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Contents

Wait, what? Equipment The basics Dropping the board Hot-dogging Fun Stuff!


Wait, what?

WHAT is Boogieskim?!


It's skimboarding on a boogieboard, simple as that.

But WHY?!


Many reasons.

Equipment

The board

You will need a boogieboard with the following features:

Tuning your gear

There are a few things you can do to get your board a little more suitable for boogieskim! First off, you can wax the top of the board. You don't have to, as most boogieboards are pretty grippy, but a little wax can help.

Boogieboard repair

Hot glue and then Gaffer tape on top :)

The basics

There are no basics. This stuff is not basic at all, it is unseen territory.

Dropping the board

One step drop

It's the regular skimboard drop. You run as fast as you can and drop the board underneath your feet. There is NO way you can throw the board and chase it, like you would do on a wooden skimboard that you tried riding on a summer holiday.

The monkey drop!


Run, push the board down, watch your hands and then step on the board. And ride away in an ape-like stance.

Hot-dogging

Hot-dogging is where we leave the realm of performance and enter the zone. There are no limits, you can do boardwalks, cross-steps, coffins, laybacks. Can you do a handstand? While moving along the shoreline? If so, you are clearly hot-doggin'!

In a fine example of genuine hot-dogging, I step up, lay low, kick the board into some rocks and then walk away. I am currently working on a 360 version of this very move.

Fun Stuff