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The cold winter airs and water and quickly approaching us… even in Florida. It’s hitting 40 degrees tonight!
Just wanted to talk about skimboarding in cold air and water. How many of you do it? I don’t actually own a wet suit, so I don’t like to skimboard in cold water, but that doesn’t mean I [...]

The Fluid Skim Invasion is headed to Navarre Beach in Pensacola, Florida  on Saturday and Sunday. The two-day event is expected to draw up to 80 competitors in the amateur division and about 10 professionals.
The Pensacola News Journal wrote an article about the competition. You can check it out here. Otherwise, I’ll go ahead and [...]

Skimboarding at night can be a lot of fun (just make sure you don’t have a black board!). Whether you’re under a full moon or at a lit boardwalk, sometimes the best time to ride waves is at night in the dark. You can’t always get the perfect high tide during mid-day.
I’ve skimmed at night [...]

A lot of skimboarders aren’t exposed to sloped beaches, thus making wave riding rather difficult. If you have a sloped beach, the waves are more likely to crash right on the shore. Flat beaches are bound to have 10-15 feet (or more) of flat, glassy water before you can even reach a wave. It’s hard [...]

Hurricanes and Tropical Storms can bring in big swells. A lot of extreme sports athletes want to take advantage of them by hitting the beach. Surfing and skimboarding in such nasty weather isn’t the brightest idea. I’ve done it before, and wouldn’t do it again. Getting pounded in the face with rain while running down [...]

One of the basic tricks for beginners (at least those with no fear) is doing a flip off your board. Most of us have done flips into pools, and doing a flip off your skimboard is really no different.
The trick is to head into a wave straight on. Pop the board at the top of [...]

When I was growing up (in Jacksonville, FL), you would rarely see anyone else on the beach skimboarding. Skimming has boomed in the last decade and will only see more growth in the future. Thanks to the exposure from competitions, videos and websites skimboarding is reaching kids at a younger age.
I just read about a [...]

The eight annual Senseless Skimfest at 26th Ave. Beach in Santa Cruz, CA was held last weekend. Legendary George Bryan was among the 55 entries. From the pictures and videos I’ve seen of Santa Cruz, it doesn’t look like the ideal skim spot, but Santa Cruz skimmer Ryan Parola, who organized the event said “We [...]

Do you skimboard with a deck pad? In my opinion, deck pads are a necessity if you plan on skimboarding and riding waves. If you’re just running along a flat beach with no waves, then you definitely don’t need one. A deck pad helps keep your feet stuck to the board while doing wraps and [...]

Some of the best skimboarding beaches are along the West Coast of the United States, and for anyone who lives out there or has skimmed out there, then you know how damn cold that water is. See I live in Florida and out beaches hit like 80 degrees or warmer. We never need wetsuits. I [...]