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Lunch time.

Had a few minutes to burn before the In N Out arrived so I was able to get a few pics shot down at Aliso. We have been on a run of steady South’s for a while now and the beach has paid the price. Not the best set up any more but still good for the ocasional wave. If you head down watch out for some new exposed rocks, concrete slabs and rebar!

Muchu at work.

Teddy checking out some of the new features on the beach.

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10th Street sessions

Over the last weekend the beginnings of some swell broke through in Laguna Beach. Locals ran to 10th Street in hopes of picking up the side wash and were greated with some nicely formed waves.

Kyle Wiley at 10th St.

Victoria Skimboards team rider Matthieu Thibaud injured his foot on Friday but still pulled his weight by taking some pictures and helping with Video footage.

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Howell takes Dewey

Jon Howell laid it all on the beach and put together an impressive performance to win 1st place at Dewey Beach over the last weekend. Congratulations to Jon!

Also to be noted, Siobhan McAuliffe took 1st place in the Women’s division.

More results as they become available to us. Congratulations Victoria Skimboards riders on a great performance!

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Mega Wins! Morgan second.

The contest must go on said the contestants. Hard onshore winds and large offshore waves were dealt with by the contestants and it was pretty tough. Mega managed to get some frontside AND backside wraps, into the wind, to beat Morgan and take the title. Hugo Santos was out with a hurt foot from Saturday so the door was open for Mega to realize his dream of many, many years. Morgan said before the victory was announced that he didn’t mind if Mega won, he was that good a skimmer and a great guy. With European football style chanting, the crowd was celebrating for every favourite and many of the cheers were for Herve LeDoux, the organizer of the event. He really knocks himself out for three days, hosts parties every night, has a huge sound system and a big crowd. Cree and little Noami, forgive my spelling, handed out the prizes. Very heartwarming to see the crowd appreciation for all the family’s efforts. Morgan is now the leader on the European tour by a good margin and is planning to go on to England to try and get the title. Last night he got rained on in his tent, yes I said tent, and got pretty wet and cold. That’s dedication. He said he was just now getting over the jet lag after 12 days in Europe. Sorry I don’t have the names of the other finishers but rest assured, the Europeans are damn good. Morgan said he was really feeling the pressure in Portugal where he took second. Sergio and Eric of gorgonitasskim, find the blog on google, urged me to invite any and all to the 2010 in Barcelona. By the way, the contest in Portugal was a major ocean festival with a 1000 contestants in all the ocean sports. Morgan reported that billboards featuring Jaime, the winner of last years event, were all over town. That’s not little old posters, but really big billboards. Reminds me of sailboarding, which started in the U.S., but really took off in Europe in a much bigger way. It is absolutely amazing to see how big skimboarding has become. Tex

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Sunday in France

Bon Jour mon amies,

Today the contest is over early. Rain and strong winds last night blew out the waves, actually made them too big. So, since many of the people can’t stay till the afternoon high tide, they are going home.
High tide is at 7:30 pm and is 13 feet. Yes, that’s right, 13′. Morning high tide was at 7 am and was also in the 12′ range. Last night at the party we had a great plate of rice and meat sauce and really slept well. Herve was saying tomorrow would be perfect as the beach was getting steeper very quickly after the flattening it received from Fridays high winds and waves. Conditions change really, really fast is what I have learned from all this. I hope I will be able to skim……
dit dit dit ……this just in from Cree, after speaking to Herve, the skimming will go on. As I just said, conditions do change fast. Now it seems Herve will return the rented equipment so he doesn’t have to pay for an extra day and then come home. Skimboarding will be better around 3 pm and maybe I will get a chance to ride a little bit. I need to blow off some accumulated energy after traveling and only walking around seeing sights. Yesterday there was a traditions festival here in the little town where Herve and Cree live. Lots of Basque festivities, crafts, dancing. During the evening there was bull fighting in the local ring. Not the kind with capes and pokers, but totally different. The bull is encouraged to dash across the ring at a person standing still in the middle. As the bull approaches the person leaps over the bulls horns in a front flip and lands after the bull has passed. Variations include tying one’s knees together and/or doing this blindfolded. Makes skimming look easy. I have read about the people of ancient Crete doing this, naked, but had no idea it was still practiced today.
I wonder if Morgan Just has tried this.
Tex