When to stop skimming....

**Brave H** · 06-02-2006, 02:56 PM

Sooooo.... yesterday I had a nice little santa cruz sess untill...

I bailed on a poo wave, my board hit me; and I got a narly shinner... comparable to the birdman one in the exile video...

here are some clues I should have paid more attention to:

1. droping tide
2. lots of dub.
3. lower wave count at end of session
4. some wierd lady asking me if I hurt myself (directly before I got pwed)
5. sirens in the background
6. hottie leaving the beach
7. 2 inch gash in shin that required 6 stiches

So my question to you all is when do you stop skimming????

**KrisStone** · 06-02-2006, 02:57 PM

obviously when old ladies tell me too.

No when i get tired or bored of it which has been especially easy recently

**Luff** · 06-02-2006, 03:07 PM

When people get in my way.

**MaloSkimmer** · 06-02-2006, 03:12 PM

It should always be, way before your body gets tired. When or before you feel you have a loss of power in running or loss of springyness in your legs.

Or any time you feel pain that is not directly caused form cuts, bashes, or other slight injuries.

**solvenTim** · 06-02-2006, 03:15 PM

i think you should of stayed and skim. large gashes in your leg is no excuse to stop skimming. its just a flesh wound anyway. ive had my share of flesh wounds back in Nam.

**veniceskim4** · 06-02-2006, 03:20 PM

I stop skimming when I'm tired or it's dark.

**Brave H** · 06-02-2006, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by solvenTim

i think you should of stayed and skim. large gashes in your leg is no excuse to stop skimming. its just a flesh wound anyway. ive had my share of flesh wounds back in Nam.

I definately thought about it... but since I could see down to my bone and the wound was profusely bleeding I decided to drive myself to the emergency room instead.

**solvenTim** · 06-02-2006, 03:25 PM

lol did u get any pics?

**Brave H** · 06-02-2006, 03:28 PM

no... should have though... I still have my pics from when I sprained my ankle baddly; they are sweet....

**myusernamewastaken** · 06-02-2006, 03:36 PM

who stops skimming?

**Vic4Yo** · 06-02-2006, 03:39 PM

Haha. Once my brother was following me on a wave and after i was off my board my brother flew off his and cut his leg open on my floating board. He has to get 5 stiches...haha bring back memories.

Haha...anyways if anyone on here knows Crescent Bay in Laguna, I had to carry my brother up the hill cause he couldn't walk..It sucked!

**skim NJ 609** · 06-02-2006, 04:32 PM

i stop skimming when the waves begin to suck beyond the suck

**skimnczach** · 06-02-2006, 04:44 PM

I stopped skimming. Once.

**solvenTim** · 06-02-2006, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by skim NJ 609

i stop skimming when the waves begin to suck beyond the suck

ive tried that once but it doesnt work, cause here in the gulf it always sucks beyond suck. so i stay till i start to hallucinate that its not flat. then it just sucks about regular.

**anmaisle** · 06-02-2006, 05:35 PM

lol yea the gulf does suck beyond suck but i happen to live here. like today it sucked big time, even for gulf standards but i stayed til nearly dark just cuz its so addicting. or sometimes i stop when im so tired n starving my hands are shaking...ahhhh!!!

**Mapdash** · 06-02-2006, 07:42 PM

We do: "one more good one" then we leave. Unless it was really good then we stay longer.

**Icej** · 06-02-2006, 07:53 PM

The pat one more good one means about 45mins to an hour.

**doug** · 06-02-2006, 07:53 PM

I don't understand how you can get bored of skimming unless the conditions are really horrible or you are just doing the same shit over and over.

Whenever I start to get bored, I try new things, and I'm a better skimmer because of it

**ZapBulletRider** · 06-02-2006, 08:26 PM

yeah in my experience what happens is I have a good session, then I have to go, and I want to end on a good wave, and I all of a sudden I have a shitty wave or two, and I try to force a good one, and I get hurt or something. That's EXACTLY what happened when I cut my toe last year. I was having a good session, had to leave but couldn't end on a bad wave, eventually was like frack it I've GOT to go, saw a set coming and said "ok one more", turned around and started running for a wave, kicked the board on the drop and split my toe, 5 stitches. I've learned my lesson.

**Jeff.Liu** · 06-02-2006, 08:30 PM

when you start bleeding perfusely from your palms skimming Florida

**Mike** · 06-02-2006, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by Icej

The pat one more good one means about 45mins to an hour.

Yea, goes for me also...I stop skimming when I get chafe, hurt really bad or frustrated due to lack of waves or people in my way.

**the Kramer** · 06-03-2006, 03:42 AM

ball rash

**noah lane** · 06-03-2006, 03:53 AM

as much as it sucks, shinners are part of the beauty of skimboarding.

get better bh! ...let me know how the south side is looking

**anmaisle** · 06-03-2006, 08:17 AM

We do: "one more good one" then we leave. Unless it was really good then we stay longer.

yea i do that to dude. but it always ends up being an extra hr or so. then i get back to my car and im like a blob gasping for some water n a snack.

**sealice aka lone ranger** · 06-03-2006, 09:52 AM

if the waves suck then i cant skim, its zero fun.

**KrisStone** · 06-03-2006, 10:35 AM

Before you start

**cbskimer_gma** · 06-03-2006, 12:06 PM

i leave when my ride leaves! or lighning, cause i don't mess around with that.

**ZapBulletRider** · 06-03-2006, 12:10 PM

pussy.

**Brave H** · 06-03-2006, 12:13 PM

The funniest thing about the whole inciedent was that no one on the beach seemed to notice the blood gushing down my leg.... everyone just gave me funny looks cause I was yelling and cursing.... wierd, how people can ignore someone in pain (even if its right in front of their face) and just be content in their own little bubble with blinders on

PS my new avatar is me skiming at the beach I hurt myself at like a week or two before... wraping late at the top of the lip but still kinda in there....

**baksideollie33** · 06-04-2006, 05:08 PM

I stop when i get tired of it

**VeeEyeSee** · 06-04-2006, 06:16 PM

comparable to the birdman one in the exile video

that one was disgusting, what the hell was that white shit that the doctors were pulling out of his shin??

**Ti_22** · 06-04-2006, 06:38 PM

yesterday i was at shell beach and was having a great session. i was getting a lil tired so i made the mistake of saying "one more good one"... i hit the face of this wave at top speed, go flyin into the air as i come down all super contorted my left heel goes slamming into the sand and i might have chipped a piece off my heel bone. it was really painful. and the trek back up the cliff was no fun either.

**nEmIsIs** · 06-05-2006, 05:10 AM

VeeEyeSee, I'd kinda like to know myself man, that was pretty nasty. My only guess is fat cells??...cause a friend of mine screwed up on a drop and his board ended up sticking in the sand...and into his leg. He had to get stitches for that one and there was some stuff coming out of his leg comparable to the birdman clip in bearded.