extreme surfcasting also known as skishing is a variant of surf fishing that involves donning a wetsuit and flippers and swimming into the ocean with surfcasting pole to catch fish. skishing was invented in montauk, ny by local resident, paul melnyk, in 1995. he coined the term which is a cross between "skiing "and "fishing" to describe what happens if the angler hooks a large enough fish and it tows him through the ocean like a water-skier. without the benefit of boat or land, the fight is considered to be, by the fisherman anyway, on more equal terms. skishers swim sometimes hundreds of yards from shore to water well over their heads, with their flippers and buoyancy of their wetsuits keeping them afloat.