Thank you for this video, this style of discussion is really important since I feel the community only really has vloggers and lacks people that wanna discuss what really works to evolve the sport, not dissing those type of more entertainment based channels cause they are really important especially since skimming still goes a bit unnoticed but I still havent found someone that goes as in depth and taught me as much as this channel, keep the good work man.

What about the Amber drop?

Glad to see you back

Thanks a lot for your detailed explanation how you got to do the monkey crawl. I also got some groin issues when I skimboarded the last vacations. Good to hear that the monkey crawl might fix those issues. As the beach is very flat where I skim and it is windy a lot of times, I might benefit from the monkey drop in those points as well. I will definitely try it at the beach next week! Your videos are very special compared to the videos of the paid pros. I like how you describe the/your experience from the very beginner level to average and pro level. That makes it very interesting, helpful and easier to compare to ones own experiences.

Excellent subject! I've been skimming for about 10-weeks but am progressing as a result of active learning from your excellent videos. I skim about 5-days a week (I'm retired and have the time) and just love it. I've watched Blair and Austin's as well, which are good, but you give additional details that I'm interested in knowing about. Keep up the great work! I live in Mazatlán and never see anyone skimming here. I'm not sure if that's a blessing or a curse.

Excellent video!👍👍

This was the exact video I needed to see. Thanks brother

an awesome channel, and great tips.... thanks for the share sir

Bien señor...acá disfrutando el contenido....never gets old... Saludos de Perú....

Thanks for the content

Perfect video. I was having terrible groin pain and have to switch to monkey crawl. I still can't even jog because of pain. One step drop nevermore. Haha You are the best KZfaqr from skimboard.

Hi from São Pedro da Aldeia, RJ. Good tips. Super advices. Thank you coach.

Hey man been following you for years already! Immedeately bought a skimboard tanktop. Looks really good! I would love to learn the crawl as I have very bad and windy conditions in the Netherlands. But I find it very intimidating to practice it. Even with your instruction video. And yet I will practice it next because I want to get better. As you say, the safe zone is not where you will improve.

Welcome back!

Just subbed, happy to be here ;D

DUDE I CAUGHT MY FIRST WAVE (I COULDNT RIDE OUT OF IT THO)

Great channel and videos. Exactly what I've been looking for. As a complete beginner (first ever session yesterday) would I be better to try to learn a crawl drop or back foot first drop?

We LOVE you skimfrank! COME BAK TO FLORIDA!a

I have a stoke boat hat it is so good!!! I found it at thousand steps.

I skim in NC FFF, when i water drop i sink in the sand and lose speed. I’m going to nail a monkey drop next week, at 47 yrs old it should only take one bottle of ibuprofen!

I have a three step drop once I made myself start getting on Back foot first. Been doing it for 7 years now

Considering you are now used to "back foot first. Are you still able to alternate to front foot first without have a conflict with your muscle memory? I mean, when you are mentally focused to do BFF and automatically your body makes FFF. Do you think is posible to master both?

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I live 20 yards from the beach, bought the blairacuda, watched countless videos and im still just eating sand! This is tough!

Bummer about your groin condition. Have you ever considered that your pushing too hard off your 1 step foot before you step into the skimboard.

I just cannot stop chasing. Whenever I try the one step I always fail.

Its been awhile howzit goin?

At 5:10 you're showing a flandland 5 step drop (or something like that). And then saying, this is bad. But you didn't mention, that there are those two types of skimboarding. Flantland and wave. And you're are totally right about wave skimboarding. You can't chase your board down the slope and do a solid drop. But in flatland skimboarding there is no slope, and the 5 step drop has advanteges there. Also flatland skimboarding is not like the beginner version of wave skimboarding! It's a different sport. Adrien Raza (you're showing him at 4:39) for example is one of the best flatland skimboarders without a doubt, and he does really technical tricks on obstacles such as rails, that wave skimboard pros could never do. Adrien also does wave skimboarding, and there he uses a wave skimboard and does a normal one step bff drop. He also does many different creative drops, when he skims urban (check his videos). And he's good at all the drops. But in a normal flatland spot he would always do something like a 5 step drop. Cause this is objectively the better drop for flatland. Check this video, where Adrien shows different drops and teaches the most common flatland drop: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aMpofsyjxsqtdqc.html I know your video isn't about flat land skimboarding, but I think you should at least mention it to not confuse people that don't know the difference. I'm skating for 27 Years now and I do both types of skimboarding for about 10 years or so. I also struggled with the drop in wave skimboarding. After some years I finally forced myself to learn the one step bff drop and it changed everything. And I can say: it's totally worth to relearn the drop, even if it means you have to go 2 steps back! In flatland skimboarding however I'm doing a suitcase drop most of the time. (Like Lexi Hutchings does, but bff). I know this is not the best drop for flatland, but the spots in my area are mostly too short for 3 or 5 step drops.

Frank stop reminding me my drop sucks haha…I’ll switch it up over time but it’s sucks because I’m getting good with my body varial FFF drop Water drops are hard as hell with my weird drop but I can nail it…I end up overstretching myself but have yet to get a pulled groin…i think all my muscle memory from skateboarding and being a right handed southpaw kickboxer makes my right leg dominant as a goofy rider..so in essence my front foot wants to be the leader…I have gotten fast dropping my board with a 1 step fff body varial…I ride frequently so I progress well in hopes of being like “Farlen buckanan or bullo” two Mexicans who drop and body varial like me lol…but these guys been doing this shit for years as where I’m only 1 year heavy into the sport…I luckily ride alot (purple green blairacuda “mike”) so i have gotten good at my drop but all your videos and watching all the homies ride around OC makes me see the obvious perks of being BFF…awesome video bro hook it up with the skim mini green and purple Blairacuda haha..

OMG fifty minutes rambling unfocused video, are you kidding me? Here, I'll save you that time. Use the one step drop taught by Austin Keen in his good video and mount back foot first and forget about front foot first. Alternately, according to this video, a monkey crawl drop might be useful. There, that is the total value of this video. Why he took fifty minutes to make those two points is a question for the ages.

hey man. are you not skimboarding anymore? your videos are great and helpful. you should stick to it. maybe you also got some advise for me: i am 6´0, 210 lbs. i have a hard time staying afloat with my 54´´ hybrid board. is it possible, that it´s too small/not wide enough?