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Well, here we are, Carly and Tex Haines, staying at the home of Herve and Cree in France. The waves today are huge! Some rain, a little wind, and swell dropping over the next few days. I am with Bernardo of Bartardubreak and he lives in downtown Paris and we hope to visit him when we return to Paris on Monday. Pascal is here, the famous French tagger who created a couple of our best shirts for Victoria many years ago. The skimmer with the peace sign in his hand making the word Victoria as he skims. Around 2001 or 2002. And my other favorite the rectangle with a small red dot and a nike swoosh representing a wave. Inscrutable art. Classics!….. Tomorrow the contest at Hossegor will start. Probably waves too big, so Herve will run the contestants on Saturday in two time periods. The tides change so much that the window is small, so it will be good two times Saturday. Carly and I will probably drive Herve’s car around and see the sights. Bayonne, Biarritz, and St. Jean de Luz. Tourists, what a pain!. Aren’t we lucky? More later…….

Victoria Skimboards team rider and employee Matthieu Thibaud got in the car with General Manager Trigg Garner yesterday and headed on down to the Wavehouse in San Diego. The goal of the trip was market/production research but “when in Rome” as the saying goes…….

Matthieu Thibaud talking to Brandon of the Wavehouse about the design of the boards for the Flowrider.

Matthieu on his first run of the day. When you are starting on the Flowrider, you use the rope to get your bearings. Matthieu ditched the rope after his second run and started hammering out shuv-its.

Trigg getting a little beginning help from Wavehouse employee Brandon.

Of course, when your skill level improves on the Flowrider you move up to the Barrelrider. Victoria Skimboards team rider Bill Bryan featured above getting “slotted” in the barrel.

Special thanks to Robert and the staff at the Wavehouse for being so accomidating and letting us play around a little bit. For more information on the Wavehouse, click here.

The Victoria Skimboards WCS video by Spencer Taylor (competed in the contest) has made it to the front page of the Transworld Surf website. To see the video, click here.

Available now, a space in my board bag for one skimboard, leaving on Tuesday the 4th of August, arriving at the contest at Hossegor on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Must be paid for before I leave. Let us know via info@vicskim.com and I’ll put it in my bag on Monday the 3rd.

Here are some more pictures of the history board set up inside the Hobie store in Laguna Beach.

Thanks again to the Hobie employment staff and management for working with us on this program. Come on down and see the Victoria Skimboards display today!

Victoria Skimboards is proud to have worked directly with the employees at Hobie in Laguna Beach to create an in store experience rather than just a window design.

With history boards and pictures detailing out the rise of Victoria Skimboards and skimboarding, we appreciate the opportunity presented to us by the Hobie store in Laguna Beach.

Owner of Victoria Skimboards, Tex Haines, participated in the Brooks Street Surf Classic over the weekend of July 25th through 26th. Noteworthy of the event was the swell size as at times double overhead waves (pushing 15 foot face) pushed through the lineup. Second reef at Brooks Street was breaking consistently. Props to all of the contestants for braving the heavy weekend surf!

Tex Haines results:
6th place Longboard division
2nd place Grand Masters division

Everyone is waiting on the new swell to arrive, should be a fun weekend if predictions are correct. Grabbed a few pics down at Aliso yesterday afternoon. Wasn’t breaking to it potential but when it does riders will be ready.
Of course with summer swells come summer crowds. Beaker escaping.

Matthieu. Bail Bail!

Matthieu and Beaker on a little clean one.

Matthieu slapping the new swell around a bit. Yes he did wrap it and pull in.

Beaker hiding out.

Always persuing the betterment of our products, Victoria Skimboards has reinvented the Grommet. Part of Project Triangle (click here for more information on Project Triangle), the Grommet is the perfect board for the little shredder weighing in around 70 – 100 pounds. With a size of 44.5 inches in length and 17 inches in width, the Grommet has been molded after the professional model Victoria Skimboards product. Thin, light in weight, strong, and fantastically priced, the Grommet is here for you.

“The board feels awesome and that is no exaggeration” states Victoria Skimboards owner Tex Haines. “Being handmade right here in the USA, you are getting a technically unsurpassed board.” Check with your local Victoria Skimboards dealer for one today as these boards are flying out the door.

To see the Grommet board page, click here.

Victoria Skimboards is always a few moves ahead and still remains the best after 34 years.

Earlier this week we had the plesure of meeting Ted Reckas, writer for the Laguna Beach Independent. The meeting was to discuss this years Victoria Skimboards WCS and the future of the event. To read the article, click here.