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Introduction to Skimboarding

This article is about skimboarding. This article is a introduction to skimboarding and you would find the most important aspects about its history, the equipment used, and how to do skimboarding.


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  • December 16, 2008
  • Skimboarding

Skimming with Skimboards

Skimboarding which is also called or skimming is usually used to ride on an inward wave. For skimming or skimboarding you need a skimboard. The technique of skimboarding is slightly different from that of surfing.

Learn to Skimboard in an Afternoon

You can learn to skimboard in five easy steps but you'll need a review of the basics first. One of the important things that are overlooked is attitude.

Skimboarding (or skimming) is a boardsport in which a board is used to ride on an incoming wave where you first throw the board down on either wet sand or do a "water drop" which is self explanitory then you jump or hop on the wave and slide to a shorebreak wave preferibly or you can do flatland where you can do tricks like a skateboard while going on a flat beach.