HOW TO SKIMBOARD W/ World Champion Skimboarder Austin Keen - One Step Drop

How to Skimboard and how to catch waves on a skimboard how to do tricks on a skimboard.
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How To Skimboard with Austin Keen - Part 2/6:
It's important to build your skimboarding skills on a solid foundation. Let's get started with one of the most important tools in skimboarding - The One Step Drop .
Full Downloadable PDF Document on my website: austinkeen.com/pages/how-to
Music: Funk Shui Planet Feat - Austin Keen (ukulele) - "I don't Want to go to work" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DXGC...
Filmed and Edited by: blowholesound

[@AustinKeen]

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[@farmgirlguitarist6822]

Wow, I had no idea skim boarding was an actual sport. I had a skim board and tried it but I fell off and hurt my arm, but now I want to try it again. Austin explains things very well and this will help me a lot. Thank you.

[@DJMadVibes1]

Hey Austin.. I bought a 48" Slapfish skimboard for my son and I, after watching you and Blair videos... Taken it out twice. Yesterday I dropped the board and it flipped causing it to slash my shin and creating a gash that didn't stop bleeding till I got home that evening... You guys make this ship look like a piece of cake... HAHA!! Im not giving up! This 40 year old guy, will ride a wave sooner or later... Or Ill just stick to bodyboarding... Thanks for the Tips!!

[@rhtrps]

Austin thanks for the excellent explanation of the 1 step! I am 54 and have been skimming since I was 6 but old school style. Mostly for exercise and fun. Now I plan to learn 1 step starting tomorrow. Thanks again! Rodney Hardcastle-Taylor

[@arturzak7842]

I'm 47 and also chasing board. This year 1st time did shov it 180. Have to try 1step next year on Baltic Sea beach in Poland. Very well explained how to do it.

[@RYBWorld]

I've skimmed some waves back to shore and I didn't know one step existed I just chased it😂😂

[@dubsimmons7508]

So are you gonna do one step or

[@olliesmith687]

Same

[@Ridetheflow]

Thank you so much for that explanation. Not a skimmer but try every now and then cause not the best at it but this will help

[@Sir_Brennan]

I think for a lot of people learning, the arm swinging you mentioned will be the final piece of the puzzle for them to get the one step into muscle memory. It's so obvious now that you've said it, but it's something I never thought of when teaching friends how to one step. I would only go as far as to tell them to start dropping the board when they take that last step with their back foot.

[@silentblackhole]

You're a good teacher. Taking your time to explain, repeating yourself. Nice work.

[@redsplatrgaming26]

I’ve never tried the one step, I just yeteted it and chased it, I’m petty good at doing it but I wanna get into wave riding and I feel I should start doing it the right way

[@anythingtech5711]

There is so much wise advise in this video, mastering this the rest would come along, great vid Austin Keen!

[@muserussell2377]

Excellent tutorial man. I'm guilty of chasing down the board this should help a lot

[@DC-rs6bi]

This helped alot 3 days into it and I got old carpet going the length of the garden I'm practicing the drop 45min to hour ,concentrating on technique rather than speed its felling 2nd nature a bit ,already ready sliding 5 to 6 metres with walking speed building speed towards the end of practice and running out of carpet ,🤣👌🙌 shits gonna get real down the beach tonight .. 😳💪 .peace owt 😎

[@ihymanu]

im from spain but i can understand u because you speak so well, nice teacher and thanks :D

[@auroraschaefer8075]

Interesting. This is good, many Filipinos in Salcedo, Eastern Samar and the rest of Eastern Philippins will be glad to view this. AURAPHIL thanks for sharing. GOD bless!

[@RyanDepauloDegenerateGambler]

Thank you so much! So helpful trying to not just be a dumb animal taking 47 steps running behind it and jumping on

[@nunomollc]

Wow that’s very helpful video!

[@thebeerhunter817]

Your a legend and great teacher thanks 👍

[@toddfarmer1165]

Best tutorial I've seen so far about getting on the board. Thanks. Headed to Pensacola beach Florida in a couple weeks. Cant wait to give it a try. Now all I have to do is get a board. 😁🤑

[@francescagiorgi6310]

Such a clear,well explained video! Love it!

[@ramircapangpangan692]

Thank you for the lesson.its perfect way to learn more about skimboarding.here in Elnido we know how to skimboarding but our board is only made of fly wood.just wishing to have a good board...

[@paulhowell743]

Great tutorial. Cant wait to try it out!

[@miamiuke]

This one video was a game changer for me! thanks Austin.

[@misternaggerman5590]

Thanks for the tutorial. I'll be out under the sandhill next Monday putting it to practice. I chased my board and jumped on it sideways today. Total noob moves!

[@hassanesow8868]

I started skimming yesterday for almost 4 hours, I couldn’t get on the board effectively just 1/5 trials maybe. I thought it would be easier but no this is actually harder than skateboarding 🛹

[@nickhopwood4233]

i know man this is crazy hard lmao

[@instylebyjt]

have you ever tried to surf? Which is harder?

[@JerrysJets]

@@instylebyjt I've tried them both. They are both hard in their own ways. However, I caught a wave surfing on my 3rd day. I'm not even close to being able to ride a skimboard out to a wave and I've spent 10x the amount of time skimming.

[@TheRealDiego]

Videos like this helps me a lot.

[@aaroncamber5869]

Thanks now I can actually skimboard

[@Interdiffusion]

Thanks for the tutorial. The only thing that confused me a little bit was on the arm-swing section when you drop the board, it's not in front of your back foot so it's pretty much a no-step drop. That's a bit different from the earlier section where you show to drop the board in front of your dominant foot, then take one step, then stamp on the backplate

[@jorgejeanjacques9902]

Sick brother TKS great tutorial.big fan

[@wildswan221]

Great coaching!!

[@franciscosabine3830]

this is the Best skim board tutorial out there. AK#1

[@parkersmith9511]

This helped a lot! Thank you so much! :)

[@rhidiandavies1991]

really cool of you to do goofy too, most don't bother

[@johnburks1004]

Thanks dude! I can board on anything but I super needed some knowledge to start

[@AustinKeen]

Glad I could help!

[@whitebeltforlife5271]

Dope .. thank you ! Well Done ! Esp from a goofy footer ! That was super professional ! 💥

[@domoniquebennett3386]

Can you post tricks on how to gain speed and go faster please?

[@SibrenFetter]

Thanks to this video I can actually do it now! But now I have a question. As the running speed goes up, how do you make sure the board is down on the water quick enough so you don't need to make more steps?

[@TheKnuppdate]

Yo Austin this video actually helped. Tried to method out and it finally clicked

[@borringgoodgamer5281]

I broke my arm on the 2 day of my facation while doing the onestep

[@nickmitsopoulos3509]

Borringgoodgamer L

[@germanortizlanda6173]

jaja dummy

[@triton62674]

F

[@dubsimmons7508]

I almost did the exact same thing

[@VitalMusic217]

That must have been a fucked up vacation

[@alwaystrue1237]

I skim regular and carry the board on my right when I run. To get on switch (goofy) I run and still carry the board in my right, but I one-step into goofy. I just rotate my body in the ‘on’ step.

[@windowshots]

Thanks man.

[@gagemcintyre3207]

I'm a skateboarder and for some reason I can't manage to pt my back foot on first it feels to awkward and weird is there a way to practice this I can do it slow but when I go into a run I can't do it

[@ShawntotheTay]

Yeeeaaaahh, I said the same thing. Definitely going to a tough one. No mongo!

[@gagemcintyre3207]

ShawntotheTay yeah it’s kinda awkward I put to much weight on my front foot as I’m used to keeping my nose down

[@culturedimawsome3967]

Try going a little faster. Speed walk I guess

[@xaviark1019]

Jhgkuhvkuh

[@phabloagr]

gage mcintyre me too

[@johnnguyen-xt9nd]

Thankyou brother

[@dareallevi515]

That helps a lot thanks a billion

[@randylloberalara9795]

Really helpful. Can u give us some tips figuring out if we are goofy or regular feet? Thanks keep up the great work!!!

[@TheLarryBrown]

You'll naturally do what is best for you from the get go. Most probably if you're right handed you're regular, if you're left handed you're goofy. Otherwise if you know you are left footed then you'll probably prefer goofy. Otherwise just practice both stances and one of them will feel more natural than the other.

[@lennogleienberg9341]

Thank you verry much

[@sethhenry1867]

Thanks soo much

[@mattcarver8335]

Great video bro. What kind of stomp pad is on your board?

[@reskatamedvertical2359]

good video helllo from Venezuela god bless saludos desde Venezuela amigo

[@garybailey2783]

thank you!!!!!!

[@instylebyjt]

I kind of skateboarded when I was younger, but never tried any cool tricks... I once took a surfing lesson and stood up my first wave, and loved it. I honestly wish I never had to stop going wave after wave. Would y'all say this is harder to do than surfing or skateboarding.... or even wakeboarding? I've never done skimboarding before.

[@liamcalpine]

Dope

[@drewknechtges1671]

Austin you deserve way more subs

[@AustinKeen]

Thank you

[@mattcheatham3807]

If I had to I would add 1 million likes that was awesome

[@EliiBarbosa4]

Show!

[@daemenoakley8992]

AK 47 Skimming machine

[@PennyBoarder8]

Can u do a fs air tutorial or how to air in general

[@michiganveteran3300]

Makes sense

[@petitkus4408]

He forgot to mention the weed sesh afterward 🤙🏻

[@tapalpaekopark]

Le haces perfecto

[@user-hy7so1xu2c]

I practice skimboarding on my boogie board on my slip and slide thing which is like a water slide

[@manuelhernandez-meza14]

4:40 has great tip

[@ncszy]

Thanks bro but would have been good to see you actually do it on this film.

[@christopher6196]

Only problem with the tutorial is that most goofy footed riders are still right handed. It makes more sense to drop it in a regular stance and then pivot into goofy when you get on.

[@SKATEBOARDINGGHP]

Chris topher exactly! Ive been struggling on how to do this while having to pivot i kinda have to drop it ahead of me so i can pivot

[@DC-rs6bi]

So true 😁..coming from a lefty

[@CVVmagic]

You’ve got me trotting around my house mime’ing the actions to practice. My parents have no idea what’s going on

[@TheLarryBrown]

They never do.

[@jakenastars9410]

@austinkeen! So I hold my board on the left side of my body but when I step on I step with my left foot which goes on the front of my body. I have tried many times holding it on my right side but I can’t.... any advice??

[@mitchellavard]

Jake Nastars seriously my g you just gotta get used to doing it the other way or you won't have that fluid motion

[@victoriove3852]

im kinda like that too man, snowboard, skateboard i am goofy but skimboard im regular... dont get it XD

[@TheLarryBrown]

Hold the tail of the board with your right hand, and hold the board on the right side of your body. Practice on sand until you get good.

[@Phizza____]

whenever i chased my board i always put my front foot down first 💀💀 should i switch to riding left foot forward (i ride goofy)

[@ryanakins]

What if you are goofy but right footed? Meaning I drop the board like regular footed and have to 180 jump and step on right foot first and right foot forward. Super awkward and can never get the one step drop. I take about 3 or so steps after the bird is dropped before I can get on the board.

[@ryansafa9253]

Ryan Akins Honestly you should just get the goofy drop down with your left hand at the tail, because learning to 180 one step drop is too much of a pain. I’m the same way you are but I just learned to drop on the left side and it’s going very well

[@papihkumis4456]

What is the skimboard made of? Foam or wood

[@robefa6256]

🤙

[@elvispresley3234]

I had no idea Kid Rock was a skimmer!

[@georgeastill7206]

that body boarder at 1:52 1 like=1 bandaid

[@Jim_the_kid]

yep :)

[@afonsoguillermocastillocor1041]

Greath

[@zacskimAL]

Hardest for right handed goofy footers that stated with the no step/front first drops

[@mapledogb1071]

Same

[@finno7281]

Am now going on vacation everyday to beach so this is hulpfull

[@nasacaiaquesdeivid6034]

Olá, gostaria de saber se posso fazer uns adesivos seus e colar em minhas Skimboard que fabrico. Hello, I would like to know if I can make your stickers and paste on my Skimboard I manufacture.

[@TheLarryBrown]

You probably could, but why bother. Just buy come commercially available ones.

[@evanglad5413]

I'm trying to learn how to do in the pool but I don't know how

[@javiercaban559]

I have a wooden board. 1 without any coating and 1 coated fiber glass. My question is why don't mine slide on damp sand, it just sticks to it and don't even glide

[@TheLarryBrown]

Buy Zum speed wax from Amazon and use it on the bottom of your board. If you made a mistake and used "surf wax" on the bottom of your board, that's your problem. Use a plastic paint scraper and scrape all surf wax off the bottom of your board, then apply speed wax and try again. Your board needs to glide easily on the sand like shown in the video.

[@alessandroflores9257]

Te vi y me voleee😂😂

[@mcgeemcgoober2631]

I need to move closer to the beach, im like 5 hours away

[@yourmadlilbro]

Mcgee Mcgoober oof i live in maui so every thing is 3 hours away or less

[@sebastianhenke750]

1 2 3 4

[@victoriove3852]

how do we know if we are goofy footer? On snowboard and skateboard i am goofy but on the skimboard im more regular? normal?

[@Noah-es7tw]

victor iove can be normal

[@victoriove3852]

Noah thanks noah! Are you the same way?

[@meatmanballs4670]

close your eyes and stand square then have someone push you from behind pretty hard. Whichever foot steps forward to catch yourself is your dominant foot!

[@victoriove3852]

thanks man! gonna give it a try^^

[@lt5764]

Ian Gentry so is dominant foot front or back of the board?

[@maxg5793]

How come you put your back foot on first?

[@TheLarryBrown]

???? Because otherwise the nose of the board is going to dive into the sand or the water. Seems obvious.

[@RubixKyube]

0:11 I thought I was looking at Kid Rock.

[@georgeastill7206]

one two dre vow

[@lukepope3633]

does this work on kyakes?

[@TheLarryBrown]

Yes but you need a large waterfall.

[@dekzan]

✌😁✌

[@nice_photoalbum]

please give me full video from 1:21 very cool trick

[@nice_photoalbum]

coub.com/view/1gcvx4 I'M FINDE ONLY THIS VERSION can some one find another?

[@VlogEpicness]

Can I still learn to skim board if I don’t have cool hair?

[@TheLarryBrown]

Maybe, but you still won't look cool.

[@aidenfitzsimmons7249]

Do you need tail pads

[@TheLarryBrown]

No, but you would probably find them helpful.

[@vincentromanban3630]

Why do your board slide on sand?

[@vincentromanban3630]

Bc mine doesn't

[@TheLarryBrown]

#1 Use Zum Speed wax on the bottom of the board. #2: Scrape off all "surf wax" that you put on the bottom of the board.

[@robinwall5124]

2:29 sooooo fast

[@traitorjoe08]

im a goofy footer lol

[@Anonanoksososoeii]

one step drop *drops board, steps on it*

[@sandrasalmeron9816]

Por favor me puede regalar una skin no soy tu fan

[@gamingbalaw8564]

I hope you can give me a carbon fiber board. Im so poor. I only play on a wood skimboard.

[@akcrowe420]

Is it ok for a 12 year old to be learning skimboarding?

[@rebeccafrogel647]

of course! i see very young kids skimboarding at the beach and they wouldnt make small skimboards for kids if they weren’t supposed to be using them!

[@TheLarryBrown]

It depends. Is he saying a lot of curse words?

[@jesusjasonotadoy8012]

Austin I want a new skim please give me at least one of your board I'm poor I can't afford to by one😓

[@jesusjasonotadoy8012]

I'm your number one fan in Philippines

[@user-lh3yo8cn7g]

1:20

[@markipri6141]

One two Dree fo

[@guntherpiehole6541]

I rip on the golf course- we set up a tube made out of a tarp and I get SUPER Barreled - way more than you goons in the ocean...