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Wow, I had no idea skim boarding was an actual sport. I had a skim board and tried it but I fell off and hurt my arm, but now I want to try it again. Austin explains things very well and this will help me a lot. Thank you.

Hey Austin.. I bought a 48" Slapfish skimboard for my son and I, after watching you and Blair videos... Taken it out twice. Yesterday I dropped the board and it flipped causing it to slash my shin and creating a gash that didn't stop bleeding till I got home that evening... You guys make this ship look like a piece of cake... HAHA!! Im not giving up! This 40 year old guy, will ride a wave sooner or later... Or Ill just stick to bodyboarding... Thanks for the Tips!!

I've skimmed some waves back to shore and I didn't know one step existed I just chased it😂😂

@dubsimmons7508

3 жыл бұрын

So are you gonna do one step or

@olliesmith687

3 жыл бұрын

Same

I think for a lot of people learning, the arm swinging you mentioned will be the final piece of the puzzle for them to get the one step into muscle memory. It's so obvious now that you've said it, but it's something I never thought of when teaching friends how to one step. I would only go as far as to tell them to start dropping the board when they take that last step with their back foot.

Thank you so much for that explanation. Not a skimmer but try every now and then cause not the best at it but this will help

You're a good teacher. Taking your time to explain, repeating yourself. Nice work.

Austin thanks for the excellent explanation of the 1 step! I am 54 and have been skimming since I was 6 but old school style. Mostly for exercise and fun. Now I plan to learn 1 step starting tomorrow. Thanks again! Rodney Hardcastle-Taylor

@arturzak7842

3 жыл бұрын

I'm 47 and also chasing board. This year 1st time did shov it 180. Have to try 1step next year on Baltic Sea beach in Poland. Very well explained how to do it.

There is so much wise advise in this video, mastering this the rest would come along, great vid Austin Keen!

Excellent tutorial man. I'm guilty of chasing down the board this should help a lot

Such a clear,well explained video! Love it!

Thank you so much! So helpful trying to not just be a dumb animal taking 47 steps running behind it and jumping on

Best tutorial I've seen so far about getting on the board. Thanks. Headed to Pensacola beach Florida in a couple weeks. Cant wait to give it a try. Now all I have to do is get a board. 😁🤑

Wow that’s very helpful video!

This helped alot 3 days into it and I got old carpet going the length of the garden I'm practicing the drop 45min to hour ,concentrating on technique rather than speed its felling 2nd nature a bit ,already ready sliding 5 to 6 metres with walking speed building speed towards the end of practice and running out of carpet ,🤣👌🙌 shits gonna get real down the beach tonight .. 😳💪 .peace owt 😎

This one video was a game changer for me! thanks Austin.

Interesting. This is good, many Filipinos in Salcedo, Eastern Samar and the rest of Eastern Philippins will be glad to view this. AURAPHIL thanks for sharing. GOD bless!

I’ve never tried the one step, I just yeteted it and chased it, I’m petty good at doing it but I wanna get into wave riding and I feel I should start doing it the right way

im from spain but i can understand u because you speak so well, nice teacher and thanks :D

Your a legend and great teacher thanks 👍

Great tutorial. Cant wait to try it out!

Videos like this helps me a lot.

Thanks now I can actually skimboard

Thank you for the lesson.its perfect way to learn more about skimboarding.here in Elnido we know how to skimboarding but our board is only made of fly wood.just wishing to have a good board...

Thanks for the tutorial. I'll be out under the sandhill next Monday putting it to practice. I chased my board and jumped on it sideways today. Total noob moves!

Great coaching!!

Sick brother TKS great tutorial.big fan

Thanks dude! I can board on anything but I super needed some knowledge to start

@AustinKeen

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

Dope .. thank you ! Well Done ! Esp from a goofy footer ! That was super professional ! 💥

this is the Best skim board tutorial out there. AK#1

This helped a lot! Thank you so much! :)

Yo Austin this video actually helped. Tried to method out and it finally clicked

Thanks to this video I can actually do it now! But now I have a question. As the running speed goes up, how do you make sure the board is down on the water quick enough so you don't need to make more steps?

Thanks for the tutorial. The only thing that confused me a little bit was on the arm-swing section when you drop the board, it's not in front of your back foot so it's pretty much a no-step drop. That's a bit different from the earlier section where you show to drop the board in front of your dominant foot, then take one step, then stamp on the backplate

Great video bro. What kind of stomp pad is on your board?

Thankyou brother

Can you post tricks on how to gain speed and go faster please?

Thank you verry much

Thanks man.

really cool of you to do goofy too, most don't bother

That helps a lot thanks a billion

good video helllo from Venezuela god bless saludos desde Venezuela amigo

Thanks soo much

I skim regular and carry the board on my right when I run. To get on switch (goofy) I run and still carry the board in my right, but I one-step into goofy. I just rotate my body in the ‘on’ step.

Really helpful. Can u give us some tips figuring out if we are goofy or regular feet? Thanks keep up the great work!!!

@TheLarryBrown

2 жыл бұрын

You'll naturally do what is best for you from the get go. Most probably if you're right handed you're regular, if you're left handed you're goofy. Otherwise if you know you are left footed then you'll probably prefer goofy. Otherwise just practice both stances and one of them will feel more natural than the other.

thank you!!!!!!

I started skimming yesterday for almost 4 hours, I couldn’t get on the board effectively just 1/5 trials maybe. I thought it would be easier but no this is actually harder than skateboarding 🛹

@nickhopwood4233

4 жыл бұрын

i know man this is crazy hard lmao

@instylebyjt

4 жыл бұрын

have you ever tried to surf? Which is harder?

@JerrysJets

3 жыл бұрын

@@instylebyjt I've tried them both. They are both hard in their own ways. However, I caught a wave surfing on my 3rd day. I'm not even close to being able to ride a skimboard out to a wave and I've spent 10x the amount of time skimming.

Can u do a fs air tutorial or how to air in general

Austin you deserve way more subs

@AustinKeen

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Le haces perfecto

I kind of skateboarded when I was younger, but never tried any cool tricks... I once took a surfing lesson and stood up my first wave, and loved it. I honestly wish I never had to stop going wave after wave. Would y'all say this is harder to do than surfing or skateboarding.... or even wakeboarding? I've never done skimboarding before.

If I had to I would add 1 million likes that was awesome

Dope

I'm a skateboarder and for some reason I can't manage to pt my back foot on first it feels to awkward and weird is there a way to practice this I can do it slow but when I go into a run I can't do it

@ShawntotheTay

6 жыл бұрын

Yeeeaaaahh, I said the same thing. Definitely going to a tough one. No mongo!

@gagemcintyre3207

6 жыл бұрын

ShawntotheTay yeah it’s kinda awkward I put to much weight on my front foot as I’m used to keeping my nose down

@culturedimawsome3967

5 жыл бұрын

Try going a little faster. Speed walk I guess

@xaviark1019

5 жыл бұрын

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@phabloagr

4 жыл бұрын

gage mcintyre me too

Makes sense

Show!

He forgot to mention the weed sesh afterward 🤙🏻

I broke my arm on the 2 day of my facation while doing the onestep

@nickmitsopoulos3509

5 жыл бұрын

Borringgoodgamer L

@germanortizlanda6173

4 жыл бұрын

jaja dummy

@triton62674

4 жыл бұрын

F

@dubsimmons7508

3 жыл бұрын

I almost did the exact same thing

@VitalMusic217

3 жыл бұрын

That must have been a fucked up vacation

What is the skimboard made of? Foam or wood

I practice skimboarding on my boogie board on my slip and slide thing which is like a water slide

Thanks bro but would have been good to see you actually do it on this film.

whenever i chased my board i always put my front foot down first 💀💀 should i switch to riding left foot forward (i ride goofy)

AK 47 Skimming machine

4:40 has great tip

What if you are goofy but right footed? Meaning I drop the board like regular footed and have to 180 jump and step on right foot first and right foot forward. Super awkward and can never get the one step drop. I take about 3 or so steps after the bird is dropped before I can get on the board.

@ryansafa9253

5 жыл бұрын

Ryan Akins Honestly you should just get the goofy drop down with your left hand at the tail, because learning to 180 one step drop is too much of a pain. I’m the same way you are but I just learned to drop on the left side and it’s going very well

Greath

Hardest for right handed goofy footers that stated with the no step/front first drops

Same

Am now going on vacation everyday to beach so this is hulpfull

I'm trying to learn how to do in the pool but I don't know how

I had no idea Kid Rock was a skimmer!

Te vi y me voleee😂😂

@austinkeen! So I hold my board on the left side of my body but when I step on I step with my left foot which goes on the front of my body. I have tried many times holding it on my right side but I can’t.... any advice??

@mitchellavard

6 жыл бұрын

Jake Nastars seriously my g you just gotta get used to doing it the other way or you won't have that fluid motion

@victoriove3852

6 жыл бұрын

im kinda like that too man, snowboard, skateboard i am goofy but skimboard im regular... dont get it XD

@TheLarryBrown

2 жыл бұрын

Hold the tail of the board with your right hand, and hold the board on the right side of your body. Practice on sand until you get good.

You’ve got me trotting around my house mime’ing the actions to practice. My parents have no idea what’s going on

@TheLarryBrown

2 жыл бұрын

They never do.

🤙

I have a wooden board. 1 without any coating and 1 coated fiber glass. My question is why don't mine slide on damp sand, it just sticks to it and don't even glide

@TheLarryBrown

2 жыл бұрын

Buy Zum speed wax from Amazon and use it on the bottom of your board. If you made a mistake and used "surf wax" on the bottom of your board, that's your problem. Use a plastic paint scraper and scrape all surf wax off the bottom of your board, then apply speed wax and try again. Your board needs to glide easily on the sand like shown in the video.

0:11 I thought I was looking at Kid Rock.

Only problem with the tutorial is that most goofy footed riders are still right handed. It makes more sense to drop it in a regular stance and then pivot into goofy when you get on.

@SKATEBOARDINGGHP

5 жыл бұрын

Chris topher exactly! Ive been struggling on how to do this while having to pivot i kinda have to drop it ahead of me so i can pivot

@DC-rs6bi

3 жыл бұрын

So true 😁..coming from a lefty

Olá, gostaria de saber se posso fazer uns adesivos seus e colar em minhas Skimboard que fabrico. Hello, I would like to know if I can make your stickers and paste on my Skimboard I manufacture.

@TheLarryBrown

2 жыл бұрын

You probably could, but why bother. Just buy come commercially available ones.

that body boarder at 1:52 1 like=1 bandaid

@Jim_the_kid

5 жыл бұрын

yep :)

I need to move closer to the beach, im like 5 hours away

@yourmadlilbro

4 жыл бұрын

Mcgee Mcgoober oof i live in maui so every thing is 3 hours away or less

How come you put your back foot on first?

@TheLarryBrown

2 жыл бұрын

???? Because otherwise the nose of the board is going to dive into the sand or the water. Seems obvious.

please give me full video from 1:21 very cool trick

@nice_photoalbum

5 жыл бұрын

coub.com/view/1gcvx4 I'M FINDE ONLY THIS VERSION can some one find another?

does this work on kyakes?

@TheLarryBrown

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but you need a large waterfall.

one two dre vow

1 2 3 4

2:29 sooooo fast

✌😁✌

Can I still learn to skim board if I don’t have cool hair?

@TheLarryBrown

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe, but you still won't look cool.

how do we know if we are goofy footer? On snowboard and skateboard i am goofy but on the skimboard im more regular? normal?

@Noah-es7tw

6 жыл бұрын

victor iove can be normal

@victoriove3852

6 жыл бұрын

Noah thanks noah! Are you the same way?

@meatmanballs4670

6 жыл бұрын

close your eyes and stand square then have someone push you from behind pretty hard. Whichever foot steps forward to catch yourself is your dominant foot!

@victoriove3852

6 жыл бұрын

thanks man! gonna give it a try^^

@lt5764

6 жыл бұрын

Ian Gentry so is dominant foot front or back of the board?

Do you need tail pads

@TheLarryBrown

2 жыл бұрын

No, but you would probably find them helpful.

1:20

Why do your board slide on sand?

@vincentromanban3630

2 жыл бұрын

Bc mine doesn't

@TheLarryBrown

2 жыл бұрын

#1 Use Zum Speed wax on the bottom of the board. #2: Scrape off all "surf wax" that you put on the bottom of the board.

I hope you can give me a carbon fiber board. Im so poor. I only play on a wood skimboard.

im a goofy footer lol

one step drop *drops board, steps on it*

@sandrasalmeron9816

3 жыл бұрын

Por favor me puede regalar una skin no soy tu fan

Thought it was Joogsquad

Is it ok for a 12 year old to be learning skimboarding?

@rebeccafrogel647

3 жыл бұрын

of course! i see very young kids skimboarding at the beach and they wouldnt make small skimboards for kids if they weren’t supposed to be using them!

@TheLarryBrown

2 жыл бұрын

It depends. Is he saying a lot of curse words?

Austin I want a new skim please give me at least one of your board I'm poor I can't afford to by one😓

@jesusjasonotadoy8012

3 жыл бұрын

I'm your number one fan in Philippines

One two Dree fo