Hello everyone,

I have never used a skimboard before and I am trying to get into it. I love surfing and I'm decently good at it but I live in Florida so I can barely get any waves. My budget is tight and don't want to spend too much. I am thinking about getting either the wavestorm foam skimboard 48" OR the Zap Core 44" C-Series . First of all I would like some input on which one of the two I should pick. My second question was if I should go with 44" or 48". I am 5'4 and around 115 pounds. I would like to choose 44" since its cheaper but what do you guys think.

Thank you very much.

Please help me figure out what skimboard to get my son for Christmas. He has a plywood skimboard and he's getting better at it. I know very little about these things. He wants a foam skimboard or something better than the plywood so he can floa t a bit more. He's 14 and already 5'11" = 180cm tall. I think his weight is around 70kg = 155lb, maybe more. He's growing fast. He's about to reach my height but I've got 100 pounds on him. We live in northern Spain but also go to southern France sometimes. I'm not sure if that matters. There are several beaches around with some nice flat spots to skimboard and tides that have large ranges. A board we saw at a shop was Clover. I don't know if 52" is good or if he needs 59" or something else. I can buy online in Spain. Not many shops around have skimboards. Decathlon has a hybrid board. I don't know if that's good either. The price is pretty low. I could spend up to about €200 on this gift for him.

When I open IG I only see backside wraps. People are winning championships (and being world champions) only going backside. What’s going on?! If you had to tell what’s the percentage you go either way? Me 75% frontside due to being regular and wind always blowing from the right side of the beach but I try to vary. What about you guys?

I have an an exile hybrid XXL (54.5”) as a 6’4” 185lb, west coast skimmer. I would consider myself intermediate. I can wrap medium sized waves but have a hard time catching smaller liners and riding down the face of the wave well. I had a 3/4 tapered to 5/8 but I think I definitely want a 5/8 thickness board. I tried my old 48” ex0 dude cruise again and felt a lot more in control of the board and less clunky when turning. I want more maneuverability/responsiveness when wrapping/turning and I’m not too worried about losing float. I like to skim steep beaches. Should I go for a 5/8 55” pro shape board? Or maybe hornet? I also heard the blairacuda is good for liners. I probably don’t need another board and can continue learning on my current one but I’ve had it for a while and kinda want to get a new board anyways.

my friend is offering me a zap skimboard but im not sure if it might be too small for me. im not sure what type of zap it is

I bought a wooden skimboard in Daytona Beach this year. Was fun to play around in the wet sand but now I haven't got much use out of it here at home in Arkansas. Any chance I can skim river sandbars or edges of lakes? I still have a ton to learn and any advice would help. Thanks!

And yes I have traction pads I'll be installing tomorrow.