5 year old mountain biking

[BigonaBianchi]

View: http://youtu.be/0qmQrEM5rVA

 

[Beebo]

wow that's great. Very accomplished for a 5 year old, he was doing stuff a lot of adults would struggle with.

The comment at 1.01 made me laugh when the dad asked "Can you see", and the son says "No, I dont need to pee"

I have a 5 year old daughter who can barely ride a bike and a 1 year old son, i would love to go out riding with them one day on trails like that..

 

[Marshmallow_Fluff]

..and my stepson is 9 and so not interested in anything to do with outdoors (apart from playing rugby and I suspect only because his dad is pushing him a bit..)! I bought him a bike last year that's now rotting in the garden, used actually no more than a handful of times.. So frustrating!!

 

[penguinking9]

Show him that clip, it might just be the nudge he needs.

 

[marzjennings]

Awesome video. My daughter and I will be hitting the trails Saturday. She's 8 and only just starting to get the hang of mountain biking. She's keen to start jumping asap and frustrated that we have to start with the basics first.

 

[Marshmallow_Fluff]

Show him that clip, it might just be the nudge he needs.

You have no idea what I have tried so far.. Nothing works! I even bought him the game Tour De France for XBox in hope it will give him .. I don't know.. motivation to go out there and pretend he is Alberto Contador or something! He happily plays the game without any desire to leave his quarters!!
Tried also running, hiking, rock climbing, surfing, swimming.. It's just not happening! He absolutely hates anything that requires even the minimum level of effort.. It's a simple as that I think..
(not very promising in general either, if you ask me..)

 

[penguinking9]

Erm....how about chess boxing?

 

[Marshmallow_Fluff]

Erm....how about chess boxing?

What are you talking about? Ask him to put stress on both mind and body in one single session?? Not a chance!!