Will Skimboarding Ever Go Mainstream?

**ZapBulletRider** · 03-30-2007, 02:21 PM

still riding the vic I bought in '02, despite holes in the nose and tail. Hoping to get an Exile this month.

**Walruz996** · 03-30-2007, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by Dzan

Yup. I've penciled it in to go mainstream in August 2009.

Exellent, my graduating year and birth month..

**RexSkimmer** · 03-30-2007, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by Ti_22

its like gold fish, they can only get as big as there bowl allows. skimboarding can only get as big as good skim beaches allow. but as we all know, there isnt much out there.

there is still alot out there, there is thousands of miles of beaches and i doubt all of them have been skimmed

**dan.nj** · 03-30-2007, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by ZapBulletRider

still riding the vic I bought in '02, despite holes in the nose and tail. Hoping to get an Exile this month.

same boat... been riding my exile for years now. cant wait to get another one for my bday in may.

**skimordie** · 03-30-2007, 02:38 PM

i saw skimboarding will remain the way it is!!!!!

**skimordie** · 03-30-2007, 02:40 PM

say*********

**Rob Morris-old** · 03-30-2007, 02:41 PM

i dont think you understand. im taking kids here skim on a wood board for 1 week at the most and see someone on a carbon board and go out and buy it. i mean i understand they want to advance but it gets annyoing when kids read like 2 things about skimboarding then think they know what they're talking about. and even more go find a picture of brad evers or someone and say its them. typical high school bullshit. but thats like any sport so i guess thats something you can't stop.

**ZapBulletRider** · 03-30-2007, 02:42 PM

surfing deals w/ the same bullshit though, and skating definitely has some of those elements as well (kids claiming somebody else in a pic is them)

**Thrillhouse** · 03-30-2007, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by Rob Morris

i dont think you understand. im taking kids here skim on a wood board for 1 week at the most and see someone on a carbon board and go out and buy it. i mean i understand they want to advance but it gets annyoing when kids read like 2 things about skimboarding then think they know what they're talking about. and even more go find a picture of brad evers or someone and say its them. typical high school bullshit. but thats like any sport so i guess thats something you can't stop.

a.k.a poser

**skimcentral** · 03-30-2007, 03:17 PM

Kids from the ghetto are not interested in skimming. Beach areas generally are not low-income. Most people I know who skim and have trouble affording new boards could cut back on partying just a little or something and have plenty of funds for boards.

I have been hearing this "skimming is gonna get big" talk since the 80's--personally I don't care if it gets bigger. Benji--growth is not always positive. Let me tell you it was better in the old days when skimming was not as big. And better before the "growth" of Pinellas County. This pushed along the whole dredging thing. It is inevitible of course but.... As long as I can go skimming and catch waves I am fine with it.

**RexSkimmer** · 03-30-2007, 04:55 PM

if we sponser alot of hot chicks to walk around with skimboards, it will grow

edit: and beer. hot chicks, skimboards, and beer.

**SkimDaniel** · 03-30-2007, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by idrathrbskimmin

I don't think that i will lose all interest but some probably. And yes it probably will make new spots. One reason would be because there would be a ton of people trying different beaches. And Secondly, all of the orginbal skimmers would be trying to find a new less crowded spot

why dont we scare the newbs! we'll be like LOCALS ONLY!!! and well kick em out. screw new spots. we grew up and skimmed on the beaches we skim now.

**SDSkim** · 03-30-2007, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by SkimDaniel

why dont we scare the newbs! we'll be like LOCALS ONLY!!! and well kick em out. screw new spots. we grew up and skimmed on the beaches we skim now.

that would be fine if you were considered a local

**MarKilla** · 03-30-2007, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by SDSkim

that would be fine if you were considered a local

Haha like you have room to talk. And stop trying to one-up people. It isn't cool.

**$ilky $kim** · 03-30-2007, 05:59 PM

I hope not, I see enough douchebags on skimboards as is.

**SDSkim** · 03-30-2007, 06:00 PM

im not a local and never considered myself one... more like a regular, considering i skim la jolla almost every weekend, which equals out to only like once a week.

so i dont wanna see your kookish-self on the beach agen...

or else ill call jake the snake....

**vicskim76** · 03-30-2007, 06:20 PM

okay but seriously dude, you look for somethin to bash everytime someone posts (especially sd people). we need to come together as a community.

**SDSkim** · 03-30-2007, 06:38 PM

dude i dont bash anyone scept skimdaniel

**i skim compton** · 03-30-2007, 07:29 PM

Cant we all just get along ?

**Rob Morris-old** · 03-30-2007, 08:20 PM

yea that sounds pretty good. here have a beer

yea get some water under the bridge!

well i dont know about water under the bridge but i do know about BudWiser under the bridge.

**Rob Morris-old** · 03-30-2007, 08:21 PM

or it goes something like that

**toejam** · 03-30-2007, 08:50 PM

The sport can only really grow when were skimboarding all over the world. There's countless beaches all over the world where nobody skims, and i think if we can get people to skim these places(little groups of locals) the sport can grow. Otherwise were going to add more people to over crowded beaches, not that the beaches are over crowded yet, but thats what will happen.

**dkenn75** · 03-31-2007, 12:48 AM

Originally Posted by SDSkim

dude i dont bash anyone scept skimdaniel

Daniel vs. Daniel Skimoff '07

**Jaleez** · 03-31-2007, 02:15 AM

im not quite sure about that.. cause you cant really skim everywhere.. i mean in holland there are hardly waves.. but every beach is perfect for flatland.. i dont know, to be honest i just dont hope it will become too mainstream

**dEUZ** · 03-31-2007, 04:30 AM

i hope it will become as big as it would be enough to let me live off my website and magazine.

**Rob Morris-old** · 03-31-2007, 05:02 AM

i think this issue also is involved in secret spots.

**skimcentral** · 03-31-2007, 06:25 AM

Mo--if you want to see overcrowded skim beaches come here sometime in the summer when there is an ankle high swell!!

**Thrillhouse** · 03-31-2007, 07:14 AM

bingo! Mike, do you think the sport is growing faster here than in other places? Each year around Christmas I see a ton of new skimmers with new boards

**RexSkimmer** · 03-31-2007, 09:46 AM

there's tons of room up here

**SDSkim** · 03-31-2007, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by dkenn75

Daniel vs. Daniel Skimoff '07

im down

**SkimDaniel** · 03-31-2007, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by SDSkim

dude i dont bash anyone scept skimdaniel

haha you care

**vicskim76** · 03-31-2007, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by dkenn75

Daniel vs. Daniel Skimoff '07

haha id like to see that

**skimcentral** · 03-31-2007, 01:20 PM

yeah it is growing quick around here.

**brett00** · 03-31-2007, 05:40 PM

If you tell someone in your school that you skim most likely there going to say o so you throw that wooden piece of board and run and jump on, or maybe someone asks what you did this weekend and you said skimboarding, they would have a kind of weird look. Therefore i think that it would be hard to get that sandskimming picture out of there minds to make the sport mainstream