We had tried this out last year at a friend's house when my son was 1yr old. He loved it, and we held on to him as he rolled down. I bought it for him 2 weeks ago for his second birthday, and it's wonderful. He needed a help a few times to learn how to get up onto it and also to position it. Now, he's an old pro. He'll go down backwards, forwards, also loves rolling his trucks down it. We recently had a 5 and 7 year old visiting us, and they also enjoyed riding it.