How NOT to Skimboard: Advice for Beginners from Blair Conklin
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- čas přidán 9. 08. 2020
- In my 10 years of teaching skimboarding, I have noticed a couple common mistakes that beginners make. Preventing these type of mistakes will help keep you safe while learning how to skimboard. Skimboarding is deceivingly difficult and dangerous. Almost all Skimboards are very unforgiving when you come in contact with one. They are sharp on the rails like a snowboard and stiff so they do not flex. This makes for a bad combination when a board hits you. Aside from the dangers of the board, many beginners also injured themselves from falling on the hard packed sand. This video was made to be used as a guide to help prevent skimboarding injuries.
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The first day I went skimming I thought I lost my brand new exile dude cruise board but I found it shortly after I saw a lady svreaming"ow my shins"
lol
That would fall under (your fault ) because of rule no1: know where your board is at all times.
@@davstoops no it's her fault for being in the way
@@hayden6119 no
😂😂💀💀💀💀
Skim boarding is such a great sport and it’s so underrated
facts
Good, less wait times
probably because almost all people don’t have access to waves
Back in the day when my cousins were the only ones around skimboarding, I have to confess I didn't see the point. Then I saw Blair at the Wedge. And I understood.
Why is the filler so close. Goood
13:00 Dude you actually walked onto your board and rode in a wave, thats gonna be a game changer when I'm learning to ride
Ik lol
I am a skimboarder in Korea. I've been skimboarding for around a year now :) You are my hero, my role model :)
Does anyone else just like hitting a wave and just flying ten feet in the air
so much fun
that’s all i can do right now and i live in colorado so going to the beach is only once or twice a year if any
Yes it is so fun
Lol I can skim board on a boogie board better than a skim board
I do it when I get a bit tired. I’m in lucky I land close to my Baird and chill in the water for 5 mins
After flopping some waves yesterday I was stoked to see this popup hah. Still having a hard time with timing the rhythm of which wave to go after...have yet to see anyone online film a few sets coming in and really break them down, would be great to see something like this.
Nice to see you teaching the youngsters how to think and be aware of others not to injury them and be thoughtful Thanks Blair you a great skimboarder and a Champion Person
Not only youngsters. I’m 36 wasted my 20s, so I’m learning now. Just hope I don’t get to banged up. 😂
The 13:00 - 13:15 mark of the video was really eye opening for someone like me who is JUST getting into this really great video
Nice trip. Today is my first day trying
Great video. Especially for beginners.
Wtf I see u everywhere
Lol I’m a bigginer
@@reialdavidson44 Me too
these how-to videos are so incredibly helpful and fun - thank you guys sooo much!!
One of the missing tutorials in this serie. Now its done. 👍 Really helpful guide for beginners to avoid injuries. Keep up the good work on tutorials much appreciated. Greetings from south Spain. 🤙
Great advice, thanks Blair! I think all of us have done the 'stand tall to heavy fall' move 🤕 Love the sunscreen shout out! 🤣🤙🏼
Hey man i just wanted to say that I've learned a lot from you and you are a great teacher thanks for taking time to post these videos it really helps out a lot
Good tips about board awareness. Getting a hit in the legs really does bum your day out.
Hello, I am from Spain and I am starting with the skimboard I am 12 years old and thanks to you I am improving more and more, thanks for everything
Hi Blair !
Thanks to you I started the one step drop, and am getting up to some nice speed... Your videos are really helpfull! Now i have to find some waves to catch :)
im 15 and iv been skimboarding since i was 7 so about 8 years. only now i started to one step drop. All thanks to blair thanks man hope i get a blairacuda soon :)
You definitely prevented my shins getting ruined. Still a few shinners here and there but usually ride all day with no issues!
Just bought my skimboard and trying it out tomorrow!! Super excited after watching some of your videos !! 🙌🏽
How'd it go one year later?
Thanks for the tips Blair! Sadly I live in Michigan so not many big waves, and when there are they are really far out or there are other waves in the way. Late congrats on 100k and you deserve to be at 10 million so keep up the good work and I’ll keep supporting you.
Thanks for the tips, I just started skimboarding one month ago and it feels good to get tips from a pro
Ok
Awesome, I love beginner videos like this really helps us out alot!
I just skim alot this past few days, inspired by Blair (of course) and got held back by an injury.. I couldn't run fast enough to catch a wave. I hope i can get back, and recover fast (just sharing 🤙)
Blair your instruction is Rad!! The best of the best and so humble... Thank You!
Thanks Chris! Hope it helps
Thank you so much for this video and the tips, it’ll help a lot
Learned alot, can't wait to apply them on the next sesh thanks 🤙🤙🤙 hope you will have a tutorial on how to time and do an air better.
I got a new skimboard a few days ago,this really helped
Have you ever been skimming in such a strong onshore wind it blew your board back at you?
If that's happened to you kick some sand on the bottom of the board it helps
@@riley5032 Ok I will give it a try. Thanks.
I did that today with strong wind and put some sand on the bottom. With this extra weight the board drops faster and stable on the ground. Try to put the sand balanced on your board...otherwise it catches rails.
@Erik Harper Not always an option on the east coast unfortunately.
@@alexanderbuck7849 It's a neat trick. Thanks.
Stoked to have a video on my birthday. Great video man keep it up
This video was very educational. You don't have to go fast to have a blast ‼️💯🏄
Thanks so much great vid just got a proper exile board cannot wait to ride br9
I live on the west coast of Florida and when I skimboard I sink before I reach even the smallest of waves! Can you please make a vid teaching how NOT to sink when going for a wave?
are u on a wood board?
brrr thinking the same thing here. You need not just a Foam board, but also it need to be big man. Atleast over your nippels, but still below your shoulders
Brr I have a nice medium wedge (foam core) and yes it is in my weight range
I'm also in WFL. You want to drop into fast moving water washing up the sand from a breaking wave. Most days we just don't have the wave quality to produce fast water and are left with slow 'dead' water which everybody will sink fast in. Don't get frustrated. Practice keeping speed on the drop and putting more weight on the front foot when gliding over water, so that when conditions are actually good and firing you get to shred more.
East coast FL guy here. Always try to “run” on to your board, aka translate all of your energy on to the board as parallel to the water as possible. This kind of entails you being light on your feet, but it will help you maintain speed.
Great video, excited to try it out soon. Future video idea and something that would help is content for beginners to find good 🌊 or location and what conditions to look for
Hey! I’m getting an exile skimboard because of you! Thanks for the great content
Thank you blair for the tips , shoutout from singapore✌
Great skimboard teaching video..
Man bro I love your videos vibes!! Me an my friend are going Skid next week🤙🏻
Thank you! I just started, coming from a skateboarding background. Still with a wooden board!
Thank you for always a great video. Please tell us how to pumping. For example, in this video 13:04 , when you make a turn on the board as you walk slowly, it looks like you're pumping a little. That's so awesome. It looks like some magic.
Hey Blair, great advice! can you do an episode on how to condition your body for skimboarding? - i.e. stretches, warm ups and exercises. That would be super helpful :)
Pulled a muscle in my thigh from skimboarding first thing in the morning
Thank s man I just busted my foot on my board hard out on the Oregon coast .its swollen and colorful and not fun but I’m getting better it’s a blast and it’s a good sport when your not brave enough to surf.
Nice tutorials. Appreciate you taking the time doing this:)I've been watching skim boarding now for like an hour lol
I lost a toe nail skimboarding when I was younger. Picked up the board and it slipped out of my hand directly on the toe nail. This was a heavy wooden skimboard though. Not sure if they could happen with lighter boards
Going back to basics 👌nice vid
Great advice, and idea
Congrats on 100k! 🎉🍾🎊
Nice tips Blair thanks for heads up. 💯👍Cool vlog
I have enjoyed watching your videos but this is really a practical Public Service message...
wow, seeing you glide out over the water from walking was so helpful! Thanks. I know I'd want to run just because I'd have that idea in my head, so this was super helpful to save myself, no doubt, haha
15 seconds!!!!! Blair's the man
I have been skim boarding since ,I was 11. I went through zap skim boards to victorian skim boards. i am 50 and still occasionally drop in on a few.
great tips, thanks!
Such good advice!
Dude so many common sense suggestions that I never even considered. Shinners are the absolute worst. It almost makes me sick to my stomach when a real hard shinner happens. Great video! I’m a snowboarder that just moved to Florida and want to start skim boarding/ wave riding. Honestly just be in the water as much as possible.
Loved the video. Grew up ⬆️ n the Philippines. Did a lot of beach combing and snorkeling. I’m those days they didn’t believe in sun screen. Came over here and ten years later I got a small pimple that wouldn’t heal. I got nasal cells from all that sun exposure. They carved out part of my cheek and put in near a hundred stitches. So yeah, wear sun screen. Also if you get something funny on your skin, get it. He led right away. I waited and it ate the inside of my cheek. Lucky it wasn’t the type that kills. Fast action can save your life. And it’s easy to fix.
You´r the man!!! Like your vdeos a lot!!!!! Thanks!
I’m watching this video with a bloody shin and scraped up foot and leg. These videos made skimboarding look easy.
Yo watched ur videos for 1 month now and tommorow imma biy a skim board and u gave me sooo many tips thanks🥰
#staysafe #blm keep up the good work
Man these boards are so different then what i used. I used self made boards, i could never grab waves with it, it didnt float that well as these. But the board was super fun on long stretched beaches. Man so much fun in those days
Hey would you do a video on what beaches are good for skimboarding
Great instruction for beginners. I'm a
Dad who has a hard time with teaching my kids being that I skate, snowboard and skydive. It can be intimidating to listen to Dad when they think everything I do is hard and maybe slightly crazy. You make it easy to listen and learn via your videos. I've learned that instruction from other people actually works better. Keep it up! Being a beginner I am also learn how to teach by my actioms which I am learning from you and intuition. PEACE.
I haven’t tried skim yet but I do skate, so I am hoping that it will be seamless...🤙🏻 thanks B this rocks!!
Much harder
The equivalent of fast paced pool/bowl skating tbh
How is he catching the wave by just walking ? If I would walk that slow I would just sink in the whitewater 😅
I watched that part like 4 times it’s just magic is all I can say
I think it’s because he is using his pro model 😂
same with me, i think he has a skim board that floats better, but it cost $207.99
Try it
Not that difficult and I'm fat as hell.
Erik Harper it’s just pure speed that keeps you afloat on the deeper water
Watching from PH 🇵🇭🔥
Awesome video
Can you do a video covering some of Exiles boards and the difference between a floater and a sinker board type? I'm pretty sure my board's a sinker but I don't want to use that as an excuse for not being able to go far, unless it's true.
The best explanation
Glad you think so!
Sick vid blair 🤙🏽
GREAT post, TY
Cool guy, good tips, you are my model man! ❤️👌
This guy is unbelievable 👏
Blair, amazing Video just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to help out the new guys! Also what size board should i be riding? I’m 6’4” 240. Thank you!
Biggest possible 52’+
Ur my inspiration and I started skimming bc of u
I needed this
Thank You coach blair
i love your vids so much
Idol 💚 great video 🤙
This is so helpful
thanks for the caption. I'm from Brazil
Riippp the sun burrrnssss!! Thanks for these tips nice vid 👌👌👌
Can you PLEASE make a video on how to do a back/frontside wrap for beginners?
Genuinely curious how you walked and still managed to glide pretty far, was it because of the slant on the beach?
@CollidedGeneration me too lol. I think California beaches were made for this😂
@Erik Harper are the waves good in Oregon? I know it’s in the pacific but I imagine it must get cold in the winter as well.
@Erik Harper oh ok. I live on the West side of Florida and there are only waves during storms or during hurricanes nearby or scenarios like that. We have super slanted beaches and small shore breaks. Most of the time its ripples. I live close to the east coast which is perfect for skimboarding.
@@mariolerayous6938 Not all Cali beaches. Something about Orange County beaches that are just perfect for skimming.
Спасибо за урок! я подписался 🤗
Great tips! Always remember to fall as flat possible too. Got any discount codes for Exile boards? Looking to upgrade from my carbon Zap.
use discount code "blairsentme"
Wishing I watched this BEFORE I got hurt lmao great vid!
Blair it is Cadel. I love your CZcams channel. I am subscribed
Yeah Cadel! thanks buddy
Thank you very much for this video you are the best 👌🙏😂🤙
This video is so helpful I am taking notes lol
It's been a long time since you have done one of these
Just ordered my first pro board the blairacuda
Can you make a vid on what you do in your camps🤙🤘🏻
Please do a frontside wrap tutorial.
Can you do a video about after you wrap the wave how to find the line and lengthen your ride?
In the process of hand making my first wooden skim board 🤟🏽 making 5
You should try flatland skimboarding
I am watching your videos for a while but wanted to ask where do you skimboard. Which regions have spots to skimboard?
good video
The first time I tried it which was like about a month ago I fell and hurt my knee, like I scraped it. It hurt for 3 days and it kind of hurt to walk on that leg so that was definitely nice.
Blair! Do you have any ways to practice putting your back foot down first on the board
i never know this kind of sport until i meet a new friend then she told me about this skim boarding and i was like 'whoa' i only knew the surfing but this? nah ! then i came to her playing place where they play their skim then it got me thinkin' that it was fun and interesting 😊 i'm just a biggener and thank you for this vid. of yours 😁 i hope i gonna make it 😇