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SKIMBOARD [2 records]

Record 1 2007-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surfing and Water-Skiing
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
CONT

The skimboard is a craft of varying size, usually of some oval, tear-drop, or square shape, though some people use circular boards. The square board is one of the easiest designs to learn on. The best size board, in most cases, is about your mid-chest height. Modern skimboards are made out of fiberglass or carbon fiber and take advantage of a high density foam to serve as a core. ... When this fiberglass or carbon fiber is laid over a shaped piece of foam, saturated with resin and left to cure, a skimboard is made.

Key term(s)
  • skim-board

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski nautique et surfing
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
CONT

[...] une planche de skimboard, contrairement au surf, ne possède pas d'ailerons, elle est plate et légèrement relevée à l'avant (nose ou rocker). Les premières planches étaient fabriquées en bois [...] et [leur] forme était ronde ou ovale. L'utilisation de ces planches est simple, il suffit de courir le long de la plage, lancer sa planche sur le ressac de la vague (sur une fine pellicule d'eau), sauter dessus et enfin glisser en aquaplaning.

CONT

La planche de skimboard est courte, fine, sans dérive, en polyester ou en bois.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surfing and Water-Skiing
CONT

Skimboarding (or skimming) is a sport which involves riding a board on an outgoing wave. ... Unlike surfing, skimboarding starts on the beach. The skimboarder stands within running distance from the point of entry into the water with the skimboard in hand and waits for a wave. As the desired wave approaches, the skimboarder runs towards the water. Depending on conditions, the board is dropped on a thin layer of water from a receding wave or on the thicker water in front of the wave. Then he or she runs onto the board one foot at a time using a technique known as the "One-Step" while properly positioning the feet and maintaining balance towards the centre of the board.

Key term(s)
  • skim-boarding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski nautique et surfing
DEF

[...] sport de glisse qui consiste à surfer sur une vague en se lançant de la plage.

CONT

Le skimboard. La planche de skimboard est courte, fine, sans dérive, en polyester ou en bois. Le skimboard se pratique sur le rivage, utilisant la fine pellicule d'eau laissée par la vague qui se retire de la plage pour aller percuter la vague suivante en réalisant des figures très similaires à celles du surf.

Spanish

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