Little kid flat water board

[DurhamSUP]

So I was out on the lake this weekend with a friend and his 7 year old daughter. She was on a surf sup and doing fine, but the board was just way too wide for her. We started talking about a flat water board that would be smaller, narrower, and lighter for a small kid. I know some of the companies are making boards for kids, but they are not cheap and seem to be geared to bigger kids. So could a kid in the 50 -70 pound range do better on a small displacement board. Let's find out.
Board is 8'6" 25" wide 4.5" thick , 12: tail.
...more to follow.

[Bulky]

If I lost 180lbs, could I be your kid? 

How it works remains to be seen.  One thing's for sure.  That kid will never be happy with a pop-out for the rest of her life!

[Celeste]

Very cool, kudos for giving it a shot for her, I know how excited I would be to have a friend of my dad make something for me.

[Wpgsup]

Awesome, I got another 6+ years to get decent at this and then cam make my son one.
Looking forward to nice build thread full of pictures 

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[SUP Viking]

Thats great!

We just got some new boards in from a Japanese manufacturer trying to come up in the SUP world.

This is the one kids board we have in the lineup.

Sawarna 9'0" X 26' I jump on it every now and then just because its too much fun!

[DurhamSUP]

I should get the lam coat on tonight, so I'll get more pics.
I am a little concerned that I went to narrow and 25" might be a little tippy. According to boardCAD it is about 125 liters. There will be a few kids that will end up using this board and the largest is close to 100 lbs.  I hope I didn't go to small.

Oki Surf and SUP, The Sawarna board looks nice. How do the kids like the smaller board? Any issues with stability?

[kneecap]

I think you'll be fine at 25" on width. My kid paddles a Costco surfboard 8' x22" all day and he weighs about 80 lbs. My friend's daughter's race board (also 8 years old) is 25" as well.

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[TortillaSUP]

When a family member wishes to take up paddling, you must look at your quiver and figure out whether they need a super skinny race board or a radical surf shape 

[flatspell]

is that foam xps? it looks blue

[SUP Viking]

I should get the lam coat on tonight, so I'll get more pics.
I am a little concerned that I went to narrow and 25" might be a little tippy. According to boardCAD it is about 125 liters. There will be a few kids that will end up using this board and the largest is close to 100 lbs.  I hope I didn't go to small.

Oki Surf and SUP, The Sawarna board looks nice. How do the kids like the smaller board? Any issues with stability?

They aren't BAD. But the company has a looooong way to go before they are making a solid product. For the price its good enough for beginners. No issues with stability, the kids absolutely enjoy every minute of it and love to tackle a bit of chop. I forgot to add its 4 3/4" thick.

[DurhamSUP]

update....
If possible, she wanted some lime green in the board to match her kialoa adjustable paddle. So who doesn't like resin tint an cut laps.  The white mixed with the green a bit much and I didn't get the contrast that I wanted, but it doesn't look too bad. Deck lam and fill coats up next.

flatspell, It's just plain white 1.5# eps. one of my side lights has a heavy blue hue and it shows up blue on the camera.

[SUP Viking]

Looks great!

[Wpgsup]

Looks really nice and I am amazed  at how clean and tidy your workspace is! Not a single thing in the background of a any pictures wow

[DurhamSUP]

Wpgsup, Here's some more progress pics. This is just the fill coat. ...and yes, keep the garage clean. Your epoxy will be much happier.

[Celeste]

Man, if it works like it looks, she is going to love that.