Entries Tagged as 'News'
December 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Session at Rio das Ostras
In one hand, Brazil is a huge country, with an extensive coastline. On the other hand, skimboarding is just a tiny underground sport. So we can definitely say that there are still a bunch of good skimboarding spots to be found over here. Not too long ago, a [...]
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October 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
ESTORIL INTERNATIONAL SKIMBOARD – PORTUGAL 2008
S. Pedro do Estoril beach, November 29th & 30th
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Our friend Bernardo from Batardubreak added another video from the recent French International contest. Check it out.
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October 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments
In preparation for the last event on the UST, several of the top pros congregated at Aliso Beach for a precontest session. Laguna was awarded with 85 degree weather, clear skies, and a combination of three swells: two from the south and one from the northwest. The waves were relentless as peaks [...]
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September 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The sun was out and stoked on a natural high glazing over the south shore waves of Maui at the inaugural skim competition hosted by Save Makena on August 23rd, 2008. Held at the south end of Oneloa Beach (a.k.a. Big Beach) in the Makena State Park, the 1st Annual Save Makena Skimboard Competition with [...]
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Vilano Beach is a tiny beach town located on the northeast coast of Florida. The town is just a couple miles north of St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States. Situated on the north side of St. Augustine inlet, this little community started as a fishing village in the 1920’s. Up until 1995, [...]
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Tags: News · The United Skim Tour
Brandon Rothe put a stop to Bill Bryan’s remarkable run at the Vic. In fun summer conditions, Brandon Rothe put up a solid performance combining technical maneuvers and snappy wraps to wow the judges and snag top spot. It was an exciting event with lots of glassy barrels and progressive skimboarding.
Quick Results:
1st Brandon Rothe
2nd Bill [...]
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The night before the St. George competition we were carpooling down the I-15 in the middle of Utah when a huge flash flood hit about 40 miles outside of St. George. We had to slow down to about 15 mph, and after about a half hour of rain and hail we hit clear skies again. [...]
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With 3 of the 8 contests in the bag, the UST moves on to Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina this upcoming weekend of July 12th & 13th. The Outer Banks offered great contest conditions last year and this year’s forecast is looking even more promising. With Hurricane Bertha stirring things up, Surfline is projecting 4-6 [...]
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Skimboarding photographer Joe Bailey is hosting a skim camp as a cervical cancer benefit. All of the procedes will be donated to the American Cancer society.
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