88. Legal Skimming

It's no secret your SoCal gal loves the ocean beaches and loves to watch surfing...almost as if there is nothing else to do or watch at the beach.

So it would appear it is time for something completely different, skimboarding.  Okay, maybe not completely different.  There is a board involved.

A little over eighty years ago and approximately fifty miles from Manhattan Beach where the skimboarding showcased in this blog post took place, Laguna Beach lifeguards used to skimboard on pieces of wood.

Even though a piece of wood sounds about as high tech as a rock, the skimboards used today are built using technology adapted from aerospace to attain maximum lightness, buoyancy and rocker.

Unlike surfers, skimboarders stay close to shore running and throwing the board in front of them before jumping on and going for a ride.

The skimboarders in the video look like they are having lots of fun.  So much fun as to almost be criminal, which would then make this form of skimming illegal too.