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Skimboard Shoreline Wave Riding (or skimming or Skiboarding) is a board sport in which a skimboard (much like a surfboard but smaller and without fins) is used to glide across the water’s surface from the shoreline to meet an incoming breaking wave, and ride it back to shore.

Skimboard Shoreline Wave Riding is an easy sport to get into and is a relatively cheap sport to get into compared to surfing or other watersports. We stock a small range of Skimboards for kids and adult beginners. For those who want to progress or buy more expensive boards up to £220.00 then please call us for more information.

Wave-riding skimboarders perform a variety of surface and air manoevers , at various stages of their ride, out to, and back with, the wave.

Some of these are known as “wraps,” “big spins,” “360 shove-its” and “180s.” 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 Laguna Beach lifeguards wanted to surf the local shore breaks that were too fast and shallow for surfboards. Skimboarding has developed since then to ride waves much like surfing, performing aerial maneuvers and pulling into the barrel of the wave. Professionals have even started getting towed by waverunners into much larger waves.