There are many huge life benefits that come from skimboarding. Skimming is a great workout on your cardio due to all the running and effort you have to put into catching each wave. Not only will you be in better shape, but your quality of life will be higher picking a hobby that makes you happy like skimboarding. Also skimming will cause you to be outside a lot more and be in the sun and water. The sun is a great source of Vitamin D and the salt water improves elasticity and appearance of skin. Besides the countless health benefits, skimming can change your life in many other ways. It can turn from just a hobby into a fun career by practicing enough and becoming very talented. If you become a professional skimboarder, you get large amounts of free clothes, free skimboards, and free trips to some of the best beaches around the world. By winning skim competitions, you could get many prizes including money. It is also a lot of fun and gets the ladies as you can see in these videos below.