batukaras.....

batukaras adalah pantai yang sangat indah yang berada di ujung jawa barat,,, di pantai itu pula saya pertama kali mencoba dan belajar permainan atau olahraga air yang bernama skimboarding dan surfing,,,, suatu pengalaman yang tak akan pernah saya lupakan.

pertama saya pergi ke batukaras adalah dengan sahabat2 baik saya,, mereka bernama arif, grando, taufik, dan saya sendiri bernama dirham...

pada saat itu kami pergi menumpang mobil bak nya kawan grando yang bernama deden.. kami berangkat dari bandung sekitar jam 7 malam,, kami ikut sampai rumah deden di banjaran dengan menempuh perjalanan selama kurang lebih 5 jam.. disana kami numpang menginap hingga pagi,, dari banjaran kami melanjutkan perjalanan dengan menggunakan angkutan umum... dari banjaran kami masih harus menempuh perjalanan hingga 3 jam lebih perjalanan.. sebuah perjalanan yang melelahkan sekaligus mengasikan buat kami...

setibanya di batukaras,, tanpa mengenal lelah setelah memesan kamar untuk kita berempat.. kami langsung membawa papan skim dan surf ke pantai... rasa lelah akibat perjalanan yang jauh hilang rasanya....

skimboarding history

The earliest known record of skimboarding goes back to 1920 in Laguna Beach, California.^[1] There are photographs from that time period of Laguna Beach lifeguards skimming along the sand on large plywood boards.

These boards were commonly circular in shape and not very well designed for controlled skimboarding. In the early 1970s skimboards started to take on a shape more similar to surfboards and began to be manufactured out of fiberglass instead of plywood. Tex Haines started the first skimboarding business which he named Victoria after his home beach in Laguna. With rising popularity, many others have sprung up and skimboards are now very easy to come by.

Although skimboarding is predominantly a recreational activity like surfing, it has also evolved into a highly competitive water sport and is now being taken more seriously. The Victoria Skimboards World Championship of Skimboarding is held annually in Laguna Beach where skimboarders from around the world compete in a number of age and skill division levels.

The skill level of a skimboarder is judged by his "rep power". Rep power has been defined by the skimboard elite like DTRICK as being your "Step power" "If you got more rep then you got more step, and you can pick up on more special lady friends". In order to become a great skimboarder you must study the ways of the former greats like Steve Taylor, Cash Von Walzer, and TxSkimmer. The progression of skimboarding has been well documented by sources such as Foreverskimthemag.com and Daily Dtrick.