The Stream

Monday, August 18, 2008

Skimboarding





skim·board·ing (skmbôrdng, -br-)
n.
The sport of riding a skimboard over shallow water on a beach and into oncoming waves close to shore. The board is usually tossed ahead and jumped on after a running approach.




My definition: The blast of gliding a piece of buttered fiberglass in the Virgin River challenging you to the extreme! Hopefully, I'll be able to someday perform some tricks of great technical skills like grinding the rails, the wrap barrel and the 180's.




1 comment:

Emily S. said...

Never knew you could skim board in the Virgin! We used to tube the Virgin river behind my uncle's condo in Bloomginton. Most of the time we would be walking or pushing the tubes along with our hands. However, there was this one spot..."devil's gate" we called it. We really picked up some speed over those rapids:-) Since the flood we can't access the river anymore. Bummer!