Its roots in Delaware date back to the late ’70s, where Harry Wilson’s Sandpiper Skimboards first sold, and then later manufactured equipment for kids and young adults who were discovering the sport. The sport emerged in Hawaii when kids would pick up pieces of broken surfboards and zip along the shore and into waves in the shallow water. It takes a certain person to notice it and get into it.
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“I feel like skimmers are unique people,” says Jason Wilson, a professional skimboarder with Zap Skimboards and owner of Alley Oop, which provides camps, lessons and training for fledgling skimmers. Skimmers from all over the country and around the world will convene for a weekend of tricks, competitions and aquatic fraternity (and sorority) that serves as the perfect end to the summer and further establishes the state as the place to be for those looking to practice, view, enjoy and live the sport. One big example of that is the 39th Zap Pro/Am World Champions of Skimboarding, to be held August 13–15 in Dewey Beach. From the groms to the pros, skimming is a way of life for many in the First State, which has become the East Coast’s capital for the sport. McCoy’s father, Harry, is on the Mount Rushmore of the state’s skim culture, and Lucas and his brother have had success skimming all over the world. Skimboarding in Delaware is a community affair-and a generational one. A lot of the older guys are still around.” There’s a family vibe and a lot of history. But Dewey Beach is small, and everybody knows everybody. “I’ve been to a lot of places and a lot of great skimboarding towns. “The Delaware skimboarding scene is very unique,” says McCoy, who is now a professional.
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