skim board

[SDPirate]

anyone know anything about skim boards?

i went a couple times when i use to live by the beach but then i moved.
anyways i can drive now.

so anyways i wanna get a decent skim board. anyone have any brands to look at or anything possibly helpful.

oh and donations in eithe rmoney or used skim boards would be appreciated

[ViennaLAX16]

Dude skimboarding is the sickest ever. What's your price range and your weight(weight detirmens what board size). Definitly look at ZAP and after you move up in skill move to Slotstik and Victoria.

A couple of good online stores.

www.skimcity.com

www.eastcoastskimboards.com

[franks2089]

I used to be pretty good when I lived in cali, I used to be able to go out into where the waves broke and do a flip. Took me like 3 years to learn how to do that.

[moorestown midi]

get a fiberglass one by zap

[TitanLax]

get a fiberglass one by zap
word up...i'm a huggggeeee skimmer i love doing it. can't go wrong with zap.

[moorestown midi]

right on

extra words

[SDPirate]

im 120 pounds

so wats would be a good zap board i dont want like a p.o.s.

bat or wedge loks decent

yea skim boarding looks fun to me cuz it looks like surfing to me so far minus the paddling. and i hate paddling so its all good

[powasky]

Yeah, i love my zap :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/powasky/skimboard004.jpg

[SDPirate]

yea i dont get it says some are only for going across sand. and that sounds lame. i dont wanna just go across sand.

[ljlax]

U WEIGH 120?!?!
hmm i suck at skim boarding, and womping, and body surfing for that matter, and of course reg surfing. i stick to napping and swimming at the beach. and lately a little frisbee..
best beach to skim/womp = marine street = 1 block from my house
.... :)

[SDPirate]

ill have to try that place.
ive been going surfing at scripps a lot lately

[BTlaxripper]

I've been dying to get a skim board, my friends are always at the beach and skimming so I borrow theirs but I want one of my own. They kept saying it was hard but I'm better than most of them.

But fiberglass ones are like what. . . $200+?

[BTlaxripper]

http://www.skimcity.com/obi/showdetl.cfm?&DID=12&User_ID=581211&st=2264&st2=-62034744&st3=71527116&Product_ID=554&CATID=2#

OK I'm looking at this one and it says for sand surfing only, you won't be riding any waves.

WTF does that mean?

[juniorC]

hey, i skimboard and surf a ton. if your a good skimboarder you can ride it towards the surf, hit the wave and come back down. but i think thats just a joke there making, the skimboard looks fine.

[ViennaLAX16]

Sorry for the criticisim but you will break a bat even though it has a weight limit that high it is only 38 inches. Your looking at a medium to large wedge and possibly small pro. You will have to end up paying about 150-200 becuase of your wieght.

[moorestown midi]

I've been dying to get a skim board, my friends are always at the beach and skimming so I borrow theirs but I want one of my own. They kept saying it was hard but I'm better than most of them.

But fiberglass ones are like what. . . $200+?

depending on your size, im 80 lbs so mine was like 75-50

[VroomNA]

skim boarding is mucho fun. go into a finishing wave and ull be amazed at what u can do

[laxin11]

skimboarding is sweeet, i learned how to flip and do headstands last year, its wicked fun

[exile lacrosse]

haha i love skimming, even tho i am quite possibly the worlds WORST skimmer. o well i still have fun

[SDPirate]

so even if it says only for sand u cans till probably atch a wave with it?

[laxin11]

u need a thicker board to get out into the waves to ride em, a low end zap wont do the trick but a nice wavezone or victoria will do the trick

[xSURFERx]

get a zap, there good for learing, i always skim on flat days, i love it, its how i got into surfing

[blckout20]

I way 195 can someone find me a nice skimboard. I've only been skimboarding a few times but I go to the beach a lot and I figure if I buy one before the summer I can get better when I go to my beach house.

[dlaxer]

IF YOU WANT A NICE SKIMBOARD AND A NICE PLACE TO SKIM, head to Dewey Beach, Delaware. their surf shop has all the boards and stuff you'll need

EDIT: i love skimming, and i'm pretty good

[isuckatlax]

yea, its fun, i got a $20 wood one, it sucks, i ysed a kids fiberglass on,e, major difference, i can do a 360, and a pop shovit like thing, and i can go backwords, these kids there were doing some crayz stuff, it was ridiculous

[HdGLaxWarrior]

One time I was skim boarding and slipped and fell on a butter knife...

[ViennaLAX16]

wtf why was a butter knife on the beach?

[HdGLaxWarrior]

Some guy was making sanswiches like right next to the water. I didnt see him. Theres a sweet scar.

[wilsontopowell]

what is skim boading exactly? (I live in minnesota)

[fallingupstairs]

theres a pic above look at the begining of the forum

[wilsontopowell]

theres a pic above look at the begining of the forum

yeah i saw that but like how do you do it?

[exile lacrosse]

IF YOU WANT A NICE SKIMBOARD AND A NICE PLACE TO SKIM, head to Dewey Beach, Delaware. their surf shop has all the boards and stuff you'll need

EDIT: i love skimming, and i'm pretty good


ive been there. i dont remember if i went in that shop but ive been to that beach

[ljlax]

yeah i saw that but like how do you do it?

basically u stand on the beach and then before a wave comes u sorta throw the board on the ground so it "skims" acrosse the sand and u run and like jump on it like after a step or two. then good people will be able to like turn and sorta ride the wave or doa cut back thing or like a flip or somehting when they hit a wave. ive never skimmed but i live near the beach. anyway i would suck if i tried so i would rather save myself the embarrassment

[SDPirate]

^^thats it. it looks fun to me cuz it almost looks like skating a bowl but mostly surfing somemtimes.

well surfing minus paddling. and i hate paddling

[dlaxer]

its soooooo frickin fun, i love it

[laxfolife24]

yeah, get a zap one make sures it fiberglass. skimboarding is awesome especially since big waves scare the crap outta me, its cool bcuz like you dont have to go in so deep.

[SDPirate]

lol my friend gave me a cheap pne that i can mess around on but i still want a fiberglass one

[TitanLax]

so even if it says only for sand u cans till probably atch a wave with it?

yes mine is "only for sand". the "non sand" ones r huge, u can ride them out to the first set of breaking waves and ride the wave and then come back in. however, mine is a sand only one and what u do is chuck ur board straight out as the waves is about to break, run through the water (usually a foot or so deep where i am) and jump on right as ur board is about to get to the wave. u can get quite a big air on that even though the ride will last u only a few seconds...
when one of my friends hits a huge wave, flies over and lands it it's huge props

[ViennaLAX16]

this is what my board looks like. When you get a lot better these are the boards to get

[smooth87]

i do it all the time when i go on vaction.. im not the best of it, but when i actually get a good ride its alot of fun

[calhi34]

both of my skimboards are handmade one was by my dad in like high school and the other one by my uncle they are made out of wood and just coated with some waterproof paint. i want to try some of the fiber glass ones that everyone is talking about and see how much better they really are.

[fatmuller]

whats the difference b/w a pro and a wedge and all that stuff

[ViennaLAX16]

The pro's are thincker and a good 5 inches longer with a smooth top and a marble bottom design. All wedges are shorter with a textured top and a all white bottom and about and about an 1/4 of an inch thinker. Depending on expeirence and wait I can help you decide what board you need.

[lacrosse_player]

haha i love skimming, even tho i am quite possibly the worlds WORST skimmer. o well i still have fun
possibly you are, however, you cant get any worse than me sadly :hot: ...

[fatmuller]

im 145 and im like a beginner-intermediate, ive done it about 10 times and im descent

[GeorgiaMiddie2]

wow, it's called getting the $10 wooden skim board at the beach shop down the street from your condo... thats what i do...

[blckout20]

I just ordered my new Zap pro from the skateshop in the next town over. I've been skimming as much as possible this summer and I have started making and selling wooden ones. I found one on the beach last weekend at like 10 at night so I took it home, sanded it down, and threw a quick custom poly paint on it. Came out pretty sweet 4 a free board.

[ViennaLAX16]

pretty sweet....

[SDPirate]

lol i forgot about this thread.

i got a wooden board broke it and bought a victoria foamie.

i've been going almost everyday.

lj if ur still around i usually go south of windandsea i think its called the wall.

im sure u know where im talking about. it seems like a ton of people go simming there

[ljlax]

yeah i was out of town for a little while. hmm that would take me like a min to get to from my house.. sometimes i go there but its so busy lately i hate it. so usually i go to marine street. but this damn red tide is killing me

[BTlaxripper]

went skimming yesteday, my back is sore, and i'm soooo sunburned, but it was fun.

o yeah, i got a zap wedge, medium. even though I way 121, i figured to go smaller, even though I'm going to gain weight.

[SDPirate]

yeah i was out of town for a little while. hmm that would take me like a min to get to from my house.. sometimes i go there but its so busy lately i hate it. so usually i go to marine street. but this damn red tide is killing me


the red tide and the fact that windandsea turned into a lake.

no waves for awhile.

[ViennaLAX16]

Sounds pretty good though cause I mean you don't want something to be able to get used to. I have a Lazer and a pro. I should only be using my lazer but if I want to get a float I use my pro.....Did you do anything besides sand surfing?

[Superman]

i went to myrtle beach a year ago and skim boarded with one of those wooden boards and it took me two days of falling and getting shredded in the sand to actually get the hang of it.. other than that i say skimboarding is sweet as hell

[SDPirate]

Sounds pretty good though cause I mean you don't want something to be able to get used to. I have a Lazer and a pro. I should only be using my lazer but if I want to get a float I use my pro.....Did you do anything besides sand surfing?


talking to me?

im still new i can make it out to waves pretty consistantly now but turning and stuff will be the next step.

[ViennaLAX16]

haha well the first week is always misreable...and i mean your superman

[isuckatlax]

i just came backfrom the beach i can do a 360 almost perfect eveytime, and i can kind of so one sitting down, and i got a 360 shove it kind of, i can land 3 out of ten times, but you dont go anywhere after you land, and i started jumping of incoming waves after you are already going, but i dont like landing cause it makes you stop. right now i have a crappy $20 board from the piggly wiggly, are the fiberglass ones that much better? i think i might buy one

[ViennaLAX16]

there definatly better.....how much do you way? because make it a lasting ivestment, I just dont suggest a 240 pro model board.

[moorestown midi]

only 360? i can 720, just drag your finger in th e sand and you spin

[mahanlax22]

yea love skim boarding i do it once every two weeks.you get better so fast

[livelax69]

yea i go to dewey they do got a sweet surf shop i buy stuff in there all the time

[laxin11]

can anyone flip off waves or do headstands, or am i just weird?

[ViennaLAX16]

I can.....not holding my board though. Although that would be sick. Basically hit the lip of the wve and let my board go and just flip

[SDPirate]

anyways im gonna bring this back for one more question.

its getting to be time for a new board.

as ive become not good persay but im not a kook. i can get on waves and stuff.

so anyways. ultravac or polyvac?

or any other suggestions for a new board

[ViennaLAX16]

ultra, poly is to frail and will ding to easily. and honestly go to your surfshop and actually size out your board

[SDPirate]

oh yea i was planning on going to the shop. but i wasnt sure if the different foams would make that much of a difference

[ViennaLAX16]

Yeah huge durability factor, yo also look into exile and don't forget zap! but victoria is a good choice. Where are you getting from? you gonna get a tail pad?

[SDPirate]

probably mitch's surf shop in la jolla. i think i might get a pad

[ViennaLAX16]

get an x-track or poorboy pad

the guy may say OAM but dont listen to him(OAM-OFF IN A MINUTE)basically the pad doesnt stick

[middieman1]

I got a poor boy for mine and i did all the directions and all and it came off the next day, but I've had an x trak on my surfboard for like a year or two and its still on fine.

[MendelBomb14]

i just came back from cape cod, and on the bay side the tide goes out for miles. i skim in all the little puddles then when the tide star to come back in i follow it back in to shore. its flippin sick. i got a pretty crappy board though, some no name brand. i like it though

[ViennaLAX16]

did you get the wax off? including the wax off? including the oily crap, you gotta get whacks off wax remover for it to stick

[blckout20]

Boards don't come prewaxed they come with a polish on them to make them look nicer. But yea you still should remove the polish with a polish remover to make a traction pad stick better.

[ViennaLAX16]

I didn't say they did and he made effort to imply the board was new, so there for there is a chance that the wax residue was on it

[woolax246]

VIC POLY VAC!

[Loyola lax]

GET AN EXILE!

[Loyola lax]

best way to get the wax off is wiith a hair dryer and a paper towel, dont use those wax combs


o yea and if your looking for a great place to skim, DEwey beach is the best i know of.

[Garor]

I've skimmed for awhile. Have a zap bat. It's great. I actually went skimming in the streets and yards after a flash flood. That was awesome. Nice scar to show for it too. I fell on someone's stone and cement driveway. It was still awesome though.

[luis286]

hi can anyone tell me how to do a frontflip.. i really can do a front flip but i dont have a clue how's the board coming with me... plz help

[middieman1]

I just got a front pad for my board, I love it.

And if you want to flip with the board do like an indy or some type of grab. (not that i can do it, I'm just guessing)

[LaXiN22]

I guess you could try to find a big wave go off of it and just do a flip yourself, i dont think you could really actually count on staying on the board.

[isuckatlax]

there definatly better.....how much do you way? because make it a lasting ivestment, I just dont suggest a 240 pro model board.


yeah i weigh 133-140, it changes a lot for somereason :imparied:

and moorestown, thats a good idea, i never though about that, ive just been doing it standing up, your way sounds a hell of a lot easier

[Hookem]

http://www.skimboarding.ca/e107/e107_plugins/coppermine_menu/albums/wave/Other%20Shots/6.jpg
yeh look at those a$$es when i search it up on google :p

[SDPirate]

i heard u can get poly vacs up at the vic store in laguna for like 170 so next time im up there im gonna go check that out.

oh and today i put my third ding in my foamie...its getting to be time for a new board

[middieman1]

I'm thinking about getting a foamie. Are they good? Right now i have a Zap Wedge and it has no float what so ever and i want a lot of float.

[SDPirate]

i like my foamie...

[middieman1]

does it ding easy?

[Trilax03]

i've got a morey skimmer...works well

[isuckatlax]

is it foam or is that just the name?

[ViennaLAX16]

I can to flips whenever just if someone asks....trust me there is no way to do with your board, You have to run, drop, and slide perfectly and on time to make it up the wave right before it's about to crash to do it with out braking your neck.

SDPirate three dings is nothing....well actually depends where it is if it is on the deck its fine but if it's on the bottom and there is a puncture just suncure it will do! . There ok but yes they ding easily. Go with Zap, Vic's, and Exile's they are th emost trusted. And wow 170? For a poly vac. NICE. Do you no the name or of they have a website. haha....I've been skimmin all week and tommorow i'm entering a contest

[middieman1]

What board has the most float? because i want a real lot

[ViennaLAX16]

BTW combs are the best way, Then use rubbing alchaol(sp?)

Other way is go to

www.skimcity.com

But whacks off leave the board in the sun for 5-10 minutes sprinckle some one then juts wipe of with a paper towel, its the best

[SDPirate]

3 dings near the nose on the rails all of them. one of them i did with my back. i did like a flip off my board and somehow managed to comedown on my board. and yea i gotta get my solarez back from my friend.

and yea i guess the poly vacs are going for 170 at the victoria place in laguna so im gonna try to get up there really soon

[JoshM]

I've skim boarded for like 6 years. I can do some crazy stuff, but unfortunately the waves at my beach arent' good for doing some real tricks.

[Fartman]

I'm a lifeguard at Seaside Heights, NJ and we don't allow skim boarding on our beach. I yell at people all day for it. MWA HA HA HA HA. I am here to crush your skim boarding dreams.

[middieman1]

SleezSide? Like the sleeziest town in the Jersey Shore?

[luis286]

can anyone tell me where 1 get stickers for my skimboard? i have a lot of them but none of them is resistant 2 the water...

[SDPirate]

i put a peice of the dingtape stickers quicksilver gives you with boardshorts on my board.

[I<3SKIM]

Wow, didn't expect to find a skimbaord thread on a lacrosse site. Cool, I just got a Exile hybrid E-glass epoxy base. It quite the sexiest thing ever.

[superlaxman2]

skimboarding is the bomb. I handmake mine, both wood and fiberglass. Wave riding is so much more fun than sand skimming. The best skim website is skimonline.com It has tons of info and movie clips. The best move ive ever done is a backflip. the beach was kind of steep, and the waves were pretty tall. I went straight down the beach, rode out about 6 feet into the water, rode up the wave like a quarter pipe, and shot off the back of it, doing a backflip. If you have enough speed it's easy.

[xxmattman50xx]

hey,
im new to this blog and am really excited to see so maney enthusiests. Skimboarding is a great activity. I ride a zap myself. if you need help with technique, board selection, sponsorships, etc. visit me at xxmattman50xx.googlepages.com/home ! thanks guys

[[mean_mirror]]

rofl first post ^^

any way i have some **** zap for sand skimmin' and um.another zap for teh ocean i'll post pictures later of the ocean goerr

[SAGoalie30]

i do alot of skimming down in the FL. south FL. the waves latley haven't been good enough to surf on so me and my brother just go skim boarding.

[SDPirate]

lol i havent been able to get good skim in for like 3 weeks.
around here the shore breaks can't really handle good swell sizes. so when the surf is good the skim is bad and vice versa.

but on the plus side in general the surf has been pretty good.

[[mean_mirror]]

i have a beach house, i don't live near the beach lol

[dkang820]

i was wondering which board was better for jus skimming (no wave action)... the victoria foamie or the zap wedge large (i dont care about price..jus want the best performance)... i was told by one company to go with the victoria foamie... and then another company told me to go with the zap wedge... i know that the fiberglass boards are pretty good and i know the zap wedge is fiber glass..however... is the victoria foamie boards fiberglass as well? it says on their website that the foamie is made up of polyurethane, fiberglass, epoxy resin with a plastic bottom..so does this mean the bottom is just plastic or plastic with fiberglass covering? also..i weigh around 165...so i dont know if that makes a difference or not...but yea..if ya'll could help..that would be great.thanks!

[check yer' bags]

i would say to go for the victoria.. ive used a few Zaps and i currently use an Victoria Ultra, and id have to say that the Victoria is better. and if you might want to try to ride waves at some point go with the victoria

[chucktownattack]

Get an Exile. Learn to ride waves. Get sponsored. Hit up Chucktown when you do. I'll ride comps with you.

[cylalax]

i can do an ollie in bout 2 ft deep water its easy just do it like a skate board, indys are fun

[chucktownattack]

i can do an ollie in bout 2 ft deep water its easy just do it like a skate board, indys are fun

Yah, it sucks really bad when you do it in too shallow of water...

[Midman03]

i have a fiberglass wavezone. its so nice you have to get a fiberglass one if you want to get he best ride. im going skimboarding today i cant wait.

[cylalax]

it hurts your foot if it slides off the end if your doi'n a ollie

[matt c]

get a zap wedge large thats wat I'm getting this summer for wave riding

[mdlaxman]

victoria for waves anythign for sand. just get a wood one and learn on sand if you havent ridden a lot

[zach attack 19]

make one yo. i made my own and it rides like a dream. just get google 'how to make a skimboard' and get directions. all you really need to do is get a big piece of wood, plot out an outline, cut it with a jigsaw, and paint or stain it, then finish it with laquer and gloss. i stained mine to get a real natural look. the best thing is noone will have anything like it!

[gtodude]

i have that board in green, its siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick

[bethesdagoalie]

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/261/n1229430443300321963222bn0.jpg

[calicrosse11]

ok guys.

OC Local speaking. The OC. (sounds like a lot of you guys don't really get the culture of skimming, not to be pretentious)

If you want a lot of information fast, visit the forums on www.skimonline.com
(Sidebar under "Interact", then click forums)

also, if you see an experienced skimboarder at your beach, he/she will probly be pretty chill and willing to help you out, but dont get in their way or take their wave. thats possibly the most annoying thing you can do.

also, if you really want to get into skimming, the zap wedge or the victoria ultra vac is a very solid choice. durable but wont break the bank, and allows you to get out into open water.

[cnlax19]

here is an awesome skim video for any of you who dont know what it is.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L53781O1sx4

[murderlax]

im 120 pounds

so wats would be a good zap board i dont want like a p.o.s.

bat or wedge loks decent

yea skim boarding looks fun to me cuz it looks like surfing to me so far minus the paddling. and i hate paddling so its all good

how can you hate paddling? its not hard.
i surf shortboards and bodyboards, im not too big on skimboarding though.

i do however have a skim board that i made myself, i let my friend use it and he said it was awesome, i used a victoria skimboard as a model to shape mine out on, victoria skimboards seem pretty solid, so im saying go with that.
where in socal do you live?
on marine street in la jolla, there are tons of good spots, especially when you catch a south swell.
theres also a place in carlsbad, tamarack street which is a well known skimboarding spot, but in the summer months, expect a bunch of kooks.

[Tyl3r Tizz]

yeahh when i get to i skim
i have a fiberglass ZAP that i realy like
not trying to be a BA but like i like to get a little less on the weight i think the oce for my weight was way to big so i weigh like 110 and have like a board for 80 pounders :)

[vinny a]

I used to skim a ton but I got out of it because I didnt go to the beach for like a year. I'm trying to get back into it, can anyone suggest a good board for me? I used a kid's on the beach and I havent lost much I'm still pretty good. I'm 170, not trying to spend alot on it.

[ElksLacrosse]

I go to myrtle beach every summer and I took up on skim boarding randomly one vacation. I went to one of there thousand Wave shops located just about every block and picked one up. I got pretty good at it, but I only return to the beach once a year. So I usually have to pick it back up again. It's a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!

[Stach]

I'm going "skimming" for the fist time this week!
Using a Zap board.

[rastaman]

how does skim boarding compare to surfing, because ive never skim boarded but i have surfed all my life

[murderlax]

how does skim boarding compare to surfing, because ive never skim boarded but i have surfed all my life

skim board does not compare to surfing. at least to me it doesnt. being born and raised(and currently living in) san diego gave me alot of experience behind local sports, so i have almost tried them all.
to me, i dont get the same rush when skimboarding, as opposed to when im surfing. sure its fun when the near shore breakers, but im not all too enthused to go out and go skimboarding.
i'll go when the surf is flat, or if the waves are real choppy; but to me, the hierarchy goes surfing>bodyboarding>skimboarding.
its especially not any fun when the beach youre at has a bunch of kooks who are trying to learn and are snaking the good waves.
at least we still have the "locals only" spot to call our own.