Take a Kid SUP'ing

[Beasho]

Here was a great wave caught by my daughter Ruby (age 16) this winter.

I had been calling her into some bigger stuff and she officially charges.  Watch her freak out and then make the drop.

[Beasho]

A few more waves going right:

[Beasho]

A few more shots

[Beasho]

And when conditions are NOT good.  Skills training.

[burchas]

How awesome is that Ruby Rocks!

[eastbound]

awesome, beasho

for the both of you!

enjoy it while it lasts--she may dump you and move to maui before you know it!

Maui State?

[Ichabod Spoonbill]

You've got a pretty amazing kid there.

[TallDude]

She's going fly by you faster than you go. At that moment you'll feel both very proud and very old at the same time. Proud out weighs feeling old

[supthecreek]

ha ha Beasho.... so cool to see Ruby going big!
She's a smart young lady, really sweet .... with some serious nads!

I was just watching the vid of You, Ruby and I on a good swell riding the board she won at the race raffle.
You could see in that video that she was going to be a charger!

[Beasho]

We are out at this spot, Rocky's cove, this winter.  It was 10 to 12 feet.  I was on the foil and much, much wider.  It was probably too big for the foil.

A wave comes and she is clearly (too) deep.  I yell "Go, Go, Go!"  She drops out of sight behind the on-coming wave.

I see the carnage and when she paddles back out I ask:

"Did you go for it?"

She says "Yeah - I had no other choice!"

She didn't jump off and take it on the head.  She went for it - Good Girl 

Another shot:

[Beasho]

And learning to cut-back:

[SUP Leave]

This is awesome. I have a 16, 13 and 11 year old daughters and they all love to surf but none of them will try to SUP surf at all. I am going to show them Ruby charging this heavy wave.

We will be in Maui next week so I hope I can get them to try a few SUP waves.

[Beasho]

East Coast.  Weekend and no-one out!  Amazing.

Here was Ruby's friend Emma learning to catch a wave:

[Beasho]

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[PDLSFR]

Hopefully you also taught her the proper respect in the lineup and other surf etiquette.