UK skimboards and skimboarding
Founded in 2000, Sandskater is the leading skimboarding website in the UK. Our website contains over 25 years of skimboard advice, information, tutorials, contest results, photos and videos. As such, it serves as an archive of UK skimboarding history.
Popular Skimboarding Tutorials
Choosing a skimboard
Choosing a skimboard for the first time is no easy task. With the large range of boards now on offer there are lot to choose from. Picking the right board from the beginning will mean you get maximum enjoyment from day one! Hopefully this quick guide will give you an idea of what to look…
Skimboard Construction
Gone are the days when round pieces of wood were used as skimboards. A modern skimboard uses some of the most advanced materials and construction methods available. Technology adapted from aerospace industry results in a high performance board built to take the extreme forces involved in riding shorebreak waves. There’s a lot of exotic materials…
How to look after your skimboard
Skimboards aren’t indestructible, if they were, they would be too heavy to ride! Your skimboard can last anything from 6 months to 3 years depending how you ride it. It is common for riders who are just starting out to be quite hard on boards while they are learning. As you get better, and perfect…
Popular Skimboarding Videos
Video: Tow skimboarding/bodyboarding on snow!
Following on from last week’s video; bodyboarding on snow, we have just uploaded another snow video to the Sandskater You Tube Channel. The video was filmed on Dartmoor at the height of the snowy period in February 2009. Most of the moor was only accessible to 4×4’s, so we took advantage of the conditions and…
Destination Torquay by Moses Barrington
Some of the local grom’s found this spoof tourism video about Torquay on You Tube last year. It features “Moses Barrington” giving a 10 minute guide to Torquay. It went down such a storm, that “Moses” got featured in the local newpaper, and was hailed as a hero for publicising Torquay as a holiday destination….
2011 Tolcarne ESL Video
A great little video here from Skim GB of last years ESL contest at Tolcarne in Newquay. Loving the chilled music!
Latest posts
A return to skimboarding
Its been a few years since I was last on a skimboard, but this all changed recently after a rainy day meant a few of us met up for a pint at the local pub. A lot of good ideas have been hatched over a pint or two in the past, and this time was…
Choosing a skimboard
Choosing a skimboard for the first time is no easy task. With the large range of boards now on offer there are lot to choose from. Picking the right board from the beginning will mean you get maximum enjoyment from day one! Hopefully this quick guide will give you an idea of what to look…
Photo Report: 2013 UK International Skimboarding Contest
What a fantastic weekend we all had down in Cornwall at the UK International Skimboard Contest. There was worry over the conditions, but it all came together in the end, and we were blessed with 2ft glassy sets, and connectable siders. Everybody had a blast as usual, and after the obligatory drinks on Saturday evening,…
