Roxas City, Philippines – Easy to watch but complicated to perform, an accord between nature and human being… this is skimboarding…. an extreme sport that requires the athlete, called a skim boarder or skimmer, to ride on a board on very trivial water. It is very similar to surfing but dealing with the smaller waves. The skimmer waits for the waves on shallow waters by standing about twenty feet from the sea. When he sees a wave, he runs towards it holding his skimboard, drops the skimboard and rides into it very quickly until the wave has broken. Once he is on board, he must make his transition into the sea and glides to meet more oncoming waves. The most excellent kind of boards is made from either carbon fiber or fiber glass with core made from high density foam.
However, despite of the dangers may brought by skimboarding, many people, especially the younger generation, get into the sport because of the thrill that can be derived and also because of the low cost of this sport. Continue reading
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