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Snowskimming is a relatively new sport that was made after Skimboarders wanted to skimboard in the winter aswell as the summer. The sport was also created when skimmers who lived inland away from water wanted to skimboard. Normally, the skimmer would just do the same as they would with water on the beach, but better variations have been made recently. Professional Snow Skimmers have added one footstrap at the back of the Skimboard, and also a thin rope at the front. The footstrap is usually fixed by screws and nuts that do not stick out on the underside of the board, as this would affect the boards speed when skimming across the snow. The rope should normally be high enough so that the rider can hold the rope with out bending over, but the rope should also be slightly taught .These fittings have been made by new school skimmers, so that that they can ollie and perform technical manoeuvres such as grinds. An ollie is usually performed by bending down and then straightening up and quickly pulling up the rope as you start to jump into the air. The skimmer then lifts up the back with his back foot whilst slamming his other footat the fornt and slamming it down on the board. This means that the skimmer should now be in the air. A grind is also performed by moving at a reasonable speed, then ollieing up and landing on the rail of grind. The moentum gathered by moving forwards before ollieing should then slide the skimmer along the rail or grind. At the end of the rail or grind, the skimmer should then firecracker off the end and try to land flat back on the snow. Firecracking is a technique used for going off kurbs etc. without having to ollie off of them. A the skimmer approaches the drop, he should lift up the front of the board by pulling up on the rope. He should also slightly take the weight off of his front foot, but the back of the board should stay on the ground until the skimmer has gone off the drop. When in the air, press back down on the front of the board with your front foot, so that it levels out. When you land, bend your legs slightly to absorb the impact. The board should land completely flat on the ground and make a small 'pop' as it hits the ground.Shimmering is also a technique used to keep in a straight line. The skimmer would 'shimmer' the board down the slope in very small movements from side to side, thus keeping the board travelling in a straight line.
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