Its a Skimboarder's Life

I was skimming at Aliso beach in laguna a couple days ago and the run off was pushing really hard. So I attempted to try to skim the run off. I fell and my board went out to the ocean and was never to be seen again. well if by any chance anyone finds a M carbon fiber exile board with the colors yellow on top and purple on bottom there is a picture of an emo kid on the top of the board and the back right stomp pad had fallen off. If anyone just so happens to have seen it or has it please let me know. its a new board i have only had it for about three weeks. So now with no board things arent so great. if you know anything please let me know. you can contact me at Vpboogie8@aol.com or just write a comment to this post. thank you!

new pictures as well

There are some new skim pictures up! check them out and leave a comment or two please. Anyways this weekend starting saturday the best swell of the summer is going to hit balboa. Im talking about a 6-8 foot waves with light winds. That is what the report is saying. The members of this website will be shooting this weekend for “Get Some”. If any of you would like to be in a skim movie email me at Vpboogie8@aol.com. our goal for Get Some is to show the unknown talent and all the fun skim boarding has to offer. we are hoping to have the teaser for Get Some up in about a week or two. So all you skimmers get out this weekend and GET SOME!!!!!!

For those that have never skimmed Santa Cruz before we would like to inform you that there are skim spots that are actually really good. 38th street is the local skim spot. After walking down some stairs and then across some wet rocks you find yourself in a little cove meant for skimming. 38th has a liner that can carry for about a minute….. if you can find the right day its working. Also there is talk of a frontside sidewash some where in Santa Cruz. If anyone knows anything about it let me know. Under the picture section there are some new pictures of the locals we were able to skim with. Not only did we skim with the locals but we were able to skim with Steve Caballero the pro skater.

-There are some new videos and pictures check them out!

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Skimboarding photographer Joe Bailey is running a charity skim camp to benefit cervical cancer research. All of the procedes will be donated to the American Cancer society.

The skim camp will be on Saturday July 19th from 8am till noon, at 9th St. in South Laguna -1000 steps beach. Camp instructors will include professional skimboarders Steve Taylor, Brad Dickey, Brendan Stevens, Morgan Just, Paulo Prietto,  Garth Wykoff and Jamie Lovette. 

Camp Cost: $100 dollars per Skimboarder

For additional info contact Joe at baileysca@cox.net or at (949) 584-9631.

Through the years some of the great skim spots in balboa were at A street or the wedge. To a certain surprise thought G street has been going off the past couple of weeks. When I mean going off I’mtalking about font side lines that carry for a good amount of time and perfect waves to wrap and get some! since it is summer season and you cant skim the wedge after 10AM and you also don’t feel like dealing with the big crowd at A street make your way down to G and check it out!

Sean Ward after 3 years of filming has finally put together one of the best skim movies to hit the stores. The film has a lot of unknown skimmers. Don’t get me wrong every skimmer in this movie rips it.

Some of the skimmers that are in this epic movie are Scott Flores, Paulo Prietto, Geo, Bill Bryan, Toby Lehman, Mo Just, Joey Vavala, Domke, James Lovett, and more. The movie is worth every penny and the special features are awesome. Check it out as soon as you can

-Daniel Hart