Really fun conditions for this Saturday Session. Solid consistent swell the past couple of weeks exhausted most of the skimboarders! Not that many people out but we were very happy to see Larry Allen ride! Tex joined him for a Saturday Session Special Legend Edition!
Pictures by Jonathan Goode
Amazing conditions for this Saturday Session. photos by Laguna Socal
It was an interesting two days at the Oktoberfest by Exile Skimboards. Nothing on Saturday but small wind waves, but the threat of rain on Sunday evaporated and left some pretty nice wind waves.
All in all I felt our team skimmed at least as well as anybody out there. Standouts were Johnny Salta all but beating a very late Bullo. Waiting 10 or 15 minutes for Bullo to show up was very questionable, and what the judges decided about it was a surprise. Tim Gamboa likewise gave Sam Stinnett a serious run for his money, and showed a lot of poise under that kind of pressure. Steph likewise went toe to toe with Keiao Bucasas and held her own under the stress. Nathan Flanigan also could have easily won his final, but came in a close second. High fives also to the utes, Zach van Meter, and Jude Young, they were charging too. Congratulations to everyone who competed. It was a lot of fun to see that high level of riding, and that can do spirit in the face of lousy conditions and steep competition. Thank you Exile for putting on a contest.
– Words and pictures by Tex
On top of Hot Coffee and Donuts, we brought some classic retro boards at this Saturday Session to have everybody ride them and see them. It was very fun! Beautiful morning, warm water and skate park-like waves, really fun!
Pictures by Tex
We originally met up at Aliso at 9am but the tide was too high and the waves weren’t breaking, so we decided to push the Saturday Session to Thalia Street at 12 pm. It was a good call indeed, it was nice and warm and some nice ones came through. Here are the pictures by Tex Haines.
Saturday Session sponsored by South Swell Donuts
Some good ones came through, Aliso has been provided prime conditions pretty much since the contest non stop, every day! Here are the pictures taken by Tex.
a heat wave is hitting Southern California along with beautiful South Swell from hurricane Linda, so this combo provides beautiful sessions and beautiful sunsets. Here is Max Bourne last night evening session was beautiful.
Tex Report: Cool, a bit windy, small down the liner waves. Fun Though! 🙂
Team Rider Steff Mags is featured in this highly professional video. Some very nice clips and great editing. This is the highlight of an upcoming movie coming up soon! We are very proud and excited to see the full movie.
Great conditions, beautiful weather and warm water for this Saturday Session! We ran a heat to practice on Tex’s new priority system. Tex Haines, Jack Howie, Beryl Besseau (French Team rider here for the contest), Max Bourne, Matthieu Thibaud, Jared Green, Toeknee, Johnny Salta and many more were here to enjoy some beautiful rides.
Pictures by Carly Haines
