Great work! That is awesome... I remember taking my son out through the surf when he was just about the same age. (stuff you don't tell mom) People thought I was nuts! To be fair, he was terrified the first few times...but loved it out there, caught fish, and is 11 with both the fishing and adventure bug...
Keep up the good work Dad.
Here he is last week in AK. No net... played huge cohoe female into the beach on a 7/8 fly rod.