about iSkip
iSkip.com is the home of the worldwide skipping movement. We celebrate all things skipping.
San Francisco’s Kim Corbin created the website in the spring of 1999 when she became so inspired after skipping for the first time as an adult that she decided to invite the rest of the world to join her.
She began organizing regular group skipping events. and in July 1999 the San Francisco Chronicle wrote a feature article about her efforts called, “She’d Like to Teach the World to Skip.” That set off an unprecedented flurry of 
national media attention: Time, Newsweek, People, USA Today, the BBC, CNN, and more all did stories about Kim’s efforts.
As skippers from around the world heard the news and began contacting Kim, she quickly realized she was not alone in her love for skipping. Free spirits from all walks of life and in all shapes and sizes began contacting her through the website. Some had been skipping for years. Others were just finding the courage to give it a go again as adults.
Much to Kim’s surprise, the fitness community also took her skipping idea quite seriously. Shape, Fitness, and Sports Illustrated for Women all told the story. Prevention Magazine researched the benefits of skipping and wrote a highly favorable article about the benefits of adding a skip to our steps. There’s no doubt about it — skipping is good for the body, mind, and soul!
Completely consumed by her passion for skipping, Corbin quit her corporate job in January 2000 to pursue her dream full time. She poured her heart and soul into her vision, recruiting head skippers in as many as 60 cities and attempting to start a writing and speaking career. Unfortunately, Corbin ultimately skipped herself into financial ruin. She would spend the next several years doing her best to skip gingerly through the shards of her broken dream.
The skip went on. A skipper named Ashrita Furman established himself as the fastest skipper in the world by setting Guinness records for the fastest times in a 5K and a marathon. A radical skipper named Extreme Gene fathered “extreme skipping” in the United States and pro skateboarder turned skipper Tommy Fox got sponsorship for his skipping efforts in Australia. That started off a flurry of skipping related videos on YouTube. The skipping movement has a life of its own.
Now, ten years later, Corbin’s passion for skipping is alive and well. Her own skipping life has become more of a personal spiritual practice than the evangelical mission that it once was, but she continues to celebrate and honor the efforts of passionate skippers everywhere through this website. “iSkip.com belongs to all of the skippers of the world,” says Kim. “I invite you to take the idea and skip as far as you can with it!”
If you’d like to get involved with the world wide skipping movement, check out the Get Involved section of the website for fun and creative ways you can contribute more positive energy to the world through skipping. And if you feel so inspired, please share your skipping experiences with us through words, pictures, or video! We would love to help share your personal skipping story with the world.
