I don’t understand all the disrespect skimboarders seem to get from surfers, as seen from this recent DailyStoke article. You can get the same enjoyment out of either sport and many people both surf and skimboard. Skimboarding has a fairly steep learning curve to become comfortable at riding waves but once your there you just get so stoked on riding more.
Surfing is definitely easier for beginners to pickup as long as you have good waves. Getting barreled and going down the line is also way easier in surfing. Skimboarding rides are usually really short and aggressive since you can really whip the board around the wave while with surfing you get the much longer ride and less maneuverability from having a fin.
Bill Bryan, the guy in the videos you posted does in fact surf and does about every other board sport you can name. He’s an expert in flowrider and has pretty much dominated the skimboarding world for some time. The guy was and even was ballsy enough to get towed in to Teahupo on a skimboard.
Either way quit the hate, there’s no sense disrespecting someone for holding a skimboard, especially since they probably have a surfboard in their car ready to out ride you. Both board sports are cool so master them both.
