John, what's your sporting background? From what I keep hearing about skimboarding and how hard it is, seems like you had a a very quick learning curve.
To anyone considering taking up skimboarding: Save up and buy a fibre glass/carbon fibre skimboard. Don't waste time with cheap wooden ones. They are smaller and less buoyant, and will make things harder than they need to be. Speaking from past experience!
Wrong. Most learn on a $30 board. Some giant percent of people will last only one session. No need to needlessly drop $200 bucks on something you might not do much. Expensive boards are for advanced people. To start out you are skimming on sand and 1" water, any board will do for that.
I’ve heard people claim that surfing is harder than skimming. it seems to me skimming requires a bit more coordination & balance. I know surfing requires those things, but with skimming you have to drop the board, basically catch up to it, then get on while it’s moving. I’m clumsy though, so what do I know? 😂
You don't need to chase the board with skimming you can do a one step drop or money crawl there are tutorials they give you alot more speed and save energy
Yes, I grew up one street from the beach. I lived in Galveston where all we could do is pretty much skimboard because the waves sucked, only good waves came during storms.
My board is crappy and wooden and has no grips. I've just started skimboarding yesterday, and when I land on the board I keep slipping right off without even moving anywhere. Any suggestions?
You need to use "surf wax" on the top of your board. If the top of your board is slick you won't get anywhere but dead. If you have used surf wax on the bottom of the board you need to take it all off and replace it with "speed wax."
@anderrocks1 it is hard. Sure you can hit a wave and do a blackflip, but you wouldn't even make it out of the first heat in a national contest. Getting good at skimming takes a lot of time and practice, and is hard.
Yeah, practice required totally probably. I have a cheap skimboard i bought at Myrtle Beach and hadn't practiced enough on it to get good. This summer when i go to Myrtle, i'm gonna practice on it more and see how good i get. It's like before i started riding the Ripstik, i asked, How do you ride something like that?! But now? It's easy, VERY easy to ride a Ripstik. That's probably how it is when skimboarding, once you've got it, you got it for life!
I always wanted to surf but never get a chance to because where I live there aren't much wave to surf and most of my friends don't do surfing. I just found out this sport and man that's look so fun and you don't need big wave to skimboard. Gonna have to start skim boarding before summer end.
No offence, Its really not that hard if you have pure determination and its even easier if you have a background of playing skate, and yes you might get hurt along the way. I find it fun so it doesnt bother me much. Well thats my opinion :) peace
hey guys i have a wood skimboard can i also ride the waves or is it only for flatland .if its only for flatland what skimboard shout i buy i only want to buy one for 50 $ ron jon has some. maybe you could give me a link or you know a shop in fl estero ;-)
@gmon135 Too heavy? It is not just the board but the person on it who ways a fair bit. The board is only a fraction of the weight carried on it. However, fiberglass, foam, carbon, boards r much better for wave riding, but woods r possible.
i honestly dont understand how so many ppl have such a hard time just learnign to ride the board, i got it down on my third try, n now wen i go sumwhere i do sumthing as simple as a shovit and everyone goes crazy, its quite funny to me
when i go skim boarding i dont go out to the deeper parts of the ocean i go along the shore for going long distances its actually pretty fun when when seaweed is on the ground you go pretty far cauz its slippery
yeah. i havea 250 dollar fiber glass one and i'm still screwed. also i can only go to beach for 2 weeks ayear so.. yeah. also u cant practice on 3 inch snow. ik its rediculous but it can help
Boards* (fuck hit the enter button)... Whenever I throw it down it sticks fast... Plus usually there are more waves so I can't get one good one, it just goes deep and the waves get small...
@Epurope you might not be going fast enough. If you keep your momentum fast enough, you should be able to ride on tall water. I actually use a wooden board for 85-120 pounds, but I weigh about 150
@NYsportsfan088 zaps r beginner boards its all about the exiles @MADMENAIRSOFT1 surfing is allot more dangerous because of the reefs, sharks, other surfers, being barreled, drowning, ext.
no they're not absolutely necessary but they make things easier. you can just buy some surf board wax and rub it where you'll land or all over the board. hope this helps
the worst is when you hit a patch that's not quite deep enough then fly off and land on your face :/ I hyper-extended my knee once from that... def worth it though xD
hahaha i ride wierd. i throw my board down standing on the left side of the board and jump on right foot forward. so like a 180 on. but im boss at skimming so it's all good.
@trakkon14 in my holiday i bought a board for 15$.. and didnt know that u have to try doing the waves until i saw a pro. but its not as easy as it looks. i keep keeping on.
hey,,!! can you show me how to skimboarding..jajajaja. i meen ..,isn't difficult but.. is very funny .. xD i i want to try.,. some day, ok bye.. good video..
im a girl and trying this for my first timw tomorrow . in really going to get guys attention falling on my face . i hate sand burn D: wish me luck though !(:
@foreverfamous726 you live in San Diego. OK i was woundering what beach would be good to skim @. I have been to Del Mar its good, but what else is good?
oh wow I went skim boarding yesterday and I'm doing it all wrong I was just skimming across the very edge of the water also whenever I go like in inch in the water my board sinks? I weigh like 105 ponds and my board is small and says 85-120 pounds so why is it sinking like that I got it for 25 dollars so I don't know If it's really cheap or something but why can't I skimboard >:(
A cheap skimboard is ok. Skimming along the shore is ok. Use speed wax on the bottom of your board. Stay in the shallower water, 1" deep. To get longer rides, get more speed.
I'm just gonna say this to everyone. Don't start with a walmart $5 dollar wood special. I repeat, DO NOT. I started out with my friends like 5 year old Zap Medium Wedge with a busted nose and I rode that for 3 years. I learned to ride it, cut back on waves, pump, etc all the basics. I'm gonna be buying a new exile or apex this coming summer. But to learn, find a friend or approach a random skimboarder on the beach. Most of them are nice and will let you try if you talk to them for a while.
are the deck pads absolutely necessary for this? i just ordered mine and i'm wondering if i really need to buy the pads. i remember skimboarding once as a kid and i don't think the board i used had pads on it.
No they are not necessary but probably helpful. Without the pads you will need to use surf wax on the top of the board to keep it from being slippery. The pads allow you to not waste time waxing the board, but more importantly they help you place your feet properly, at the very centerline of the board and at the very bacj.
idk why but i run so dang fast on my skimboard and i dont get far out i even try the hydroplane on the water and i dont have shorebreak where i live :(
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Average skim boarding with me
Throws board on the water
Jumps on
Falls backwards
Goes back to beach chair
Eats chips
Repeat
mmmmm, chipss!
This is gonna he me in about an hour
And what do you do when the chips are down?
@@TheLarryBrown holy shit I commented this when I was 12 and it got hella likes I don’t even remember writing
Who else is watching this one hour after buying a skimboard
same
Bloopy Doopy webb me
I just got a skimboard at lake Michigan
😂😂😂
3.5 hours...
Who else here thinks the guy looks like Payton manning
YES
TGL BEASTMODE i do
For sure
you were getting it! the hardest part is getting comfortable with your drop and sand to water transitions.. I'm gonna make some tutorials soon
I'll believe that when I see it.
love your chanel and your logo as well
John, what's your sporting background? From what I keep hearing about skimboarding and how hard it is, seems like you had a a very quick learning curve.
To anyone considering taking up skimboarding:
Save up and buy a fibre glass/carbon fibre skimboard. Don't waste time with cheap wooden ones. They are smaller and less buoyant, and will make things harder than they need to be.
Speaking from past experience!
Yes! So true!
Wrong. Most learn on a $30 board. Some giant percent of people will last only one session. No need to needlessly drop $200 bucks on something you might not do much. Expensive boards are for advanced people. To start out you are skimming on sand and 1" water, any board will do for that.
how does he flip the board up like that
I’ve heard people claim that surfing is harder than skimming. it seems to me skimming requires a bit more coordination & balance. I know surfing requires those things, but with skimming you have to drop the board, basically catch up to it, then get on while it’s moving. I’m clumsy though, so what do I know? 😂
You don't need to chase the board with skimming you can do a one step drop or money crawl there are tutorials they give you alot more speed and save energy
it's easier for me to go when the wave just fell and another starts coming in rather than when the foam is gone and another wave comes in
3:50 dude that was encouraging! you should keep on doing it, obviously you have some skills!
Hey it’s 2020 and skim-boarders are making money he was wrong
Barely contest winnings are like 1000$
its not hard lolll especially if you can keep balance or rode a skateboard before
do you skimboard?
Yes, I grew up one street from the beach. I lived in Galveston where all we could do is pretty much skimboard because the waves sucked, only good waves came during storms.
Yea it just takes practice
Houston Texas ayee nice i used to live at Surfside 🤙🏽
Zap slotstik syndrome exile Victoria and db are all good
I'm pretty good and skimboarding but there is only so much I can do on my crappy wooden board
Hey I just started skimboarding checkout my video and let me know what you think!
Looks nice keep on the good work!
What beach is this
My board is crappy and wooden and has no grips. I've just started skimboarding yesterday, and when I land on the board I keep slipping right off without even moving anywhere. Any suggestions?
You need to use "surf wax" on the top of your board. If the top of your board is slick you won't get anywhere but dead. If you have used surf wax on the bottom of the board you need to take it all off and replace it with "speed wax."
2:18 he just said he liked to do the opposite
@anderrocks1
it is hard. Sure you can hit a wave and do a blackflip, but you wouldn't even make it out of the first heat in a national contest. Getting good at skimming takes a lot of time and practice, and is hard.
who still watching this??
His last spray was pretty good for first time
You need more speed and a solid shore break...but what do I know, I just fall a lot.
Marine Street in La Jolla, CA.
@skater1bmxer2 ahahaha yea, drew would wreck you my friend. If you need prof ask me for video evidence. Drews better than me.
I skateboard and I feel like skimboard mung is like board sliding a long rail
I skate and I am sponsored for skim boarding. Its a lot different than a boardslide
I'm learning to skateboard and I tried skim boarding and I was pretty crap
hey iv uploaded some tutorials if anyone wants to give some feedback that would be cool!
extreme outdoor supply or buy it straight from a brand website like exile or victoria skimboards
lean far back on the tail pad then just kick it out. Its like popping up the deck of a skateboard.
Cool video, saw skimmers for the first time in Cabo St Lucas in extreme waves, and it has interested me ever since
3:50 perfectly timed wrap
Yeah, practice required totally probably. I have a cheap skimboard i bought at Myrtle Beach and hadn't practiced enough on it to get good. This summer when i go to Myrtle, i'm gonna practice on it more and see how good i get. It's like before i started riding the Ripstik, i asked, How do you ride something like that?! But now? It's easy, VERY easy to ride a Ripstik. That's probably how it is when skimboarding, once you've got it, you got it for life!
I always wanted to surf but never get a chance to because where I live there aren't much wave to surf and most of my friends don't do surfing. I just found out this sport and man that's look so fun and you don't need big wave to skimboard. Gonna have to start skim boarding before summer end.
uploaded a trailer to the dewey beach skim championships. go check it out
No offence, Its really not that hard if you have pure determination and its even easier if you have a background of playing skate, and yes you might get hurt along the way. I find it fun so it doesnt bother me much. Well thats my opinion :) peace
hey guys i have a wood skimboard can i also ride the waves or is it only for flatland
.if its only for flatland what skimboard shout i buy i only want to buy one for 50 $
ron jon has some. maybe you could give me a link or you know a shop in fl estero ;-)
@gmon135 Too heavy? It is not just the board but the person on it who ways a fair bit. The board is only a fraction of the weight carried on it. However, fiberglass, foam, carbon, boards r much better for wave riding, but woods r possible.
i honestly dont understand how so many ppl have such a hard time just learnign to ride the board, i got it down on my third try, n now wen i go sumwhere i do sumthing as simple as a shovit and everyone goes crazy, its quite funny to me
when i go skim boarding i dont go out to the deeper parts of the ocean i go along the shore for going long distances its actually pretty fun when when seaweed is on the ground you go pretty far cauz its slippery
yeah. i havea 250 dollar fiber glass one and i'm still screwed. also i can only go to beach for 2 weeks ayear so.. yeah. also u cant practice on 3 inch snow. ik its rediculous but it can help
Boards* (fuck hit the enter button)... Whenever I throw it down it sticks fast... Plus usually there are more waves so I can't get one good one, it just goes deep and the waves get small...
@Epurope you might not be going fast enough. If you keep your momentum fast enough, you should be able to ride on tall water. I actually use a wooden board for 85-120 pounds, but I weigh about 150
@NYsportsfan088 zaps r beginner boards its all about the exiles
@MADMENAIRSOFT1 surfing is allot more dangerous because of the reefs, sharks, other surfers, being barreled, drowning, ext.
Hi
no they're not absolutely necessary but they make things easier. you can just buy some surf board wax and rub it where you'll land or all over the board. hope this helps
the worst is when you hit a patch that's not quite deep enough then fly off and land on your face :/ I hyper-extended my knee once from that... def worth it though xD
hahaha i ride wierd. i throw my board down standing on the left side of the board and jump on right foot forward. so like a 180 on. but im boss at skimming so it's all good.
@trakkon14 in my holiday i bought a board for 15$.. and didnt know that u have to try doing the waves until i saw a pro. but its not as easy as it looks. i keep keeping on.
hey,,!! can you show me how to skimboarding..jajajaja. i meen ..,isn't difficult but.. is very funny .. xD i i want to try.,. some day, ok bye.. good video..
im a girl and trying this for my first timw tomorrow . in really going to get guys attention falling on my face . i hate sand burn D: wish me luck though !(:
Bought a skim board, broke my nose. Didn't have to go to school... WIN!!!
dont worry, if you have a normal wood stock board for 20 BUCKS, you just wait for the wave and go in the inch deep water horizontal, and just spin.
@foreverfamous726 you live in San Diego. OK i was woundering what beach would be good to skim @. I have been to Del Mar its good, but what else is good?
you can stilll get waves but its alot harder i would recommend zap traction pads i just got them today and i love them highly recommend them.
if that guy would of had a xl board it would of helped a lot cuz when you first start out its hard to keep your balance on a smaller board...
back foot then front foot is so much better cuz if you fall you dont try to stop yourself with your wrist and you dont land on your face haha
Get a stomp pad atleast but an arch bar isn't necessary. Like the other comment says, cover your board in wax. Sticky bumps is my favorite
Try doing this nonstop for around 6 hours a day for 6 days and you cannot walk, love skimboarding but takes its toll on your legs
if your looking for a cheap wave riding board get the Victorian foamie
not that hard if your determined. i learned on vacation in only a day and now im hitting the waves and doing backflips.
@Noble909 dude.. my rule of thumb is if it's based on points it's a sport. if it's based on style.. it's a competition.
@mario0218 yeah you can but its VERY hard. people say you need a carbon fiber, but a nemo paradigm would do the trick
Skimboarding is like skateboarding except in the water, twisted my ankle doing this yesterday but it was worth it.
Dont start on the waves.. Start on the shallow shore parallel to the waves, you will get a better hang of it
@mario0218 it is possible to use a woody on waves. check out "kids on boards", they rip on plywood.
My skimboard is heavy why
Because it's cheap I'm sorry to say real skimboards are about $300-$400 lol
+David Burden Jr. :'( yeah mine was super cheap thought it would work it just sinks in water
+PartyBoy101 My skimboard was $187 WZ,its real and light
It's probably the material
It's cheap and sucks
Way better then I could do i you want to see go to my channel this was my first time ever Skim boarding.
i got a triple x wave assualt board for 200 buks. i havnt tried it yet cuase its winter but it looks good.
where was this filmed?
+sammy naylor England
San Onfore is best for skim boarding. Jk it's river rocks there
i got a tonga skimboard for christmas.it is one of the most difficult thing that i have ever done
My parents bought my first Skimboard, I was like... wtf is this shit, but now it seems interesting
where is this
@DaAntiderivative what type do you think i should buy man?
@hash2all yur goin a lot faster and if u slip yur hitn the sand hard i almost broke my ankle
Pro boy there is a horrible teacher, it isn't that hard to learn.
U can get rich doing this 5 years later
just fucking try, dont look how others do it, but try
It really is. get your friends too, buy some boards. You won´t regret it, it´s the best!
What brand pads are those ? Also any recommendation for brands when it comes to pads ?
@macbeasty no u dont need traction pads to do that. it just helps out if u have them.
@MrMikeGamer no lmao thats just how most boards are
This is why old people don't do this stuff.
I skate, and longboard. I have one of these. Never used it. Gonna try this summer.
If you have small children at home now might be a good time to give them a bath..
oh wow I went skim boarding yesterday and I'm doing it all wrong I was just skimming across the very edge of the water also whenever I go like in inch in the water my board sinks? I weigh like 105 ponds and my board is small and says 85-120 pounds so why is it sinking like that I got it for 25 dollars so I don't know If it's really cheap or something but why can't I skimboard >:(
A cheap skimboard is ok. Skimming along the shore is ok. Use speed wax on the bottom of your board. Stay in the shallower water, 1" deep. To get longer rides, get more speed.
I'm just gonna say this to everyone. Don't start with a walmart $5 dollar wood special. I repeat, DO NOT. I started out with my friends like 5 year old Zap Medium Wedge with a busted nose and I rode that for 3 years. I learned to ride it, cut back on waves, pump, etc all the basics. I'm gonna be buying a new exile or apex this coming summer. But to learn, find a friend or approach a random skimboarder on the beach. Most of them are nice and will let you try if you talk to them for a while.
A $30 wood board is fine to start with.
awesome video :-) but where I COULD BUY A SKIMBORD T?
so can i ride a wave using a wooden skimboard?? would it work as well as the carbon fiber one?
Yes, a wooden board is good for basic skimming along the shore. You will need a better board if you want to skim out to deep water and catch waves.
Hey I got a skimboard for Christmas. Still haven't used it but yeah!
+Jim Dayworth what kind?? skimboarding's fun!!! don't put it to waste haha
this guy is riding a better board than ive ever had and its his first time...
Bought my skim board yesterday. Trying this out tomorrow. Pretty excited!
Went to grammar class
tried to it out
couldnt do it
Just wrote that comment
How the? I still can't skim and i've been trying for 2 days straight
are the deck pads absolutely necessary for this? i just ordered mine and i'm wondering if i really need to buy the pads. i remember skimboarding once as a kid and i don't think the board i used had pads on it.
No they are not necessary but probably helpful. Without the pads you will need to use surf wax on the top of the board to keep it from being slippery. The pads allow you to not waste time waxing the board, but more importantly they help you place your feet properly, at the very centerline of the board and at the very bacj.
@spintmes not at all. u should just get a wooden board from a surf shop.
Whats the name of the reggae songs? does anybody knows? They are cool =)
idk why but i run so dang fast on my skimboard and i dont get far out i even try the hydroplane on the water and i dont have shorebreak where i live :(
you figure out your board size by your weight rather than your height.
@sultanofsick hahaha me either dude i have no idea who drew peace is
I didn't get 2 skim but 1 day in my vacation cause I effed my ankle