I don’t know what water board sports is about, but it turns out that they are a lot of fun and very addictive. It may be due to the unique challenge found in each board sport that makes it appealing. It may be due to the natural attraction that humans have for water, be it a lake, river or ocean. Or it may be just being outdoors that makes millions of people every year want to hit the water with their different types of boards.
Here is a list of the different types of board sports that we can all enjoy during the summer months, unless you are lucky and live somewhere warm.
Surfing – This board sport is the most popular and most challenging of all board sports. Once you master this sport it is a lot of fun and very addictive. This sport has been mainstream for quite some time and the best athletes in this sport earn millions of dollars every year from sponsorships and competitions. If you have never tried surfing, you owe it to yourself to try it once in your life.
Bodyboarding/Boogie Boarding: Bodyboards are much smaller than a surfboard and are made of fiberglass or wood. Riding a bodyboard is also very different from riding a surfboard. Instead of trying to stand up on the board, you lie on your stomach and paddle with your feet, usually with fins on, which works best for gaining speed. Also unlike surfing, bodyboarders try to catch waves that are closer to shore instead of paddling into the waves. Bodyboarding has also become a mainstream sport in the last two decades.
Skimboarding – This sport is a lot of fun and challenging, but it has yet to break into the mainstream sporting arena. The skimboard consists of a board halfway between a surfboard (without fins) and a bodyboard. And instead of paddling your board out into the ocean like surfing or bodyboarding, you run your board across the sand, then at the right moment, throw your board and slide across the sand into the waves and hopefully, you catch a wave with your board. before you annihilate yourself. Skimboarding is a great and extremely fun sport that almost anyone can try at almost any age.
Wakeboarding – This sport is usually a lake sport consisting of a boat pulling you up and dragging you much like water skiing, except the board is more like a snowboard and a bodyboard than to a pair of water skis. At first this sport can be challenging but stick with it and once you’ve mastered the art of getting on the board it’s great!