subject: The Skimboard And Its Associated Activities [print this page] For those who enjoy board-based sports, such as skateboarding and surfing, they'll find much to like in skimboarding. It is, in fact, a mix of those two previously mentioned sports, combining the best aspects of them both and creating a new activity that can be somewhat easier in certain aspects, while maintaining the technical complexity of both. It has proven to be very popular in Southern California and in Mexico, where some of the best hotspots have become renowned around the world to skimboarders. Here is some information about riding the skimboard.
How Do You Go About Skimboarding?
At it's most basic, skimboarding is simply using a small form of surfboard to "skim" across the water's surface. Furthermore, due to the nature of the board, it can also be used on wet sand. Skimboarding has evolved into two main categories.
The first is normal skimboarding, where a skimboarder will start on the beach, catch the wash of a previous wave and then, using their momentum, glide across the water to new waves. Then they catch these waves to return back to the coast, much like surfing. This is the traditional skimboarding and is the more difficult of the two. The other aspect is flatland skimboarding, which is heavily based on skateboarding, but doesn't involve shore breaks. This is the easier option of the two, yet does provide highly technical movements.
Is It Dangerous?
Simply put, it can be very dangerous unless the skimboarder is experienced. It's been known to cause many joint and bone injuries, as well as soft tissue injuries, such as bruising. These can arise from simply hitting obstacles like rocks, an incorrect landing or simply a bad approach. What isn't so common as in surfing is drowning, due to the fact that many skimboarders stick to the shallow waters. However, this furthers other dangers, since hitting the bottom of the shallows can lead to serious injuries, such as a broken neck.
