Flatland skimboarding
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Flatland skimboarding is an extreme sport which has bean around for many years. In the 70’s flatland skimboarding was generally a circular disk which was thrown and jumped on in the shallow waters. In around the late 90’s the evolution of the sport really kicked in with the introduction of rails and ramps which would be incorporated into skimboarding. Early pioneers such as the Kayotics crew in Vancouver, Sacramento Skimmers and Utah were some of the first to re-direct the sport of skimming from a summer activity to an extreme sport. With many new obstacles and tricks being innovated off sibling sports such as skateboarding and snowboarding flatland has found its own scene and has much potential for the future. Flatland skimboarding is a great sport as it can be done in almost every region of the world as it only requires a shallow pool of water which can be found in oceans lakes and even flooded fields. Some have even gone as far as building small skim pools in their backyards. The first to do this was Noah Lane of Sacramento California. With all the extreme sports enthusiasts out there it has made the flatland industry snowball in size. Riding rails in flatland skimming is unique in that you can combine snowboarding and skateboarding tricks into one. Without trucks to prevent the rider from spinning creates many variations and combinations of tricks when combining it with the non-binding skateboard tricks such as big-spins and pop shoves. The future potential of flatland skimboarding is very bright and should receive global recognition in the next 5 years with the introduction of indoor skimboarding
