Dad's keep yer li'l trolls out of the water. It's too crowded already, I never encouraged any of my three kids to go into the ocean. that's three less people in the line up. You're very welcome.
The best surfers seem to be the ones that didn't have a surfing dad, or weren't pushed into the water as kids.
Spending time with your kids is important imo. It doesn't matter if its surfing, skating or kicking a soccer ball. I take my 8 yr old daughter surfing, fishing, swimming and I coach her basketball team. I encourage her to explore new things and activities all the time and she loves it.
My two oldest surf but were never "pushed" into doing it.They just did it I guess because they saw their father, uncles, and cousins all doing it. Same with fishing and hunting. My youngest never seemed too interested so I never bother him about it. He was on the beach Wednesday while I surfed. He said he wanted to go in. I took him down Thursday PM and pushed him into a few. He had a blast.
awesome story. 3 of my 4 kids surf, the other will soon enough. Makes for a great garage full of boards!