Skimboarding
Drop a small finless board on the beach shore break, run and hop on to skim across the sand and out to a wave.
👥1 per team🌤outdoor
What is Skimboarding?
Skimboarding began on the sand of Laguna Beach in the 1920s and split into two modern branches: wave skimboarding (short, thin boards used to ride shorebreak waves) and flatland skimboarding (longer boards used on rivers and lake shallows). The UST (United Skim Tour) sanctions the pro wave circuit.
Quick facts
Category
Aquatic Sports
Type
Individual
Players
1 per team
Where played
outdoor
Country of origin
🇺🇸 United States
Estimated origin
1920s Laguna Beach, California (lifeguards playing on the shore break)
Olympic
No
Popularity
major
Sources & provenance
Last verified 2026-08-24.verified