Front Yard Skimboard Tidepool

Yesterday, we built a shallow pool for skimboarding in our front yard. Craving a little surf action while the beach is 2 hours away, my boys and I decided to build an area for skimboarding and water play. It is basically a 42 x 9 foot slip-and-slide. It ended up being a blast during our Memorial Day BBQ with family and friends.

We got the idea on a whim, I figured, hey it can't be that hard or expensive to build something to get a little skimboarding practice on.

A quick run to the store; Two 10x25 4mm foot plastic sheets, 3M spray glue, and around 18 of the dollar store pool noodles were the supplies purchased, the cost was around $45.

We cut the plastic to our yard length, glued to two sections together, then we rolled the cut pool noodles around the plastic and spray-glued, this created an edge to hold the water.

I first decided our yard was too uneven to hold the 3 inches or less of water for the whole length, so I thought the street would be a better idea, however the slope of the street for the whole 42 foot length was more than I anticipated.

This was a good thing since we had a lot of falls after placing it back in the yard!

Since the yard was indeed a bit uneven, we had to raise the sides of certain areas, a broken up Styrofoam cooler and spare wood did the trick.

It's not the beach, but it worked well!

Here is a short video:

A few action shots:

Until next weekend:

Have a good week Steemians!

-Greg