Trainer?

[YamahaCC]

I'm looking to get my 7 year old son into wakeboarding. My wife and I picked it up a few years back. We bought him a board and he has tried a couple time but we want to get his confidence up a little. I was curious if anyone knew of a good wakeboard trainer, much like this:
http://www.wakeboardtrainer.com/
This company has been out of business for a while, trying to replicate seems a little tricky.
Just curious if anyone has any tricks like this they know of?

Thanks!

 

[Ronnie]

I made my own, two actually, one for kids and one for adults. Here is a link to the one I made for adults.

http://yamahajetboaters.com/forum/v...9826&p=493021&hilit=Wakeboard+trainer#p493021

The trainer works great but I can see how people could get used to it and use it as a crutch all the time.

 

[swatski]

I'm looking to get my 7 year old son into wakeboarding. My wife and I picked it up a few years back. We bought him a board and he has tried a couple time but we want to get his confidence up a little. I was curious if anyone knew of a good wakeboard trainer, much like this:
http://www.wakeboardtrainer.com/
This company has been out of business for a while, trying to replicate seems a little tricky.
Just curious if anyone has any tricks like this they know of?

Thanks!

We’ve become big fans of ZUP 2.0
Great for teaching beginners of all ages, as the rope handle attaches to the board - which makes for easy deep water starts from a lay down position. It also permits getting up at much lower speeds as compared to a regular wakeboard.
Here it is on the left
(Not sure if the pics post , sitting at an EU airport and not sure if those load.
But - it is the best tool we have found do far)

 

[Jgorm]

My kids are standing up on a boogie board at slow speeds (5 and 7yo). I'm going to bring it my wake surfer on the next trip. It will be way easier. I think no bindings and slow speeds are key for success. Less than 10mph so the falls don't hurt is good too.