subject: Hot Fun On A Cool Skimboard [print this page] It is not an Olympic sport yet, but since they added snow boarding it may make to the big time yet. Until they do, you will just have to ride your skimboard on the outskirts of sport in spite of it. As much fun as snow skiing, but without the cold, and as cool as surfing, but without the beach, skimboarding is fantastic fun for anyone.
The best thing about doing this is the fact that anyone can do it. Big or little, young or old, boy or girl, you can all get on the bandwagon with this thing. And you can get a skimboard built with next to nothing. In fact, you may have the stuff you need for it right now. All you need is a piece of plywood, something to seal it with, and some time.
Cut the plywood into a circle that is big enough for you to stand on. Then seal it up with whatever you have at hand. Resins are best, but decent paint will work, or anything, really, that will get it smooth and shiny looking. You want the circle of wood to be slick and slippery for the very best results.
Once everything is dry, it is time to go get it wet all over again, but with water this time. You need to find a spot of shallow water. The edges of rivers and creeks are always good, and what are really good are big field puddles after a sizable rain storm. Lacking any of these, just let the water hose run on the lawn for an hour or so and make your own.
Once you have got a decent size puddle to play in, the real fun can begin. Just put the board down on the water, at the edge, and then step back from it a few feet. Run right on up to it, and jump on for the wild ride. Oh yeah, you will fall plenty, but once you get the angle of the dangle down you will be a skimming fool.
After a few successful runs, and more than a few falls, you may become the ruler of the skimboard universe. You may need to get out and find a commercial model just to keep up with your bad self. And when the Olympic Committee figures out what you already know, you will get the call to go for the gold.
