Author: Nicolas Rottier

The live contest feed will be on June 19 – 20, 2010 and be on either of the links listed below:
Victoria Skimboards UStream live feed (main)
Victoria Skimboards secondary feed

With the contest only days away, registration for the 2010 Victoria Skimboards World Championship of Skimboarding is now closed. Please check out the contest website on the afternoon of June 17, 2010 for heats and a proposed schedule.

Victoria Skimboards World Championship of Skimboarding website

Here are the final professional results of the Southside Shoot Out in Dewey Beach, Delaware:

1. Brad Domke
2. Dave Scott
3. Sam Stinnett
4. Jason Wilson
5. Morgan Just
6. Emanuel Embaixador

Congratulations to all that attended the event.  Keep in mind that the Victoria Skimboards WCS is next weekend (June 19 – 20, 2010).  Be ready!

Here is the official release about the Beach Clean Up at Aliso Beach for this year’s WCS:

U CAN Cleanup Aliso at the WCS 2010

Press Release * June 3rd 2010

Since the mid-1990s, Aliso Beach has been closed on multiple occasions due to the contaminated urban runoff coming from Aliso Creek. Once the warning signs highlighting the effects of entering the water are posted, avid skimboarders feel most at lost without their playground. The question is: “What CAN U do about the situation?” The solution is simple. U CAN Cleanup Aliso! U CAN is Sol Shred Skim’s latest environmental project which stands for yoU Contribute Awareness Necessary. This year will be the first time in history that the World Championship of Skimboarding, hosted by Victoria Skimboards, will hold a beach cleanup following both days of competition on June 19th & 20th. As an eco-conscious organization, Sol Shred Skim’s initial goal is to lead by example and inspire all along the journey. U CAN Cleanup Aliso will be a casual event filled with positive vibes and raffle prizes from underground sponsors like . . . Saba Anna, Bitches On Boards (BOB), Extreme Outdoor Supply (EOS), MOSTIC, Freedom Riding, and Sol Shred Skim. Trash bags and rubber gloves will be available so please stick around after all the heats are over and give back the love and respect Aliso deserves.

For more information on the event . . . Send an email to jasminejoy@vicskim.com!

Victoria Skimboards will be having a Parking Lot Sale this Memorial Day Weekend.  The sale will be on Saturday (May 29, 2010) and Monday (May 31, 2010) and have boards anywhere from 10% – 50% off the suggested retail.  Come down and get yours while supplies last!

Matthieu Thibaud was posting results on his blog so I figured it was high time we got them up for you.  The Cabo Clasico concluded yesterday at Solmar Beach to some heavy hitting waves.  Some one-on-one action packed the weekend and the results were:

1) Bill Bryan
2) Sam Stinnet
3) Paulo Prietto
4) Scott Flores
5) Brandon Rothe & Isaac Zoller (tied)
7) Brandon Sears
8) Tim Fulton

Top Amateur results were:
1) Chopa
2) Daniel Norris
3) Kai Lowe
4) Jose Eduardo

Special thanks go out to all of the sponsors of the event:
Victoria Skimboards
Zap Skimboards
Exile Skimboards
Apex Skimboards
Atwater
Electric
Foreverskim
Freak Traction
Hotel Mar De Cortez
JanSport
Main Street Surf Shop
Sector 9
Skim City
X3M
Happy Ending Cantina

On May 13, 2010 there will be a mandatory meeting at the Love Shack in Cabo San Lucas at 7pm. This meeting is to get everyone together and finalize the details for the contest (site, days, etc.). At this time the contest is at Lover’s Beach on either Friday and Saturday or Saturday and Sunday but the meeting will finalize the details. For entry forms, release, and more information click here.

The UST season begins next week with the Cabo Clasico. The Victoria Skimboards team will be representing and hoping for the best surf Lover’s Beach can offer over the weekend of May 14 – 16. Check out the flyer, the deal being offered by the Mar De Cortez Hotel, and fill out your entry/release form on the UST website by clicking here.

The Victoria Skimboards trip to Melaque was a booming success and once again we want to extend our thanks to our Mexican distributor X3M for all of their hard work.

But the work does not stop when the contest and trip are over. Diego and crew have been working on the first of a few Melaque videos. Check it out below.

Victoria Skimboards is proud to announce the Tex Haines inspired “Ojo” series of custom art Skimboards for 2010. Gaining inspiration for the line from the company’s original artistic roots, “Ojo” is Spanish for “Eye” and every board in the series will have a spot on the bottom of the board signifying the “eye of the wave.”

“The boards will be an evolving art project. Each board will be slightly different in color dispersion for the deck and various art media combinations (airbrush, brush, stamp, pen, pencil) depending on what moves the artist that day” says owner Tex Haines. “A return if you will, to the days of old when Skimboards were all different and you could only generally request any particular design and had to accept whatever the artist created.”

Each board will be highlighted in a Featured Board photo on the Victoria Skimboards website listing the model and size. When you see what you like, call ASAP to get that board. Standard art charges will apply to each board. The eyes of the wave will be on you.

Click here for the Ojo Series web page