skim board

Shallow wave rider

A skim board is a small, thin board used to glide across shallow water at the beach.

Unlike surfboards, skim boards are ridden by running along the sand, dropping the board onto a thin layer of water, and jumping on to skim toward incoming waves or across tidal flats.

He grabbed his skim board and sprinted toward the receding surf.

Related

wet sand · shallow · glide · fiberglass · foam · traction · wax · shoreline · flatland · sand flat · surf · sand flat · tide · sprint · slide · rail slide · coastal · boardsport

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Opposites
water depth/wave type

skim boardsurfboard

Buoyant wave-riding plank

stand-up paddleboard · longboard · bodyboard · wakeboard

water vs. non-water terrain

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Slope-riding platform

skateboard · sandboard · mountainboard · longboard

water entry method

skim boardsurfboard

Buoyant wave-riding plank

paddleboard · stand-up paddleboard · kayak · outrigger canoe

Family

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G