Stand up paddleboarding with a toddler

[stacymills99]

I have been Stand Up Paddleboarding a couple of times now and love it. When I was in Oahu this last week the instructor told me we could bring our 3 year old with us and he would ride on his board. We ran out of time time, so we did not get a chance to. I would love to find a place on our upcoming cruise who would do this for us. My question is, have you ever been, and have you ever taken a young child (in a life vest) with you? What was your experience like?

[tamsocal]

I have been Stand Up Paddleboarding a couple of times now and love it. When I was in Oahu this last week the instructor told me we could bring our 3 year old with us and he would ride on his board. We ran out of time time, so we did not get a chance to. I would love to find a place on our upcoming cruise who would do this for us. My question is, have you ever been, and have you ever taken a young child (in a life vest) with you? What was your experience like?

 

We did daily for 2 weeks with our then 3 yr olds at the fairmont in Maui.

Was tons s of fun and easy, assuming you can paddle board. I went alone as I have a hard time myself balancing but DH had 2 kids on his board (twins). We didn't have an instructor.

[clairesmom]

We live in Florida and own two Paddleboards. We take our two girls (one on each board) all of the time, and they love it! They are 7 and 5 and have grown up in the ocean and in the water though.