How To Monkey Crawl Skimboarding

[@malandkysheg]

Probably the best crawl drop tutorial I have ever seen!

[@timmyg7511]

so under rated u make great tutorials

[@SavageAudits]

Excellent! 👍

[@Patrick-6630]

very helpful, regards from Germany🤙

[@RicardoHernandez-wl7ut]

Very informative,thank you Beach looking Guy!

[@_Roasted_Marshmallow]

Been waiting for this one!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Thanks for all your videos bro!

[@johnnyrosanova3780]

Awesome video. Great breakdown on how to do this

[@BeachLookingGuy]

Thanks for sharing

[@Neuzelito]

Best monkey crawl tutorial so far.

[@oguspoon]

Good thx

[@DizzyBone3030]

Hey Frank, I’ve been loving your skin content! I’m relatively new to skim boarding but just got my first real exile board and trying to take your lessons and put them into practice. Just wanted to say I appreciate all the work you put in and please keep making more!

[@BeachLookingGuy]

Thanks, bro. Prob won’t be making anymore skim content but there’s already a lot of great resources. Take care!

[@stephenkelly9641]

Thanks! I hadn't thought of learning the crawl by just starting already bent over and running. That helps.

[@Grantz911]

Nice, I got the monkey crawl down on lamd but doing it in water to get out to deeper waves was so much harder. If your next video is this in depth it coukd really help! Austin Keenes video on monkey crawl is already less in deoth than this one, so keep it up!

[@BeachLookingGuy]

usually the more you keep working on land drops and getting faster and faster you will just eventually start getting water drops. it's the case for me anyways, I try them when a wave washes up high and has a decent amount of wash at the top of the slope. still a bit clunky but it's coming along . the problem for most people is they are immediately going for super side slip wave wraps instead of using flat land and open space to get good at it first.

[@ИльяЧекулаев-г7д]

The amazing video. So many details and good clips, easy to understand but still hard to repeat ) Thanks!

[@thatdarenkid7509]

Awesome video 🤙🏼

[@loub747]

Sweet, thanks for the "shout out"

[@Diffusion8]

This is a really useful breakdown dude! Cheers! 👍🏻😊🤙🏼

[@genenterpriseshk1697]

Best tutorials on the web

[@arturomorettmorett9598]

I use the monkey crawl, thank you man

[@Joe-ju4cj]

Nice work! Thank you!

[@joshveldink8545]

Thanks for the vid can’t wait for part 2

[@lovegod7260]

Great advice does help me a shit ton thank you beach looking guy

[@SibrenFetter]

Fantastic explanation, great build up!

[@BLKalani]

Thanks man u absolute legend much respect from australia

[@just_fishing_josh1078]

Thanks for these it’s really helping me bc I’m goofy and you make it a lot clearer

[@BeachLookingGuy]

yew!

[@menadnane6715]

A lot of thanks Frank

[@christianmendonca508]

VERY GOOD VIDEO. THANKS A LOT!!

[@jethrozpectiva]

This is a very useful tutorial, thanks!

[@cristianapontecavero2989]

que sujeto tan agradable eres.....un big like y un abrazo...

[@perrytroutman5783]

Could you possibly do a tutorial on the Superman or kick flip?

[@BeachLookingGuy]

More than likely not. Either of them are just not very practical tricks on a skim also which I've never practiced.

[@Shramir]

Thanks for making these, they are so helpful. Just got back from a trip to the beach (east coast in Nov, brr!), put the wetsuit on and got some good practice in :) Wish I had somewhere closer to home to practice but what can you do.

[@larrygorwick6280]

ok. This video is really well made and straightforward to understand. When I finally went to a flat beach with the whitewater receding the way it's supposed to I tried to push my board along the wet sand. But as soon as I pushed down on the board the board sank into the soft sand and would not slide! Was it because I was using a cheap plywood skimboard that one can buy at any of the local resort novelty stores? Or should the video technique work with any board? Maybe I was push down too hard or maybe the bottom surface of those kind of boards simply will not slide? I was hoping I could learn some basics before shelling out big bucks on a professional board! (Oh, by the way, I probably WAY TO OLD to be even thinking of trying the basic skills! I am pretty flexible so getting into the posture position is not difficult. PLEASE ADVISE! THANKS!!)

[@BeachLookingGuy]

Thanks for the kind words. The cheap wooden boards are mostly for little kids. Also you don’t really want to push down on the board, use your fingers as shock absorbers, lightly push down and forward. Hope that helps

[@larrygorwick6280]

Thanks for the PROMPT RESPONSE! Amazing! This cheap board was the longest available, but the point is well taken. I will try the "light touch" to see if that makes any difference. If it does, I'll let you know. I have been promoting this SAFE beginner technique to any kid I see trying even though he/she probably won't listen but I'll keep trying! THANKS AGAIN!@@BeachLookingGuy

[@michaeljoubert9436]

Thx for your tips! Very helpful. I am busy learning on a exile dude cruise. Interested to hear thoughts on that specific board?

[@youtubechannel8155]

Do you have any exersises that you could do if you are land locked?

[@BeachLookingGuy]

Find A nice flat open area to slide and practice getting on as fast and smooth as possible into side slip

[@youtubechannel8155]

@@BeachLookingGuy thank you, i'll try this

[@Deuce7Off]

Thanks for another awesome video! Can we get a frontside wrap or even frontside carving tutorial?

[@BeachLookingGuy]

grahamhsu I'm pretty bad at those, so it may not be for a while

[@maxbaker1366]

Thanks

[@BootLace6209]

Good stuff man

[@BeachLookingGuy]

Taran Hatfield thanks!

[@gabrielramos5766]

Yeeww 💪🏽💪🏽

[@ryanoverton965]

4:32 you say put front foot on board first, but guy in video puts back foot on first. Which is correct?

[@BeachLookingGuy]

what you see in the video. although id like to point out you might have misinterpreted what was said

[@gavinwhitford5145]

Do you think its worth buying a carbon fiber skim board? Im to the point where the only think im very bad at is getting out to waves

[@BeachLookingGuy]

carbon is great but not going to do exactly that. when i hear "get out to waves" i think of water drops. if you can sprint, water drop to side slip properly the board material is a small factor. many people often think the board is the problem. it can be, but in very extreme cases such as riding a woody and being 6'0 175lb. usually has to do with size though, not material. water and wave riding is a pretty advanced skill lvl, is your board big enough? are you pumping or side slipping? back foot first? water or sand drop? timing? running fast enough? dropping smooth enough? being loose and light footed? skim is complex and there aremany things to consider. starting with a properly sized fiberglass is fine, exile skimboards just dropped what's called the "EX" lineup and a good rider can wave ride with these. zap and other companies all offer very similar boards. ultimately carbon is stronger and lighter and not worth the investment unless you are "hardcore" and will use it 2+ days a week.

[@gavinwhitford5145]

Beach Looking thankyou you so much for the advice im gonna write this down

[@gavinwhitford5145]

Beach Looking Guy do you think a board one size. Like 2 inches. Too small is very bad?

[@BeachLookingGuy]

Annoxy - i didn't understand your question

[@gavinwhitford5145]

Beach Looking Guy my bad lol. I meant i have a board that is 2" shorter than the recomended length for my wieght. Will that effect me very badly?

[@supremenation6583]

Saying thanks is the least i go do

[@notmyrealname01]

Frank, do you find it easier (or more comfortable) to crawl drop on steeper banked slope rather than flat land?

[@BeachLookingGuy]

Well ideally its best for big slope and deep water drop. But these are very hard. Flat land is best to practice and learn on but requires a lot more bending over. Sand drops on slope requires even more bending over which is pretty hard also

[@BeachLookingGuy]

Short answer, flat land for beginners

[@Aquileskull]

Why my board grips on the wet sand, and yours dont?

[@BeachLookingGuy]

@@Aquileskull speed and finesse. Might not look like it but it Takes a lot of technique

[@timothymarfori5346]

Thanks for the tips!

[@Neuzelito]

i have felling finger pain after practice monkey crawl. Is it normal?

[@BeachLookingGuy]

I’m not sure. Depends on the technique you’re using and the type of pain.

[@carlosguerrero7101]

Cool

[@BeachLookingGuy]

it's a lot of fun, i hope you can give it a try!

[@twhite5978]

Been doing this since 1982 lol

[@gavinwhitford5145]

T White since

[@BeachLookingGuy]

it's fun but im not quite full on water drop to side slip mode yet ;)

[@gavinwhitford5145]

T White lol you corrected it 😂❤

[@youtubechannel8155]

Whats your instagram?

[@BeachLookingGuy]

@skimfrank

[@youtubechannel8155]

Ok

[@sergiorocha45]

👌✌👍

[@felipebarrosskim4023]

I tried it and i suck LMAO but I'm not giving up

[@avikchakrabarti3118]

Crawl drop tutorial was much needed! Only other one I've seen on KZbin is just a couple minutes long. Practicing the crawl slowly with your hands already placed first is genius Side note: I'm kinda concerned about practicing a full crawl drop on sand. Falling on our hands like that is largely how wrists break... Have you strained yours at all from dropping your weight into your wrists on the sand? Thanks again for the video! Look forward to seeing part 2

[@BeachLookingGuy]

Avik Chakrabarti thank you! As for hurting your wrist i haven't had an issue. I'm not one to get ahead of myself so I don't move up until I'm confident and comfortable. If you're smooth enough with it i don't see why you should hurt your wrist. Everyone wants to tell me dropping on the water is easier, yet they aren't even good at the drop to begin with. I usually recommend just a normal drop since you have to be extremely good at many things in order to get the full potential of the crawl drop, which is also harder to learn

[@BeachLookingGuy]

Avik Chakrabarti also I'm pretty sure water drops will have nearly just as much resistance as the sand. You're putting your feet on the board at the very same moment you drop so you're not exactly putting much pressure to begin with

[@avikchakrabarti3118]

Beach Looking Guy Okay nice man that answers my question! I can see now at 6:06 that you're not diving your weight into your board, definitely more like a controlled transition down to your hands. I'm withya on starting slow on sand at first. I try and say what's up to folks I see who look completely new to skimboarding, & keep eating sand bc they're running too fast without practicing how to place their board first Lol it bums me out when first-timers take a bunch of hard falls for an hour, then never wanna skim again! Can be tough not getting ahead of ourselves bc we're eager for those long, fast rides. I hope more ppl interested in getting into the sport find your videos my man

[@BeachLookingGuy]

Avik Chakrabarti you're original concern about hurting wrists brings up a good point on why it's important to get plenty of practice with push starts. But I feel your pain! I have met many people and made some really great friends by approaching people and helping them. My ultimate goal is to have more talented riders within the sport, as it will push the limits of what the sport is capable of and inspire new comers.

[@BeachLookingGuy]

Avik Chakrabarti beginners getting ahead of themself is the number one problem occurring with most riders. My very (bad) first video goes over it but I'd like to make a new one better written.

[@dekzan]

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