Girls can ride boards too!!
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Skimboarding (or skimming) is a boardsport in which a skimboard (a smaller, sleeker version of a surfboard) is used to ride on an incoming wave. Unlike surfing, skimboarding begins on the beach, with the skimboarder running and dropping their board onto the thin wash of previous waves. They use their momentum to 'skim' out to breaking waves, which they then catch back into shore in a manner similar to surfing. Another aspect of skimboarding is 'flatland' which involves performing tricks derived from skateboarding such as ollies and shuv-its on the wash of waves without catching shorebreaks.
This is me skimboarding on the Oregon coast about 1978. I did it so much one day that if felt like I had sanded off the skin on the bottom of my feet. This one I digitzed from a film photo taken by Diane.
Our first day in Boracay, me and my friend Dave decided to take a walk along the shore to take some pictures. Here is one of my favorite shots of two local kids chatting.