In this article I will play devils advocate and highlight all that is wrong about skimboarding competitions. The Conditions Suck Throughout almost every skimboarding contest ever held there lies a common theme, the waves suck. Sometimes it is the wind, sometimes it is the tide and sometimes it is just the plain lack of swell, but at almost every contest someone finds themselves competing in bad conditions. Even some of the pro heats were held when the tide was far too high to get decent rides. And this is one of the best contests ever.
Many contests suffer from rain, wind and lack of swell all at the same time.
Often competitors find themselves riding in conditions they would never consider riding in normally. They Hurt The Image of Skimboarding Because the conditions are almost always bad, spectators do not see the sport at its best. Take surfing for instance. If the conditions at the East Coast Surfing Championships were the usual in all surfing contests, people would have a very different image of surfing. Luckily we have events with waiting periods in places like Fiji and the North Shore of Oahu.