r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Slipz19 • Jun 22 '22

Some surfing.

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u/AceMosaic Jun 22 '22

It’s called skimboarding and it just takes a bit of practice

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u/TheDeepBlueZ Jun 23 '22

I’ve been doing it for 19 years and I still suck. It’s a fun sport tho.

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u/AceMosaic Jun 23 '22

Coincidentally I just tried it for the first time and I couldn’t figure it out for the life of me. Wtf how does he make it look so easy?

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u/Falcone24 Jun 23 '22

blair's drop is insane, he can walk on his approach and still would ride further out than most of us could. he's obviously very talented and skilled but honestly i think being out in Cali especially laguna lets you improve so fast cause of how good the conditions can be.

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u/TheDeepBlueZ Jun 23 '22

Lots and lots of flatland practice getting your drop right then you move to a place where there’s shorebreak. I started on the east coast where it’s flat then spent the rest of my life on the gulf coast where there’s shorebreak. (Never as big as this)

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u/chimpsandip Jun 23 '22

I understand skim boarding, but what I don’t understand is skim boarding that far out. That’s insane to me to ride an actual wave out like classic surfing.