{"id":5001,"date":"2023-05-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/?p=5001"},"modified":"2023-08-06T21:51:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T02:51:22","slug":"stand-up-paddleboard-sup-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/stand-up-paddleboard-sup-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand-Up Paddleboard (SUP) for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My daughter really enjoyed exploring the lake at the cabin via paddle board last year, so I thought about getting her one: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cf1SRunOMyF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cf1SRunOMyF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Jessi Foell (@jessifoell)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I never like the idea of getting a kid summer stuff (bikes, skateboards, etc) for Christmas because in Minnesota you have to wait another 4 months before you can even <em>think<\/em> about using it. Getting her a stand-up paddle-board (SUP) for her birthday in May would be a better idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paddle Boards for Kids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I started doing research and there are at least two companies that make smaller 8-foot inflatable stand-up paddle boards (ISUP) specifically for kids. The first is called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dickssportinggoods.com\/p\/bote-flow-aero-8-native-teal-kids-inflatable-paddle-board-set-21cqmyflwr80xxxxxpss\/21cqmyflwr80xxxxxpss\">BOTE Flow Aero and it&#8217;s available at Dick&#8217;s Sporting Goods<\/a>. Like my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/new-kayak-day\/\">kayak purchase from Dick&#8217;s<\/a>, I subscribed to all the notifications in September and waited&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2022\/08\/6-months-later.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" data-attachment-id=\"4751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/new-kayak-day\/6-months-later\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2022\/08\/6-months-later.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,180\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"6-months-later\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2022\/08\/6-months-later-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2022\/08\/6-months-later.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2022\/08\/6-months-later.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2022\/08\/6-months-later.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2022\/08\/6-months-later-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t actually make it 6 months, only three. In that time, the price on this thing didn&#8217;t budge. As much it looks like a top-quality boat, I was reluctant to drop $500 on something that might not be a hit. So I kept looking \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I found in November is the <a href=\"https:\/\/retrospec.com\/\">Retrospec<\/a> brand, an <a href=\"https:\/\/dot.la\/retrospec-ebikes-2652573283.html\">LA-based outdoor recreation and fitness company<\/a>. They also have an eight-foot paddle board for kids for $250. I subscribed to their notifications and waited, but I didn&#8217;t have to wait long, and was able to snag the board on sale for $200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It sat in the box for a couple of months waiting for my daughter&#8217;s birthday to roll around. She opened it earlier this month, and finally over Memorial day weekend, we were able to take it out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The board itself is great, it comes with everything all nicely packed in a backpack to carry it around. Inflation was easy and honestly I&#8217;ll probably keep it inflated for the summer. We just take the fins off while moving it, and they&#8217;re easy to snap on and off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She did great on it, even on a windy day \ud83c\udf2c\ufe0f The only time she had a problem was near the shore when the wake board boat wake came in, creating some big waves! \ud83c\udf0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"746\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 746 \/ 746;\" width=\"746\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/files\/2023\/05\/img_0368.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My only regret is that we didn&#8217;t get a photo of her on the maiden voyage \ud83d\ude13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nano 2 is out, original on sale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I purchased the board in winter, they now have newer <a href=\"https:\/\/retrospec.com\/collections\/kids-paddle-board\/products\/weekender-nano-2\">Weekender Nano 2 for $300<\/a> and they&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/retrospec.com\/collections\/kids-paddle-board\/products\/weekender-nano-8-inflatable-stand-up-paddleboard-sup\">clearing out the first version for $200<\/a>. Highly recommended if you have a kid under 140lbs that enjoys paddle-boarding. <\/p>\n<div class='kindleWidget kindleLight' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-content\/plugins\/send-to-kindle\/media\/white-15.png\" \/><span>Send to Kindle<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My daughter really enjoyed exploring the lake at the cabin via paddle board last year, so I thought about getting her one: I never like the idea of getting a kid summer stuff (bikes, skateboards, etc) for Christmas because in Minnesota you have to wait another 4 months before you can even think about using&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/stand-up-paddleboard-sup-for-kids\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[201,110],"class_list":["post-5001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casual","tag-boat","tag-kids"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5001"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5033,"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001\/revisions\/5033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}