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Wooden skim board12/8/2023 ![]() ![]() The goal is to release the board so it hits relatively flat water and starts sliding fast. One hand on the side and one on the tail. Instead it must be held firmly and parallel to the ground. One of the most common mistake people make is running with the skimboard’s nose pointing to the sky or down to the sand. That’s why throwing techniqueis a fundamental skill in skimboarding. And if you can’t control it, you’ll never be able to reach waves or ramps. Getting on the skimboard is not that easy. Whether you are a flat or a wave skimboarder, you need to learn how to flip the board before jumping on it. In Italy, however, there are excellent beaches for surfing and they are concentrated in Sardinia, Liguria and Lazio.įor this reason we love skimboarding, because it allows two types of approach, as a skater or as a surfer. Once on the wave, you can then perform the typical surfing tricks and acrobatics. The latter consists in reaching a wave, taking advantage of the undertow, and then riding it to the shore. It can reach surprisingly high levels of difficulty and technique and is very common in Europe, also due to the lack of waves necessary for wave riding. ![]() This style is preferred by freestyle enthusiasts, it’s very technical and can be practiced almost anywhere because it requires little water. In skimboarding there are two main styles, very different from each other: flatland with skate-like wooden skimboards, and wave riding with surf-like foam boards.įlatland consists in sliding the skimboard on the shoreline to perform tricks similar to those you do on the skateboard, such as ollie, shove it, and various slides on wooden structures or PVC pipes. ![]()
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