Author: Nicolas Rottier

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Say hello to Jasmine Joy.

D.O.B. – 10/25/82

Hometown – O’ahu, HI

Years skimming – 8

What board do you ride?
– Poly Carbon Small

Tell something about yourself that we didn’t know . . .
– Trilingual
– Slam Poet
– SolShredSkim.com

Jasmine is a fantastic person and great rider representing Victoria Skimboards (along with http://www.solshredskim.com/) in Hawaii. Watch out for Jasmine.

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Victoria WCS 2009 – eliminate the confusion

It seems that there is confusion over the dates of the Victoria WCS contest this year. To be very clear, the dates of the Victoria WCS contest are:

June 27 – 28, 2009

Normally the contest is held in July but this year (2009) we have changed the dates. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us directly at the phone number provided below.

(949) 494-0059

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HASL (Hawaii Amateur Skimboarding League) announces the next event in the contest series – Victoria Skimboards sponsored Sandy Beach contest.

Contest series director Erik Covarrubias is doing a fantastic job at organizing the Hawaii based skimboard contingent and creating events that are both competitive and fun for everyone.

Go to http://www.hawaiiskimboardleague.com/ for more information and enjoy the ride!

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Skim Lessons 2


The crowd

Leo waiting for the set

Today, we had another skim lesson. Nice weather and nice little waves. It was perfect for intermediate riders. Adults tried too, they got wet but had a lot of fun.
Everybody is getting better at it, and pretty fast. I’d better step it up!!! 😉
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Mind Field

The new Alien Workshop video premiered Thursday night and I was pretty psyched for it. Jammed up to Melrose in LA, where Alien was holding a pre-party on the rooftop of the Burton store. The whole Alien crew was out and everyone was enjoying a couple of beers and Pinks hotdogs before the video. The video was showing at the same theatre Fully Flared premiered at, Royce Hall on UCLA’s campus. It’s a pretty classy establishment with a no drinks inside policy, ushers enforcing a no photo policy and other classy things like that. It’s a great place to watch a real quality vid, which everyone was there for. (Mind Field story continued below)

Mini ramps on the rooftop of the Burton store. A sunset sesh while the DJ provided the sounds
Mikey Taylor and the rest of the Alien fam enjoyin’ the eats before the night starts
 A perfect night…sunset atop Melrose
Alien chalk art
Royce Hall, UCLA Campus
And so it begins….had to sneak a photo inside the theatre
Floored by radical. Mind Field’s art direction is pretty sick, everything and more you’d expect from an Alien video
So here’s what we witnessed: 
The ams literally killed it…Jake Johnson, Grant Taylor and Tyler Bledsoe definitely had everyone talking while walking out the theatre. Wow. 
Arto Sarri got one the heaviest crowd reactions when his name appeared on screen and also took one of the gnarliest slams i’ve seen in a while right at the beginning of his part. From then on it was straight bangers. 
It’s always good to see Steve Berra and Rob Dyrdek putting out parts with everything else they’ve been doing for skateboarding off the board. They were a little short but they still have it for sure.
Josh Kalis was another highlight putting out a solid part to a dope track.
Mikey Taylor had a lot of good footage and only gets better with time. Such style…
Dylan Rieder has so much talent. The way he throws down his last trick is unreal. I coulda had that one on repeat for hours…
That leaves Anthony Van Engelen and Heath. Words can’t even do these two parts justice. Everything just gets gnarlier and gnarlier as the parts go on…and how does it all end? I’ll let you wait and see what he gets towed into yourself.
And yes. Heath has last part.
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Melaque, Mexico skimboard contest

Melaque, Mexico skimboard contest

X3M, Victoria Skimboards distributor in Mexico is throwing the annual skimboarding contest in Melaque February 27 – March 1, 2009. If you have not been or seen, the populace of Mexico can hold there own and are getting better every year. This year, Morgan Just and Brandon Rothe will be joining the contestants creating additional hype for the event.