Built with an EPS foam core and layers of fibreglass with a hot coat finish this is a serious board that’ll give you years of service.ĥ4 inches for riders upto 100 kilos. The EPS Stripe Skimboard has been made for wave riding, it will skim across sand brilliantly aswell. A fast bored with excellent strength to weight ratio that’s suitable for keen begineers and advanced riders.Ĭonstructed from fibreglass they are available in sizes 43, 46, 50, 52 and 54 inches a board for everyone between 45 and 110 kilos (please see the Circle One size chart to find the right length board) in the colours, red, green or blue. Both boards represent great value for money costing under £30.Ĭircle One two colour Skimboards are the next up in the range suitable for both sand –skimming and going out in the waves. There are two wooden skimboards the 30 inch ABC Turtle which is for kids and the 39 inch ABC Stripe for larger kids and even light adults (up to 50kg), both boards are aimed at beginners who want to sand –skim. Circle One are best known for their high quality Surf Boards and their Skimboards live up to the standards of their larger counterparts with a range of Boards made from wood, epoxy resin and carbon in seven different sizes from 39-56 inches.
Spend a bit more money and you can get a board that’ll ride both the shallows and the waves.Ĭircle One Skimboards are probably the most popular boards on the UK market. Skimboards are for sale from several manufacturers the price ranges from £20-£399 the cheaper boards are ideal for the beginners who want to give Skimboarding a go in shallow water. Skimboards are available with different shaped tails the most common is the pintail (a pointed end) other tails include the square tail (flat ends) and fish-tails (specially shaped for tricks) Who Makes Skimboards And How Much Do They Cost? Wood boards have flatter noses are usually constructed from 5-7 ply poplar wood and are not as buoyant as foam core boards which are flexible and better for riding out into the waves, they are however more expensive and more breakable, better suited to the more experienced skimboarder. Wood boards are cheap and strong ideal for beginners and shallow water riding such as the edge of the shore. Skimboards are between 45-55 inches long and between 19-22 inches wide made from either wood (the cheapest and most durable of skimboards) foam (a foam core covered in epoxy resin or carbon, for the serious skimboarders choice). The boards are flat with a curved nose (front), and a slightly curved tail (back) flatter noses (less curve) are better for shallow water while steeper noses are better for the waves. Skimboards a smaller and thinner than surfboards, they are mainly oval and don’t have fins.
Other boardsports require wave and wind power Skimboarding can be done in any weather conditions the advent of the Skimboard finally gave Surfers something to do on the calmest of days. At some point, inland Skimboarding (also known as ‘Flatland’) became a thing on lakes and rivers. Skimboarding can be done anywhere not only the beach all that’s needed is a flat area with shallow water.
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