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looking for a boat for a 12 year old 16 years 7 months ago #22917

hey peoples my little brother is showing great promise for playing on the river. for christmas im looking at getting him his own boat any sugestions? hes 47 kg and is just under 5 foot

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Re:looking for a boat for a 12 year old 16 years 7 months ago #22919

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Fluid Spice Small or Medium, Pyranha Stretch, Jackson Fun, WS Fuse, WS ZG, Dagger RX.

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Re:looking for a boat for a 12 year old 16 years 7 months ago #22931

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Robson Supersonic, Dagger Dynamo or jackson fun1 1.5 good. The stretch is huge wouldn't bother with that or the ZG or RX, as they will be too big for him to learn anything

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Re:looking for a boat for a 12 year old 16 years 7 months ago #22933

cheers il see what i can find for the price range i want

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Re:looking for a boat for a 12 year old 16 years 7 months ago #22952

hi if your looking on a budjet then robson twintip xs looks quite good im 12 and currently have a wavesport zg 48 which is a great boat and quite slicey the only thing is im 5ft 4 and 53kg so im a bit bigger than him but personly id go with the jackson star as the only thing that stoped me buying it is that i have size 10 feet so im to big for it and to small for the all star i went to try out a project but its more of an aerial boat and didn't have the sliceyness of the zg and the zg carves a lot better the others i considered (belive be i spent a good few months on the comp looking for a good playboat) were the dagger g-force 5.9 and the fluid nemesis s, hope u find a good boat.

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Re:looking for a boat for a 12 year old 16 years 7 months ago #23109

Since he's 12 he's going to be growing the next few years, and fast. I'dd try to get him a boat that isn't too big, but does give him some room to grow, both in leg length and weight. For the rest just what the other people said.

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Re:looking for a boat for a 12 year old 16 years 7 months ago #23112

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Get him a jackson fun or 2fun! They are amazing little boats and are great for river running and playboating! Ive been in one for two years now and they are the best!

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Re:looking for a boat for a 12 year old 16 years 7 months ago #23135

well as im gonna up grade for myself i might give him my old dagger chimp that should be fine for him for a couple of years

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Re:looking for a boat for a 12 year old 16 years 7 months ago #23136

crazyliam7 wrote:

well as im gonna up grade for myself i might give him my old dagger chimp that should be fine for him for a couple of years


You're a good brother, nice one.. :cheer:

BTW, what is a Dagger Chimp? I can't find it on the Playak database, and not if I Google it. Shot. :)

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