Some South in the swell on Saturday produced few nice siders on sets. Long wait between sets, but worth waiting! Morgan Just really impressed the crowd, especially with one of the heaviest lay back we have ever seen, and managed to stick it and get barreled on the sand! He seems to really like his 2014 Pro Model. Also starring Johnny Atoe, Johnny Salta, Paddy Mack, Tex Haines, Evan McLaughlin and more…
Photos by Carly Haines and Matthieu Thibaud
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If you ever stopped at Victoria Skimboards, to pick up a board, drop off a surfboard repair, or just check the shop out, you probably have seen Bob Phillips. One sure thing is, that if you own a Victoria Skimboard, any model, from pretty much any year, Bob has had his hands on it at one point of time, and drove it from the San Clemente factory to the Laguna Beach shop. He has also always put a lot of effort in setting up the VIC contest site early morning every year. He is a very talented mechanical engineer, one of a kind! The list of things he has brought to Victoria Skimboards is very long…
Bob has had some heart issues lately, and this morning we heard that the surgery is not an option anymore, and that he is on the list for a heart transplant. He doesn’t have facebook, or even an email address, but we do! So if you have ever met Bob, or not, you can leave him a message below in the facebook comment box, and we will print and make sure he gets all the notes at the hospital in LA, next time Victoria owner Tex Haines goes up to visit him.
We send all our thoughts and prayers to him,
Thank you very much,
PS: You can also send an email via the Contact Form
The Victoria Crew
Tex called it small, but it was actually pretty fun down at Thousand Steps Beach aka 9th Street, South Laguna! Max Bourne, Jared Green, Erin Carpenter, Timmy Gamboa and more were ripping the sets as you can tell!
Pictures by Tex Haines
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West Street 10 am was the call for the Saturday Session. Paddy Mack, Teddy Vlasis, Jared Green, Johnny Atoe and many more shared some fun wind swell waves and few siders came through.
Pictures by Carly Haines
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Once again Morgan Just had a great 2013 season, placing 4th overall on the Professional Skimboarding Tour. Every year he impresses the judges more and more by his talent. He recently just picked up his brand new 2014 Pro model. Morgan Just designed himself the shape resin art and logo of this boar. This is exactly the board he rides and performs at contest, and free session. Tested all around the World, this board is for you if you want to become a champion like Morgan.
It is now available on the Online Store or at your local retailer. Stay tuned for more pictures soon with his new Pro Model.
Picture by Fabiana Badie @ Aliso
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We are starting a Lost and Found section on the website to help out people finding their lost boards… We are starting with 2 boards, so check them out and let us know if you have seen them anywhere: At the beach, for sale online or on social networks…
Good to Epic Saturday Session conditions today, sunny, big West swell. Great turnout with many riders including Sean Malek, Johnny Atoe, Timmy Gamboa, Paddy Mack, Erin Carpenter, Jack Howie, Morgan Just and Max Bourne showed a little later, but scored one of the biggest scariest step off of his career (cf last picture)
Check out all the pictures from this glorious morning in Laguna Beach.
Photos by Carly Haines, and Tex Haines.
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A good size West swell hit Southern California this week. The Victoria team decided to get up early and ride giant shorebreak up in Seal Beach, CA. There was incredible bowls, very powerful on the sets and the boys charged it. Tex Haines even said he rarely seen Seal Beach like this before. We are really stoked on the great group we have going on right now. It’s always a blast to go out ride together…
Check out the pictures of Jared Green, Wyatt Colen, Max Bourne, Derek Marlof and Paddy Mack by Kyle McClure.
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Good swell arrived, Tex called it, so he scheduled the Saturday Session later than usually, 2.30 pm at West Street. Erin Carpenter, Wyatt Colen, Max Bourne, Matthieu Thibaud, Jared Green and many more were present and had another great Saturday Session as you can tell by the pictures taken by Carly Haines, Fabiana Badie and Tex Haines.
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Matthieu Thibaud has been riding his new pro model for few months now. You can find all the specs on the Matthieu Thibaud Pro Model page. It is also available to purchase online here. New in 2014 is the full sanded matte finish deck for better grip of the pads and wax, and just a simple handmade signature leaving plenty of room to customize it with paint, poska pens or stickers! Here are already quite few photos of Matthieu riding it! Big thanks to the photographers Carly Haines, Fabiana Badie, Tyler Brooks and Remy Dugoua.
Stay tuned for the other pro models to come out soon!!!
