Thanks, bro. Prob won’t be making anymore skim content but there’s already a lot of great resources. Take care!

Thanks for sharing

usually the more you keep working on land drops and getting faster and faster you will just eventually start getting water drops. it's the case for me anyways, I try them when a wave washes up high and has a decent amount of wash at the top of the slope. still a bit clunky but it's coming along . the problem for most people is they are immediately going for super side slip wave wraps instead of using flat land and open space to get good at it first.

yew!

Taran Hatfield thanks!

grahamhsu I'm pretty bad at those, so it may not be for a while

More than likely not. Either of them are just not very practical tricks on a skim also which I've never practiced.

Thanks for the kind words. The cheap wooden boards are mostly for little kids. Also you don’t really want to push down on the board, use your fingers as shock absorbers, lightly push down and forward. Hope that helps

Thanks for the PROMPT RESPONSE! Amazing! This cheap board was the longest available, but the point is well taken. I will try the "light touch" to see if that makes any difference. If it does, I'll let you know. I have been promoting this SAFE beginner technique to any kid I see trying even though he/she probably won't listen but I'll keep trying! THANKS AGAIN!@@BeachLookingGuy

Find A nice flat open area to slide and practice getting on as fast and smooth as possible into side slip

@@BeachLookingGuy thank you, i'll try this

Well ideally its best for big slope and deep water drop. But these are very hard. Flat land is best to practice and learn on but requires a lot more bending over. Sand drops on slope requires even more bending over which is pretty hard also

Short answer, flat land for beginners

what you see in the video. although id like to point out you might have misinterpreted what was said

I’m not sure. Depends on the technique you’re using and the type of pain.

carbon is great but not going to do exactly that. when i hear "get out to waves" i think of water drops. if you can sprint, water drop to side slip properly the board material is a small factor. many people often think the board is the problem. it can be, but in very extreme cases such as riding a woody and being 6'0 175lb. usually has to do with size though, not material. water and wave riding is a pretty advanced skill lvl, is your board big enough? are you pumping or side slipping? back foot first? water or sand drop? timing? running fast enough? dropping smooth enough? being loose and light footed? skim is complex and there aremany things to consider. starting with a properly sized fiberglass is fine, exile skimboards just dropped what's called the "EX" lineup and a good rider can wave ride with these. zap and other companies all offer very similar boards. ultimately carbon is stronger and lighter and not worth the investment unless you are "hardcore" and will use it 2+ days a week.

Beach Looking thankyou you so much for the advice im gonna write this down

Beach Looking Guy do you think a board one size. Like 2 inches. Too small is very bad?

Annoxy - i didn't understand your question

Beach Looking Guy my bad lol. I meant i have a board that is 2" shorter than the recomended length for my wieght. Will that effect me very badly?

Avik Chakrabarti thank you! As for hurting your wrist i haven't had an issue. I'm not one to get ahead of myself so I don't move up until I'm confident and comfortable. If you're smooth enough with it i don't see why you should hurt your wrist. Everyone wants to tell me dropping on the water is easier, yet they aren't even good at the drop to begin with. I usually recommend just a normal drop since you have to be extremely good at many things in order to get the full potential of the crawl drop, which is also harder to learn

Avik Chakrabarti also I'm pretty sure water drops will have nearly just as much resistance as the sand. You're putting your feet on the board at the very same moment you drop so you're not exactly putting much pressure to begin with

Beach Looking Guy Okay nice man that answers my question! I can see now at 6:06 that you're not diving your weight into your board, definitely more like a controlled transition down to your hands. I'm withya on starting slow on sand at first. I try and say what's up to folks I see who look completely new to skimboarding, & keep eating sand bc they're running too fast without practicing how to place their board first Lol it bums me out when first-timers take a bunch of hard falls for an hour, then never wanna skim again! Can be tough not getting ahead of ourselves bc we're eager for those long, fast rides. I hope more ppl interested in getting into the sport find your videos my man

Avik Chakrabarti you're original concern about hurting wrists brings up a good point on why it's important to get plenty of practice with push starts. But I feel your pain! I have met many people and made some really great friends by approaching people and helping them. My ultimate goal is to have more talented riders within the sport, as it will push the limits of what the sport is capable of and inspire new comers.

Avik Chakrabarti beginners getting ahead of themself is the number one problem occurring with most riders. My very (bad) first video goes over it but I'd like to make a new one better written.

T White since

it's fun but im not quite full on water drop to side slip mode yet ;)

T White lol you corrected it 😂❤

@skimfrank

Ok