Today I was surfing some small longboard waves in Delaware and there was about 10 skimmers on the beach and every time I would catch a wave going down the line a skimmer would come behind and in front of me and I was just getting so tired of it and one time I through there board and had some words. how am I suppose to handle this situation. Every surfer out there was mad at them. Any suggestions?
Move on bruh, you won't win. 10 against 1 and you might consider still having to go to work which enables you to enjoy the small waves when they ( the skimmers ) are not there. Hell , maybe even be nice to them, killem with kindness. Just a suggestion from another long boarder .
As one who just started to ride a longboard for the first time at 33 I hate to say how much I hated the long board community before. Sitting outside the break and able to paddle in and steal waves and just basically the jealousy of able to make a knee high day fun... grrr. But now as a recently turned majority longboarder I say let them have fun while we can sit back and pick our waves but don't be a **** and shank their waves if your not in position. But to insure your talking skimmer boards and not skim boarders... cause skim boarders are like gingers: NO SOULS. Let the sea take them cause we know they can't swim past knee high depth.
Skimboarders who are good enough can do the same thing as surfers. And if you're running into people who are skimming, you should probably not be surfing shore break. Maybe that's the problem huh?
find another place to surf....if skimboarders are behind you and in front of you, then you're surfing a skim wave.
I think if you are longboarding the same wave that people are skimming, then I think you are lbing the wrong wave. I longboard, shortboard, and skim and the best policy in my opinion is if you can't beat em, join em. A lot of surfers hate on skimmers, but you would be surprised on how much skimming can help your surfing. Maybe it is a little jealousy that when there is no surf and just shorebreak you have nothing to do while you see a bunch of people having fun skimming - you should give it a try? Just saying there is a place for all types of watersports as long as everyone is respectful of one another!
I wouldn't call that skim boarding. That's surfing WITH a skimboard. Like Kelly Slater surfing on a door.... its not "dooring" or door boarding (I'm creating a new sport if so) its surfing... on a door... in a suit. When I think of skim boarding I think of pre groms throwing a skimboard on the ground in water and attempting to jump on it and to either perform a trick with incoming waves or miss and fall on their head. I give them credit when they are good... and when they fall and get up with no sign of spinal injury I enjoy in the comic routine and praise their ability to not injure their neck.
Your plight is falling on deaf ears here. As a lifelong shortboarder, I haven't once had a problem with a skimboarder, even when surfing shore break with skimmers around. Loggers who do giant fades, trying to keep you off the wave even if you're going the opposite direction on the peak. Ya, had many problems with them.
i only respect skimmers in mexico,hawaii, california, etc. where they literally get barreled on some heavy shore breaks. Went to Waimea that was impressive. but other than that just get out grab their skimboards with too many traction pads and starting beating them with it.
In 30 years, the only time I had a skim boarder any where near me surfing is when you enter the water, or when getting out...
We just had the South Side Shoot Out event this past weekend. It's a pro/am contest so there were about 150 of the best skimboarders in the world here and still here. Skimboarders love liners like the naval jetty where the sand builds up nicely in the summer. It definitly can be crowded when it's on. Survival of the fittest no matter what water craft your on. I say bring all your boards and grab whichever works best. Check some footage from last september: https://vimeo.com/66614706
I mean, it was dead high tide. And almost every wave sombody caught on a skimboard was a 100 yard liner. I have no simpathy. People were barely standing up surfing yesterday.
I am an avid skimmer and surfer. I skim an exile or my herlihy and it definitely helps your surfing. Like others have said, you're probably surfing when the waves are skimmable so don't think you're the only one allowed to ride the waves. Go get a skimboard and gain some respect.
