Posted on September 10, 2014 by Nicolas Rottier

Skim Stories of Torg Torgsen

Tim Fisken is the frontside turn master from the 80’s. We just called him Torg Torgsen, which was his pen name for the Skimboard Magazine series of stories on a wide ranging subjects back in the day when Victoria published a magazine.

-Tex Haines

Here is an email recently received from Torg Torgsen

This is a board Tex made for me 15 years ago. 3″ fins, deep conclaves, a really unique vehicle. It was a duplicate of a Frankenstein experimental I lost to Reno Abellira. Tex had given me a twin fin of his around 97′. I had been having a blast riding it but the fins kept popping out and the tail was getting trashed. I cut over a foot off the tail and re glassed the bottom a few times due to delamination problems. I set up small fins on the rail as a quad and the board went really good. Reno had been living in Ensenada and a friend if mine had been surfing San Miguel and Todos with him. After I had Tex make this duplicate for me I sent the original model down to San Miguel for Reno to ride. He tripped out on the board, riding it several times, making new eliptical fins and re laminating the bottom for the 3rd time. Unfortunately someone he owed something to stole it along with several of his other boards. It’s whereabouts now is unknown.
There is truly a nexus of connections that bring all this small fin/ no fin/ flat bottom engineering together. I credit Tex for a lot of inspiration and knowledge in this area that many of these shapers think they are just now discovering.
Great to see that Quam has maintained his love for alternative equipment.
That’s Tyler holding the X-15 as well as some recent yellow fin off of the Coronados.
Thank you for that thread Dirk, ….really good stuff.

– Tim Frisken aka Torg Torgsen

Here is an example of articles that Torg Torgsen used to write in the Skimboard Magazine March/April 1988

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Nicolas Rottier

Saturday Session // 8 16 14 // Aliso

Glorious Saturday Morning, perfect conditions, nice warm weather, and a solid swell. Everyone had a blast sharing waves, having fun together… Remember anyone is more than welcome to join the fun! Every Saturday Morning we all meet up for a fun session together, we bring you Hot Coffee and Donuts… We post where and when to meet on Friday on our Facebook page. We hope to see you there!

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Nicolas Rottier

Employees Summer Session Video

A couple of days ago, after a busy summer day at work delivering quality boards with quality customer service, our employees decided to head down to Aliso on a high tide to take advantage of a healthy South swell… Sean Malek, Kyle McClure and Matthieu Thibaud work and skim together! Filmed and edited by David Kushner

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Posted on May 17, 2014 by Nicolas Rottier

Cabo 2014 // Day Four // barrels

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This morning was the morning of the pros. With the preliminary heats out of the way, the pros took center stage on the second day for the 2014 Cabo Classico. The heats that went down today were just a taste of what we are poised to witness on the final day. With every heat, the competitors were pushing each other to see who would pull into the biggest barrel, or who was going to punt the largest air back on to the dry sand.

Teddy Vlasis pulled into one of the bigger barrels of the morning

while Morgan Just was throwing tech, clinching his heat with a solid wave ten seconds before the horn rang for the end of the heat. Johnny Salta planed way out on his opening wave, wrapping and sole arching all the way to the sand. Johnny has been killing it down here, and a lot of chatter is calling him as the dark horse of the contest.

As always Paddy Mack was skimming with insane power, wrapping his way into round 3.

The afternoons have seen some intense onshore winds, so at this point we are on hold until 5:30 waiting for the contest directors to make a call if we will run or not. In the mean time we are going to relax at the pool and probably dip into the shore break for an all time group body womp session.

– Words and pictures by Kyle McClure

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Posted on May 17, 2014 by Nicolas Rottier

Cabo 2014 // Day Two and Three

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This 2014 edition of the Cabo Classico kept dealing when we woke up and were greeted with pumping waves and glassy conditions. The night before went a little longer than expected so the early morning session was the perfect way to shake off the late night. While the warm crystal clear water gave us the sense of comfort in the heaving shore break, guys were going for broke, throwing themselves over ledges directly onto the sand. The session wrapped up and we decided to walk south and found a solid sider pushing off the rocks with no one around.

The boys traded waves for an hour as we had to pack it up and make it to the riders meeting.

At the riders meeting we found that heats would start running at Solmar this morning at seven AM. The first round of the pros started in classic Cabo shore break, with

all of Victorias’s riders advancing to round 2 tomorrow.

The mornings have been the cleanest so we are expecting another restart bright early Saturday Morning. The word is Cabo sunsets and evening glass offs are something everyone should experience in their lives, and

Cabo 2014 is living up to the hype.

– Words and pictures by Kyle McClure

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Posted on May 15, 2014 by Nicolas Rottier

Cabo 2014 // Day One

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The day started early with a 6:30am flight out of John Wayne Airport, arriving in Cabo around noon. After landing and grabbing the bags, I waited a few hours for the rest of the crew to trickle in. I could sense an elevated mood as warm water heaving barrels and ice cold beer poolside was weighing heavy on everyone’s mind.

After hooking up with Teddy Vlasis, Morgan Just, Max Bourne and Johnny Salta, we grabbed a shuttle into town, watching sets explode on the sand the entire ride.

Being my maiden voyage to Cabo I was skeptical to everyone’s warnings of how heavy the waves get…

I was wrong. The slope at Solmar rivals any Laguna skim spot in its prime, and the five to six foot sets were detonating right on the sand. We also heard from Chimmy and his brother that the Solmar Sider was going off. From outside the hotel we could see guys pulling into death pits on the south side of Solmar next to the rocks, and we didn’t waste any time sprinting down there in hopes of getting a few before dark. We had a solid warm up for the week to come, with

Max Bourne pulling into a healthy connection and getting pitched onto the sand,

coming up the slope a little dazed. Writing this I can hear the sets rolling in from my room, and tomorrow looks like the conditions could line up for an epic Solamr Sider session. The riders meeting tomorrow night will also determine if the contest will be held in sidering conditions, or straight wraps.

We will keep you updated.

-Words and pictures by Kyle McClure

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Posted on April 22, 2014 by Nicolas Rottier

Jared Green, Zack Henderson and Connor Brashier win GEAA

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On Saturday April 19^th local skimboarderes of all skill levels joined at West Street Beach in Laguna Beach for the last of 3 Green Eggs and Am competitions. Skimmers and fans alike were glad to see that the waves were glassy and of decent size. Unlike the previous two contests, the West Street contests provided the riders with a variety of options when it came time compete. Not only were there wraps like Aliso and Balboa but there was also a sider which was strong enough to produce a secondary sider. This allowed the riders of each heat to have more options which led to quite a show. Conditions continued to remain strong even through the rising tide. As the heats proceeded skimmers gathered around the score board anticipating what place they got. Those that scored high had a smile on their face and those that did not do as good as they wanted knew they had a second chance because the second of 2 rounds was about to start.

As the round 2 heats went on the crowd and participants were pleasantly surprised by some whale visitors. Pushing the boundaries and coming as near as 50 yards from the shore, the crowd was mesmerized as if they were watching a sea world performance. Never the less the festivities went on. As round 2 neared its end conditions started to taper off and those who knew they were moving on knew they were up for a challenge. Paulo and Steve decided to add a semi- final round for the advanced division because of the amount of people and to go straight to finals for the beginner and intermediate divisions. First, came the beginner finals where Zach Henderson took the win by being the only one in his heat to connect a huge sider. Next, came the intermediate finals where Connor Brashier took the win by charging hard and pulling into some frothing barrels.

Finally it was time for the last heat of the day, the advanced finals. The heat was stacked with Sean Malek, Jared Green, Derek Ledesma, and Grant Nobel. As the heat got started the waves started to pick up, set after set was rolling through and the riders didn’t let a single one slip by. Sean Malek was on the sider and secondary with Derek Ledesma while Jared Green and Grant Nobel took on the wraps. In the end Jared Green took 1^st place, Sean Malek took 2^nd, Grant Nobel took 3^rd, and Derek Ledesma took 4^th. As the day came to an end everyone gathered around for the award ceremony where Connor Brashier was crowned the overall winner of all 3 contests of the Green Eggs and Am for the intermediate division. None of this could have been possible without Steve Taylor and Paulo Prietto who put these contest together every year. We are grateful to have them as a part of our skim community and if you see them out skimming be sure to thank them for all they do.

– Words by Sean Malek
– Pictures by Tex Haines, Fabiana Badie and Craig Brashier

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Posted on April 8, 2014 by Nicolas Rottier

Max Bourne wins the 2nd Stop of the Green Eggs and Am

CONGRATULATIONS MAX BOURNE

On Sunday April 9th all of the local amateur skimboarders gathered at Aliso Creek for the second stop of the green eggs and am. Skimmers started to show up as early as 7:30 in perpetration for the competition and were presently surprised by some firing waves. In all the competitions I have skimmed, the conditions of this competition ranked among the best. A combination of a strong 2-3 foot ground swell, no wind, and the waves breaking the perfect distance from shore gave this competition a fair playing field. As 9 o’clock rolled around the heats started and the crowds were stoked to say the least. As the day came to an end team rider Max Bourne was at the top of the podium for the advanced division. This puts him in a slight point lead for the overall title. It all comes down to the West St. Competition where a winner will be crowned.

– Sean Malek

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GRINCHES (Advanced)

1. Max Bourne 1700 pts
2. Grant Noble 1600 pts
3. Wesley Olsen 1500 pts
4. Travis Williams 1400 pts
5. Timmy Gamboa 1300 pts
6. Sean Malek 1200 pts
7. Derek Ledesma 1100 pts
8. Nolan Rodgers 1000 pts

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SNEECHES (Intermediate)

1. Nolan Rodgers 1000 pts
2. Griffin Kristensen 900 pts
3. Liam Bryant 800 pts
4. Mack Morales 700 pts
5. Zac Hendersen 600 pts
6. Dane Cameron 500 pts
7. Wesley Eagleton 400 pts
8. Hayden Rodgers 300 pts

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LORAXES (Beginners)

1. Hayden Rodgers 1000 pts
2. Griffin Kristensen 900 pts
3. Dane Cameron 800 pts
4. Max Braun 700 pts
5. Zac Hendersen 600 pts
6. Ryan Sveningson 500 pts
7. William Michaelson 400 pts
8. Jeremy Aked 300 pts

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Posted on April 7, 2014 by Nicolas Rottier

Saturday Session // 4 5 14 // West Street

SATURDAY SESSION, JOIN THE FUN!!!

Johnny Atoe, Teddy Vlasis, , Morgan Just, Paddy Mack, Max Bourne to name only few, had a fun Saturday Session at West Street! After few Saturday Sessions canceled due to contests (Melaque, Mexico, and the GEAA in newport Beach) it was good to skim together again some nice spring west Swell!

Photos by Tex and Carly Haines

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Posted on March 15, 2014 by Nicolas Rottier

2014 Melaque Contest, presented by X3M

Results

2014 Melaque Skim Contest Pro Top 8

1 Bullo
2 Chuy
3 Teddy Vlasis
4 Seco
5 Tule
6 Paddy Mack
7 Matthieu Thibaud
7 Chimi

Big thanks to X3M Boardshop for the organization, and to all the judges and contestants. We are proud to be part of such a great event. Stay tuned for more pictures and videos in the next few days!

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Day Two

Round 2 started at 8am. Lighter wind than yesterday the whole morning competition had really nice sets coming through. Semis and finals at 4.30pm later this afternoon!

Checkout some action shots of this morning on the facebook picture Gallery by Tex Haines

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Day One

Contest started off at 9am, first round of each category went. Our boys made it through, more rounds coming up at 4.30 pm. Great vibe here in San Patricio (Melaque) with all the local skimboarders. Lots of talents here. More updates soon!

Pictures: Tex Haines

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