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*Lives 7 hours from the ocean and only goes to the beach once a year* "You will also have to practice skimboarding at least 2 days a week" I WILL NEVER GIVE UP
I go to a cottage on the bay side of Cape Cod once every year. The last few years I have tried transitioning from bay skimming to ocean skimming with very little luck. First of all the beaches are pretty rocky and I get worried about my board. (If you know any good cape beaches hmu) Secondly, I am bad at timing and run-ups because on the bay you can just throw the board and then chase after it. But this video helped out a ton with #2!
@@williametzler3743 it's hard - one of the hardest sports to get very good at. dont give up, but if you love it and want to progress you can always look to move when you're an adult.
I guess im wrong about not having the option to live at the beach and practice "4 DAYS A WEEK" Your really encouraging. thanks for a reality check buddy
I wouldn’t worry about his opinion on how many days is required to be good... I mean the fact he goes 4 times a week and can’t even skim good says it all.... it’s about quality not quantity lads...
@@malikthetherapist1342 It's a TEACHING video. He's obvs a very good rider. Just because he can show you what happens when a person is learning - hell, even the most experienced have the silliest bails - doesn't mean he's not good. In fact, it shows he's actually a good skimboarder because he's able to show you the mistakes. #takealesson And as far as how many days/hours/etc... well it really depends on what level you want to be at. If it's just for fun, then who cares. If you want to be pro... then damn right, you gotta be out there as often as possible. Just like any sport.
I finally reached my first wave ! It wasn’t pretty but I was shitting bricks once I realized I was actually going head on with it and I just felt it push my board up and towards the beach I barely managed to turn but I was super happy to finally get on a wave and stay on the board ! Thank you for all the tips I’ve been doing everything you say and I can’t stress enough how true this video is a good drop and timing is everything!
I pop shoved'it on the first day as well catch a wave on day one because of one reason. I watched blair colin's tutorials before going skimboarding and I have lot of experience skateboarding. I wouldn't be able to do it if I didn't skateboard* already. It's a very technical sport. Love it!
Finally got to the coast, first run I had 4 dislocations on 3 toes and a sprained foot, I fixed the toes in the water. After a few more runs (hops) I got it on my fourth while very slow going into the water I still rode it. I'm nearly 40 so I count it as a win and am happy I got that far...ready for the next beach trip.
I go to the beach usually about one week and 5 days not in a row but I skim board on wood and I’m good at it but most beaches near my don’t allow skim boarding because many reasons so I have to go to wells Maine to do it
Thinking about starting to skimboarding (live 15 minutes From the beach ) Hoe do you practice in the winter? It mostly is dark after work (no lights on the beach.)
any free time you have during the day, weekends or days off mostly. even if it means getting 1 hour of practice, you just gotta make the most of it and can't spend too much time waiting around for the perfect wave.
I was looking to buy a skimboard and I don’t know which one to get. I’m looking for a low price as well: 200 or less. I just want to skim onto waves nothing fancy, but I do want to be able to catch waves
I just fractured my ankle, perhaps I should have come to TH-cam first lol oh well… 4 more weeks until I get my boot off and then I’ll take things more slowly again next time.
I wish I would have seen this before my first day of skimboarding. I couldn’t transition into the water, now I know it’s because I had too much weight on the nose. I am using a skimburger from southbayboard co, thinking about getting a zap pro since they are on sale now. But I still need LOTS of practice.
Does anyone have any suggestions/tips for learning on the lakeshore? I have access to Lake Mi, but the beaches have quite a slope and the waves are very frequent and don't come very far up. This makes it very difficult to get good approaches: You have to run through loose, dry sand OR run parallel to the shoreline on a downward angle, due to the sloping shoreline. Extremely frustrating, but I dont want to give up because it's so fun and great exercise. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
sorry if im late on this. It's a tough situation. that type of skimming is just underwhelming after some time and like most activities, skimboarding is most fun with a great beach, friends and community. it's likely you will be doing this mostly alone and in rather unfavorable conditions. my personal advise would to just find something better to "pursue". if you really just want to go out anyways that is completely fine, I would just set my expectation that it's a side hobby to goof around with. if you're not a little kid under the age of 12 at least, i would definitely find something else because skimming is very hard to learn the older you get.
WAAAAY too advanced for me. #1: Is the surfer in the video right footed or is he left footed? Assuming he's right footed, he's putting his preferred foot to the toe of the board and his weak foot at the back. When he's mounting, he's first putting his weak foot and weight on the back of the board, then pushing off the sand with his lead foot and finally putting his lead foot on the toe of the board. How did I do?
yes the right foot might be what is considered "right footed" but for a "goofy stance", your strong leg is the back leg. goofy stance is right foot up front, regular stance is left foot up front. being right or left handed doesn't necessarily correlate with what stance you're most comfortable riding. i ride goofy stance / left leg back, but im right handed
I wrote that comment early on in my skimboarding education. Now I understand that a person may prefer one foot or other at the back of the board even when you wouldn't normally expect that, so my focus on "right footed" and "left footed" isn't really germane. The surfer in the video is riding "goofy," which means left foot at the rear of the board, and you would normally expect a left handed person to do that because a left handed person is usually also a left footed person, and most people prefer their dominant foot on the rear of the board. But some people are different, they may be left handed but right footed or vice versa, or they may just prefer their dominant foot on the front of the board. With my better understanding, my conjecture up above (rephrased) becomes: The surfer in the video is mounting the board rear foot first with his left foot, then pushing off the sand with his right foot and finally putting that right foot on the front of the board. Normally people prefer to put their dominant foot on the rear of the board, meaning this surfer is probably left footed (and therefore also probably left handed), but some "right footed" people might prefer this way as well.
@@TheLarryBrown it's me in the video im right handed. i know others that are this way. the stance does not come from what foot is "dominate" or being lefty or righty. it's mostly just comfort in how people feel when they first learn. i hope that clears it up for you!
Question I live in the Michigan area but currently in Florida and really want to start skim boarding but for half of the year it is winter and has a lot of snow and the half that is summer I have to go to school how could I improve on that schedule.
Hard to say, bud. Need A good beach with easy access. That is the problem for most people and skim, have to live near the beach and have the opportunity to practice often
Well, there's some serious practice behind that move, not as easy as it looks. Hey look, I'm 62, I started skimming at 57 at my son's insistence, I'm no super-athlete, former college cross-country runner, but that doesn't equate to sh&% on the waves, just throw that board in the surf over and over and over, don't get frustrated, by biggest mistake as a beginner was not equating speed with success, it's no secret, you need some serious speed before the drop in order to skim well. Like that cute blonde headed away from you on the beach, you gonna let her walk away or you gonna talk to her? (what I, in turn, have taught my son...) Quit watching the waves, like that chick, you go for it, get on that board and into it, over and over and over. Hey, its the beach, have fun!!
How important is to go with back foot first? I actually noticed that I get uncomfortable and much slower when putting my right foot first on the back rather than entering with the left on front. Should I reset this addiction and begin to slowly train my back foot first entrance?
it takes time and practice until you get comfortable. when i went from front foot first to back foot first i changed the way i held the board. i already had a way i liked to ride, so i just needed to switch the way i was holding it. what ever foot rides on the tail should be the same hand that holds the tail.
Years ago with my round board I thru it all the time, let it get about 8 feet out from me, fun and jump on top, go about 20 feet over the water and then start over.
Hi, nice video. I’m 1.83, or 6.0 feet, I weigh 75kg, 165lbs. Just bought a skimboard for $320. It’s 124cm, 48.8 inches, and goes only just a bit over my belly button. I tried skimming with it, but I couldn’t reach out far. I’m just starting out, but I’m worried. Will I ever be able to progress with this board, or is it a sucide mission? Is it too small? My goal is to ride exactly, exactly like you are doing when riding the small waves - so your feedback would mean the world to me!! I live in Sweden and the waves only get about as high as your small ones in the in the video. I’m thinking of turning it back to the store. Because $320 is a lot of money for something that won’t do the job. Links for pics: 1. drive.google.com/file/d/163ja45PA5CmuhP2Wgft37zOlQkN4A4or/view?usp=drivesdk 2. drive.google.com/file/d/12E1c5wSo_EupKLCpU2qTAQLMUL7mKgeh/view?usp=drivesdk 3. drive.google.com/file/d/1Zklz2JxD_ch_oL8Ap-RSDE-9hFy4Xonj/view?usp=drivesdk 4. drive.google.com/file/d/1_-Sne503--crCvAzUTIhPuB_BqNoOKqY/view?usp=drivesdk Thanks! And great video:)
@@pimpsk8er3702 you’re a moron XD. Frontside is actually my strong suit, kook. And the fact that you think you can’t drag your hand on a frontside just proves you suck😂
UnseenProdigies try running into the ocean, you’re gonna get knocked by waves but you get better balance and you can work your way up to riding waves, if that doesn’t work try to practice on wet sand or really shallow water 👍
Once I ended up tearing my thigh because I didn’t stretch besides waking up driving to the beach and bolting towards the waves just to fall over in pain
Don’t forget it’s really hard to run on a slope beach and very soft sand. Been doing some flat sand skimboard with small board and didn’t really progress much. I just bought my 52 carbon board and I will see how it goes! Good tips! Everything you said here is really true! I keep stepping on the nose of my board and couldn’t time the waves. 🙄
I bought my first skimboard 3 days ago I got a Maddog softop I learned to occasionally land a shuvit and I can side slip for I short amount of time I am enjoying the sport a lot thanks for the helpful tutorial
Thank you for the instruction! I'm thinking of getting a board and trying this at one of the local beaches. Practice makes perfect. You have a new subscriber. 😊
Very good show, I used to skim board with my home made board on Long Island, NY, Jones beach, fire island. About 53 years ago, the beach all to myself, forward flips and side flips. A lot of fun. Keep skimming on!
Watch ppl who are good, then replicate their motions, and be confident. When your confidence wavers, that's when you're gonna eat shit, and get bruised hips, bad back alignment,and possibly tear knee ligaments, and tweak your ankles.
... honestly, I wish I could go back in time, and not spend 25 years skimming. Torn labrum are a bitch. And the harder you rip, the more you damage your labrum. So be sure to do plenty of yoga stretching, and strengthening excersices, if you plan to skim on a regular basis. FACT
"Practice two days a week" i live in a landlocked country and don't even get to go to the beach every year but i really wanna learn it xD i got to try it out a few years back and it was so much fun c:
CHECK OUT THE MOST RECENT VIDEO! th-cam.com/video/K2S5GwqoeD4/w-d-xo.html
*Lives 7 hours from the ocean and only goes to the beach once a year* "You will also have to practice skimboarding at least 2 days a week" I WILL NEVER GIVE UP
I go to a cottage on the bay side of Cape Cod once every year. The last few years I have tried transitioning from bay skimming to ocean skimming with very little luck. First of all the beaches are pretty rocky and I get worried about my board. (If you know any good cape beaches hmu) Secondly, I am bad at timing and run-ups because on the bay you can just throw the board and then chase after it. But this video helped out a ton with #2!
@@williametzler3743 it's hard - one of the hardest sports to get very good at. dont give up, but if you love it and want to progress you can always look to move when you're an adult.
@@BeachLookingGuy I am looking at coastal colleges, and yeah I can do tricks like 360s and 360 shuvs but wave riding is so different.
SAME
Wallus Sullaw I love 15 hours and go one week a year but I use a homemade slip and slide
I guess im wrong about not having the option to live at the beach and practice "4 DAYS A WEEK" Your really encouraging. thanks for a reality check buddy
I wouldn’t worry about his opinion on how many days is required to be good... I mean the fact he goes 4 times a week and can’t even skim good says it all.... it’s about quality not quantity lads...
thanks, malik
@@malikthetherapist1342 It's a TEACHING video. He's obvs a very good rider. Just because he can show you what happens when a person is learning - hell, even the most experienced have the silliest bails - doesn't mean he's not good. In fact, it shows he's actually a good skimboarder because he's able to show you the mistakes. #takealesson And as far as how many days/hours/etc... well it really depends on what level you want to be at. If it's just for fun, then who cares. If you want to be pro... then damn right, you gotta be out there as often as possible. Just like any sport.
@@tnrigaud3169 well said. Glad there are people who can recognize this 🤙
So if you go to a beach once a year and skimboard ona bodyboard im not gonna be good?
This made me laugh
only god can answer that one..
just got my first skimboard the other day, ever since then i have been using a bodyboard
@@jacobgodde6576 Bodyboards are fun too
@@mantchova update: someone stole my skimboard whilst i was swimming in the water. Now i do not have a skimboard
I'm from the UK and I grew up 5 mins walk from a beach. I will never ever live anywhere I can't walk to the beach from.
I finally reached my first wave ! It wasn’t pretty but I was shitting bricks once I realized I was actually going head on with it and I just felt it push my board up and towards the beach I barely managed to turn but I was super happy to finally get on a wave and stay on the board ! Thank you for all the tips I’ve been doing everything you say and I can’t stress enough how true this video is a good drop and timing is everything!
Awesome, thanks for coming to share
First time skim boarding and I fell on my back and had a muscle spasm and couldn’t breath
I fell on my ass and broke my tail bone 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😂😂
Hi that’s called getting the wind knocked out of u
welcome to skimboarding, come back again soon! lol
Lol similar thing happened to me. I threw the board and jumped on it and fell backwards 😂.
Tommy From Wii Sports yup. My first time doing it I kept jumping on front foot first and sticking the nose into the sand. Great day 👍🏻
Thank god im only a few blocks away from my beach 🏖 I cant wait to learn this summer
The drop and not chasing the board is number one
Got my shuv it’s(backside and front side) on my second session but I came from a skateboarding background so it was a bit natural.
I figured since I’m sorta good at skateboarding I would be decent but Na skimboards are completely different
@@blackshortsi.n.c3447 I’ve done a bit of wakeboarding, so that helps
I pop shoved'it on the first day as well catch a wave on day one because of one reason. I watched blair colin's tutorials before going skimboarding and I have lot of experience skateboarding. I wouldn't be able to do it if I didn't skateboard* already. It's a very technical sport. Love it!
awesome! skating is a great compliment to skim boarding
This video is my mantra, I watch it everytime I feel like I'm not making progress.
Glad you like it, bro! keep grinding
me living in salt lake watching this 😐
Clear and concise, super helpful. Wish this video was around when I was learning, could have shaved years off my progress
Glad it was helpful!
yo frank its your boy with the beard from Colorado, sick skim vid brah
Ahhhhhh key
Yew, thanks for stopping by!
Finally got to the coast, first run I had 4 dislocations on 3 toes and a sprained foot, I fixed the toes in the water. After a few more runs (hops) I got it on my fourth while very slow going into the water I still rode it. I'm nearly 40 so I count it as a win and am happy I got that far...ready for the next beach trip.
Yew! gotta start somewhere!
You count that as a win? Man would I hate to see your "agony of defeat" video.
Love it! Now I'm hooked
Thanks. I'm about to try first time . Ordered a catch surf beater 54.
I went to the beach today for the 4th time and i landed my first shov-it
I’ve skim boarded for 3 weeks and can rep waves easily but I think it’s Bc I use to skate board
awesome! keep shredding!
I struggle the most with bogging. Maybe I need to turn the board sideways more. Cool vid. GOD bless. JESUS CHRIST loves you.
I go to the beach usually about one week and 5 days not in a row but I skim board on wood and I’m good at it but most beaches near my don’t allow skim boarding because many reasons so I have to go to wells Maine to do it
u can also do this in a shallow part of a lake
Thinking about starting to skimboarding (live 15 minutes From the beach )
Hoe do you practice in the winter?
It mostly is dark after work (no lights on the beach.)
any free time you have during the day, weekends or days off mostly. even if it means getting 1 hour of practice, you just gotta make the most of it and can't spend too much time waiting around for the perfect wave.
I was looking to buy a skimboard and I don’t know which one to get. I’m looking for a low price as well: 200 or less. I just want to skim onto waves nothing fancy, but I do want to be able to catch waves
thanks for asking! check this out th-cam.com/video/AYHFPtOoP-Y/w-d-xo.html
Get a skateboard
Good useful tips man. Thank you for your videos. What board(s) are you using on this video?
couple different shapes from exile
What's the best warm up before skimboarding.
I do toe touch and stretch ham strings. Just starting slow with warm up runs also
I just fractured my ankle, perhaps I should have come to TH-cam first lol oh well… 4 more weeks until I get my boot off and then I’ll take things more slowly again next time.
Probably did 500 runs between Thursday and Sunday last week. My feet kill.
So does your face.
On the east coast it is a lot harder I think
Right 6 hours go by fast when I'm swimming. Hard to stop. F wind
At my beach there aren’t much in the way of waves, so what tricks and stuff can I do?
I wish I would have seen this before my first day of skimboarding. I couldn’t transition into the water, now I know it’s because I had too much weight on the nose. I am using a skimburger from southbayboard co, thinking about getting a zap pro since they are on sale now. But I still need LOTS of practice.
Better late than never! Good luck
@@BeachLookingGuy thanks for the reply, subbed and liked!! Appreciate all the content you post. I really enjoy your videos.
@@gns257 awesome, thanks for the kind words
Wow this just amazing material. Must take some high education to know this kind of stuff
Just wayyy too much time at the beach tbh
i rly just wish i had a proper skim, wooden boards aint gonna do it. There is also no skim shops in south africa where i live 😢
plenty of people skim wood boards fine.
I don’t go a lot a year but when I go I go for so long like 4 to 9 hours
What board do you have
Thank you
I can slide on sand but I flip over when I hit the water
Good tips!
Glad you think so!
Ive got into the skimboarding bc I saw it on tiktok 1 time and I just saw it in the shop and I bought it for 29Euros so like 35Dollars
That is wonderful
then I'm sorry but you're probably never reach a wave with that board
just got a board ,so good to know
yeeww good luck
Does anyone have any suggestions/tips for learning on the lakeshore? I have access to Lake Mi, but the beaches have quite a slope and the waves are very frequent and don't come very far up. This makes it very difficult to get good approaches: You have to run through loose, dry sand OR run parallel to the shoreline on a downward angle, due to the sloping shoreline. Extremely frustrating, but I dont want to give up because it's so fun and great exercise. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
sorry if im late on this. It's a tough situation. that type of skimming is just underwhelming after some time and like most activities, skimboarding is most fun with a great beach, friends and community. it's likely you will be doing this mostly alone and in rather unfavorable conditions. my personal advise would to just find something better to "pursue". if you really just want to go out anyways that is completely fine, I would just set my expectation that it's a side hobby to goof around with.
if you're not a little kid under the age of 12 at least, i would definitely find something else because skimming is very hard to learn the older you get.
What type of skimboard floats the best? Thanks
boards made with foam and fiberglass. but you will still need a lot of speed and technique, they don't just float.
Thanks so much bro🌊👍
Je doet stoer!!!!
WAAAAY too advanced for me. #1: Is the surfer in the video right footed or is he left footed? Assuming he's right footed, he's putting his preferred foot to the toe of the board and his weak foot at the back. When he's mounting, he's first putting his weak foot and weight on the back of the board, then pushing off the sand with his lead foot and finally putting his lead foot on the toe of the board. How did I do?
yes the right foot might be what is considered "right footed" but for a "goofy stance", your strong leg is the back leg. goofy stance is right foot up front, regular stance is left foot up front. being right or left handed doesn't necessarily correlate with what stance you're most comfortable riding. i ride goofy stance / left leg back, but im right handed
I wrote that comment early on in my skimboarding education. Now I understand that a person may prefer one foot or other at the back of the board even when you wouldn't normally expect that, so my focus on "right footed" and "left footed" isn't really germane. The surfer in the video is riding "goofy," which means left foot at the rear of the board, and you would normally expect a left handed person to do that because a left handed person is usually also a left footed person, and most people prefer their dominant foot on the rear of the board. But some people are different, they may be left handed but right footed or vice versa, or they may just prefer their dominant foot on the front of the board. With my better understanding, my conjecture up above (rephrased) becomes: The surfer in the video is mounting the board rear foot first with his left foot, then pushing off the sand with his right foot and finally putting that right foot on the front of the board. Normally people prefer to put their dominant foot on the rear of the board, meaning this surfer is probably left footed (and therefore also probably left handed), but some "right footed" people might prefer this way as well.
@@TheLarryBrown it's me in the video im right handed. i know others that are this way. the stance does not come from what foot is "dominate" or being lefty or righty. it's mostly just comfort in how people feel when they first learn. i hope that clears it up for you!
What beach will you be on
Question I live in the Michigan area but currently in Florida and really want to start skim boarding but for half of the year it is winter and has a lot of snow and the half that is summer I have to go to school how could I improve on that schedule.
Hard to say, bud. Need A good beach with easy access. That is the problem for most people and skim, have to live near the beach and have the opportunity to practice often
Ok thanks
nice
When you drop, is it really necessary to put your hands down on the board? I saw him doing it a few times
No
Well, there's some serious practice behind that move, not as easy as it looks. Hey look, I'm 62, I started skimming at 57 at my son's insistence, I'm no super-athlete, former college cross-country runner, but that doesn't equate to sh&% on the waves, just throw that board in the surf over and over and over, don't get frustrated, by biggest mistake as a beginner was not equating speed with success, it's no secret, you need some serious speed before the drop in order to skim well. Like that cute blonde headed away from you on the beach, you gonna let her walk away or you gonna talk to her? (what I, in turn, have taught my son...) Quit watching the waves, like that chick, you go for it, get on that board and into it, over and over and over. Hey, its the beach, have fun!!
How important is to go with back foot first? I actually noticed that I get uncomfortable and much slower when putting my right foot first on the back rather than entering with the left on front. Should I reset this addiction and begin to slowly train my back foot first entrance?
it takes time and practice until you get comfortable. when i went from front foot first to back foot first i changed the way i held the board. i already had a way i liked to ride, so i just needed to switch the way i was holding it. what ever foot rides on the tail should be the same hand that holds the tail.
crawl>bff>fff
@@BeachLookingGuy but I'm already holding the tail with whatever foot is on the front
@@BeachLookingGuy is there something I gotta change beside that?
@@brunoalexandre9907 hard to say, but switching hand placement is a good spot to start
you are the GOAT, Frank.
Btw. are you on the skimboarding subreddit?
Seems pretty exclusive. Just go try it yall
have you tried it?
“When they go to the beach every other month....”
Me on the other hand going to the beach every other year😓
🙃
I have a board but I think it’s too big for me if that’s even a thing
Very informative!
Glad you think so!
Pro!!
I wanna live next to a beach so bad
It’s the dream!
What if you skateboard is that an advantage
Yea but will depend how good you can skate
@@BeachLookingGuy True
I missed your videos
I missed my subscribers
Anyone else just skim board sideways down the beach on water that’s a few cm deep
What about throwing you’re boared and try to jump on it
Years ago with my round board I thru it all the time, let it get about 8 feet out from me, fun and jump on top, go about 20 feet over the water and then start over.
Awwww yeahhhhh
not all this is true skim boarded four times and has a shove it and a 180 down and can also carve but not ride away
it's a little different for everyone
Not to brag but I did a shuv it in the second day of trying 😅
aye that's what's up! come see me when you get that barrel tho! :P
dope
is this la jolla
Hi, nice video. I’m 1.83, or 6.0 feet, I weigh 75kg, 165lbs. Just bought a skimboard for $320. It’s 124cm, 48.8 inches, and goes only just a bit over my belly button.
I tried skimming with it, but I couldn’t reach out far. I’m just starting out, but I’m worried. Will I ever be able to progress with this board, or is it a sucide mission? Is it too small? My goal is to ride exactly, exactly like you are doing when riding the small waves - so your feedback would mean the world to me!! I live in Sweden and the waves only get about as high as your small ones in the in the video.
I’m thinking of turning it back to the store. Because $320 is a lot of money for something that won’t do the job.
Links for pics:
1. drive.google.com/file/d/163ja45PA5CmuhP2Wgft37zOlQkN4A4or/view?usp=drivesdk
2. drive.google.com/file/d/12E1c5wSo_EupKLCpU2qTAQLMUL7mKgeh/view?usp=drivesdk
3. drive.google.com/file/d/1Zklz2JxD_ch_oL8Ap-RSDE-9hFy4Xonj/view?usp=drivesdk
4. drive.google.com/file/d/1_-Sne503--crCvAzUTIhPuB_BqNoOKqY/view?usp=drivesdk
Thanks! And great video:)
Mark Stevensson a video by Blair conkin (skid kids) said the tip of the board should be at your sternum
Surfing takes way more skill
😱😱
Skimboarders always look like chicks
LOL
First thing wrong is deciding to skimboard
This man sucked all the fun out of skin boarding
how?
Socialist.
stop dragging ur hand in the water to do ur wrap...
Let’s see your killer wraps Steven
@@jaidenfabrizio213 lol the same reason u probably cant go frontside cuz u cant drag ur hand to start ur turn. ur a kook
@@pimpsk8er3702 you’re a moron XD. Frontside is actually my strong suit, kook. And the fact that you think you can’t drag your hand on a frontside just proves you suck😂
Good to see your making videos again 🤙🏻
havent necessarily stopped, I just dont get paid to make them so when i get inspired and motivated i get to work :)
@@BeachLookingGuy well the skim is getting good right now so me and my bro will see you down at West Beach. Yeewww
I have been sliding across the water on a piece of wood for 20 years and I learned a lot from this vid! Thanks shaka brah.
can you make it in deeper water than the shore waves? i can only skim 4 seconds until i get in ankle deep and it drops under the water
UnseenProdigies same
UnseenProdigies try running into the ocean, you’re gonna get knocked by waves but you get better balance and you can work your way up to riding waves, if that doesn’t work try to practice on wet sand or really shallow water 👍
@@PyroCraig use foram boards for that
but i cant go to the beach everyday, not even every month. Man ill stay at home feeling sorry for myself i guess
Same 😔
Once I ended up tearing my thigh because I didn’t stretch besides waking up driving to the beach and bolting towards the waves just to fall over in pain
daaaamn, same shit happend to me 2 weeks ago
I hate it when that happens.
I live near clearwater beach. There really are no waves, you can really only sandslide there for skimboarding.
Law Dawg I’m here right now and the waves are shit
Law Dawg I’m hear now for vacation and I can only wave slide
Law Dawg I live near grand isle beach and can't find any good spots down the beach
Thats fun too
@@dailyyy_ yea only for so long though
Super helpful man, especially the water timing section, thanks!!
No problem
If you're beach looking guy, and you spends hours at 'the beach'. Then I'd have to be "beer looking guy".
hmm, maybe "bar looking guy" ahah!
Then I'm "computer looking guy."
It took me a year to get my first decent tube, skimboarding Is about patience, nice video Frank
DO A VIDEO THAT COVERS THESE THINGS:
MONKEY CRAWL FOR BEGINNERS
WATER DROPS
BACK SIDE CARVES
Is there a "please" in there somewhere?
@@TheLarryBrown NOPE
I absolutely destroyed my legs trying to skimboard for the first time yesterday so now I'm here
Shave them first.
Don’t forget it’s really hard to run on a slope beach and very soft sand. Been doing some flat sand skimboard with small board and didn’t really progress much. I just bought my 52 carbon board and I will see how it goes!
Good tips! Everything you said here is really true! I keep stepping on the nose of my board and couldn’t time the waves. 🙄
We out here in my home state FL and I've skateboard for 5 years hoping it's close enough for today's 1st skim ride brah
In from Wisconsin down in your homestate in vacation hoping it's like snowboarding. 😂
i go to the beach 3 times a year usually and i skim all day every day with a wood skim so i decided to buy a real good $250 board for this summer
Well I live 1 mile away from the ocean so I got the skim board today and I'm 11 I just got one to try skim boarding and this helped a lot thanks!
I think I’m the only skimboarder in ireland. I’ve never seen anyone on a skimboard at the beach
That's A bummer. Sorry to hear that bro, Stay strong 😂
Toxic TryHard bro I’m in Ireland too if you wanna meet up
Jordan Albon what county
Toxic TryHard umm Ireland?
Toxic TryHard Ireland’s is a country
I bought my first skimboard 3 days ago I got a Maddog softop I learned to occasionally land a shuvit and I can side slip for I short amount of time I am enjoying the sport a lot thanks for the helpful tutorial
Impressive also good pick for a starters board🤙🔥
Thank you for the instruction! I'm thinking of getting a board and trying this at one of the local beaches. Practice makes perfect. You have a new subscriber. 😊
Very good show, I used to skim board with my home made board on Long Island, NY, Jones beach, fire island. About 53 years ago, the beach all to myself, forward flips and side flips. A lot of fun. Keep skimming on!
right on! thanks for sharing
Can I do this on rivers with sand?
ehhhmm, kinddaaa lol
Skimbaordimg isn’t that hard, I was sliding out to waves on my second day
Did you use wax
Yeah I am picking it up quick
@Ryan Baygents Why do u need wax? I know wax is good to practice in the sand but does it have any effect when u go to the water?
Yuno wax for the top of you board for grip
It probaly depends on what waves you have at your beach
Watch ppl who are good, then replicate their motions, and be confident. When your confidence wavers, that's when you're gonna eat shit, and get bruised hips, bad back alignment,and possibly tear knee ligaments, and tweak your ankles.
... honestly, I wish I could go back in time, and not spend 25 years skimming. Torn labrum are a bitch. And the harder you rip, the more you damage your labrum. So be sure to do plenty of yoga stretching, and strengthening excersices, if you plan to skim on a regular basis. FACT
Thanks 😊 so much for teaching me how to skimboard
Sasha Miceli Demajo always glad to help
You must be an athlete to be better
Me: runs for 2 hours a day and plays basketball for 3
Me: bet
should be easy ;)
This has been the most helpful video I have seen on learning how to skim board. Thanks man
Thanks so much for sharing! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video
Beach looking people😆😆
"Practice two days a week" i live in a landlocked country and don't even get to go to the beach every year but i really wanna learn it xD i got to try it out a few years back and it was so much fun c:
skating is the next best thing. I probably would have kept skating more if i never had the beach so close.