Your FIRST Board

[Eneres]

Everyone has probably seen a Millionaire put his very first dollar in a high tech glass frame...

Well, lets say you turned into a hot-shot skimboarder today, what would be on your wall in a glass frame with laser motion detectors hooked up to AK47s in little peepholes in the wall?

1. What was your first board?

2. How long did you keep it for till you forked over your life savings for a higher end board

3. Do you still have it?

4. Any memorable falls/wipe outs/stuff that made you reconsider this sport.

EDIT: 5. How long have you been shredding?

[RexSkimmer]

1. zap bullet
2. 3 or 4 years
3. yes
4. nope

[matty kerns]

vic woddieold school....
i had itfor a whole summer and used it literly every day and most nights haha
and i got used a few handdie downs for a while till i got a used one time comp for 50 bucks from my dads friend...and yeh i still have it

[LAXitives288]

wave zone rage 50
rode it for about six months
I still have it and my little brother uses it now
no

[JimmyB]

some wooden board i got at a touristy shop
had it for a year or so
still have it
almost drowned once, which kept me away from bigger waves for a while but never really reconsidered skimming

[xghstx]

zap bullet.
had it like one summer before it snapped.
yes.
no.

[ejb]

1. vic foamie

2. one month (tear)

3. sold it to friend, he learned on it

4. friend got stung by a stingray 2 weeks after we started skimming, but we skimmed the next day so it didn't phase us that much

[that was a ripper]

maui skimma
1 year
yup
nope

[brett00]

vic foamie

1 summer. tail split

sometimes use if bad conditions

got stitches because of it.14 of them

[SkimNate]

1. Some "Slick Lizard" wooden board that cost like 20 bucks.

2. like a year.

3. Yeah I still have it, but its top coat of resin is almost chipped all the way off and the back of it cracked.

4. The board hit me in the head and I like blacked out. I woke up in the water. since none of my friends skimmed I almost stopped, but nah.

[nasolovesyou]

1. Shark skims! (like 48"?)

2. About 8 months

3. No, I had to leave the beach for work, so i left it with some friends who didn't have boards. They left it at the beach. :( I wanted to make a table...

4. No.

[Duffskim]

morey skimmer

[skimfit]

1. Zap Wedge
2. 6 months
3. Yes
4. Nope

[BranyP]

zap wedge
still using it
yes
no

[beachbum]

-zap wedge.
-it was my brothers. we shared it. rode it rarely sandskimming for a year.
-still have it. never ride it. too small.
-no memorable falls on that board. on a board i borrowed from a buddy i split the skin apart on my achielles...and got 5 staples in my head. shes now broken.

[lil chuck]

$20 wooden board
about 3 months
no
no

[Eneres]

" on a board i borrowed from a buddy i split the skin apart on my achielles...and got 5 staples in my head. shes now broken. "

"The board hit me in the head and I like blacked out. I woke up in the water. "

"friend got stung by a stingray 2 weeks after we started skimming"

"almost drowned once,"

"got stitches because of it.14 of them"

GGNOREKTHX

Also it would be nice if you added some input on what skills you were able to acquire with your first board... ( I.E. were you able to Wrap a wave with it or anything worth mentioning)

lets hear them!!

[ICantSwim]

bulldog ployester board

cost me like $30

had it for 2month then it fall apart

nope

[skimfit]

At first I was able to wrap white wash. Then I started going to beaches with real shore break. Then I started to get more consistent at wrapping, so I picked up an Exile S-glass. Now I have been skimming for a little over a year. I can wrap consistently now, get a little shack / head dip deal when the waves are bigger than waist hight, ride lines consitently, on the occasion if the waves are big enough get a widdly flip.

[beachbum]

GGNOREKTHX



good game. no "re" .kay. thanks.

what is re? or do i have that all wrong.

hmmm...skills i was able to aquire on that board...well it was a 110 (weighed for my lil bro)...i was like 130 at the time. so wave riding was limited to sinking and occationally hitting a wave face with some speed. I could shuv-it, spin like 900s on the sand (lol), thats bout it. i was limited to sandskimming.

[Eneres]

hahaha, very cool beachbum...

for the answer to your question

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ggnorekthx

[LAXitives288]

I learned to no step, wrap, shuvs, side slip, all the basic type stuff on it.

[MDskimmerMAtt]

1. zap wege
2. 1 year
3.yep
4.not that i recall.

[xghstx]

733t 5p34k Ftw

[sam m.]

I had a vic speeder for about a year, then i went to trinidad and decided i needed a foam board. still got it.

[LAXitives288]

boo leet speak, hurray beer!

[vicskim76]

vic woodie
like 8 months sand skimmin
yes
no

[ejb]

733t 5p34k Ftw
its actually 1337, as an ex-gamer...i know

[vbskimva]

1. 2 woodies ; a shark skimmer, and another skimboard, with a shark on it.
2. Only used it like it 10 times in 3 years or so.
3. The ocean liked it more than I did.
4. Nope.

[Mmm... Pasta]

1. Hot Tuna flat glass board. (Got for free with broken tail.)
2. Rode it for over a year.
3. Nope. Gave it back to original owner after I broke it.
4. Peeled all the glass of the bottom of the board by hitting the lip.

[TPMatt]

zap bullet, was riding it until a couple weeks ago. i learned how to 1 step and side slip a little, but nothing major. i have a million little scars on my foot from kicking the "rail" when dropping it. i still have it, but it has a crack through the length of it, and the tail is about to snap off.

[benmasters]

some zap i got 7 years ago this summer theres a hole in the back that makes the hole board fill up with water but it is still usable i dont use it know tho i got a zap pro

[ShockSkim]

zap wedge
1 - 1 1/2 years
yes
bruised my tail bone at Flagler
around 2-2 1/2 years

[Skim Costa]

a bz wooden board with a flat tail.
leant everything i needed to learn on it for about 2 years (i live far from the beach, 2 years back then translates to about 20-30 sessions)
its in my room
got hurt plenty, would never reconsider a sport just because of an injury (unless it inhibited me to actually take part in that sport)

[chuckman]

1. Exile Pro Shape, Still have it and has lasted 2 years well.

[txsandskimmer77]

Everyone has probably seen a Millionaire put his very first dollar in a high tech glass frame...

Well, lets say you turned into a hot-shot skimboarder today, what would be on your wall in a glass frame with laser motion detectors hooked up to AK47s in little peepholes in the wall?

1. What was your first board?

2. How long did you keep it for till you forked over your life savings for a higher end board

3. Do you still have it?

4. Any memorable falls/wipe outs/stuff that made you reconsider this sport.

EDIT: 5. How long have you been shredding?

1: Large Victoria Woody
2: Kept it for a month then gave it to my friend and bought a Meyer Hybrid with a foam core.
3: Nope
4: Yeah I fell pretty hard and busted up my knee so bad that it swelled up the size of a softball and was so sore the next time I could not move but I did have fun and like they say...no pain..no gain! Lovin every minute of!
5: Ha! I wish I could shred! Been trying to learn how to skim off and for about 6 months. I get out to the beach maybe 2x a week now so I am slowly getting better!

[Jim Gordon]

5: Ha! I wish I could shred! Been trying to learn how to skim off and for about 6 months. I get out to the beach maybe 2x a week now so I am slowly getting better!

I think your biggest problem is speed, I think you said you can't run that fast. So try this, each time you skim try to run a little faster. In not to long you will have some good speed. Remember speed is everything ;]

[Jaleez]

733t 5p34k Ftw

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why do i understand 733t?



okay:

-homemade woodie
-few months
-ofcourse i still use it for flatland, and i could never get rid of it i mean ive learned to skim on it and did my first rail on it
- na well the fact i got skimmed over at a contest was quite memorable, people actually come up to me at the beach and ask me if i was the girl who got skimmed over after wiping out during the final hahaha but it never made me reconsider skimboarding, ive reconsidered skimboarding once and that was at this point i thought i'd never get any better but im very very glad i never stopped and kept on trying

[undertheradar]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/undertheradar/DSCF3685.jpg

[skimfit]

---^ Shits sick!

[TX Skim N Surf Pro]

1. Meyer woody
2. About a year til i moved to a meyer hybrid... another year zap. now got a vic ultra
3. Nope, it got repo'd lol (dad was late on paying for his storage so they took all the stuff in it)
4. Nope
5. About 4-5 years now

Learned how to do the basic spins, shuv its and pop shuv its (sand skimmin stuff), and airs on the woody 'til i decided to move to a more floaty board.

[Jim Gordon]

Jaleez, skimboarding is not about winning or losing. It's about having fun. I guess we all forget why we started skimming;]

[kylebaz]

bz woodie
3 years
its cracked real nice
still have it

[Jaleez]

Jaleez, skimboarding is not about winning or losing. It's about having fun. I guess we all forget why we started skimming;]

I know, but i didnt say it had something to do with winning or losing did i? it was more like i came at this one point i thought id never learn to skim, i was kinda hopeless, all i could do was jump on and fall haha but i kept on trying and deciding to keep on doing it was the best decision ive ever made!

[Jim Gordon]

I know, but i didnt say it had something to do with winning or losing did i? it was more like i came at this one point i thought id never learn to skim, i was kinda hopeless, all i could do was jump on and fall haha but i kept on trying and deciding to keep on doing it was the best decision ive ever made!

Sorry I misread what you said. Glad to here you didn't give up. When we all first started to skim, we all had a lot of falls;]

[Jaleez]

haha its okay doesnt matter, but youre right and after all those wipe outs are always quite funny

[h1r0k1]

1.Zap Lazer
2.1 day (it was my Christmas present from my parents and they felt bad so bought me a zap bomb)
3.no
4.no

[LMSkim]

Morey Skimskate
2.5 Seasons
Its well deystroyed
I have it

[lilskimchic]

1. Zap Bomb
2. 2 1/2 years
3. Yes i do! I let my lil bro ride it
4. Tore my ACL,Miniscus(spelling) and dislocated my knee cap. =) lets just say i was out for a while. lol
5. Since i was 12

[nasolovesyou]

Lets see... on my shark skims I learned to:

one step
wrap and sink :(
shuvit
side slip
and bust ass :)

[optimusprime]

zap fish
like 3 years
it is sitting in the garage right now
I learned on it so of course I fell. my dad got it when I was 8 because he remembered how much fun he had skimming when he was a kid on stinson beach back in the 60's(we still have 2 of his first boards, they look like coffee tables.)

I have been riding for 7 or 8 years now, 5 of just sandskimming off and on and then the last 3 I have been going for some waves when I am at the beach, but just started focusing more on it because I am taking a break from some of my more expensive hobbies.