Skimboarding (or skimming) is a boardsport in which a skimboard (a smaller counterpart to a surfboard
without fins) is used to glide across the water's surface to meet an
incoming, breaking wave, and ride it back to shore. Wave riding
skimboarders perform a variety of surface and air maneuvers, at various
stages of their ride, out to, and back with, the wave. Some of these are
known as "wraps," "frontsides," "backsides," "big spins," "bigger
spins," "360 Shuvs," etc. Unlike surfing, skimboarding begins on the
beach by dropping the board onto the thin wash of previous waves.
Skimboarders use their momentum to skim out to breaking waves, which
they then catch back into shore in a manner similar to surfing. Another
aspect of skimboarding is 'flatland', which involves performing tricks
derived from skateboarding such as ollies and shove-its on the wash of waves without catching shore breaks.
Skimboarding originated in Southern California when lifeguards wanted
an easy way to get across the beaches of Laguna. Skimboarding has
developed since then to extreme riding into big shorebreak ...more from wikipedia
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