Over the last 50 years, owner of Victoria Skimboards Tex Haines has accumulated a collection of skimboards that displays the progression from wood to foam, shapes, design, etc. If you have any stories or info on any of the following boards, we would greatly appreciate your wisdom! Also, if you have any boards you think we would like to add to our collection, don’t hesitate to reach out! info@victoriaskimboards.com
#2 
#3 
#32 
#17 
#1 
#73 Keith Fullenweider 1961. His “Two Rocks” Skidboard. Handmade, glassed w/ resin. “A new thing down at Hobies.” Thicker than usual, nice down turned rails done w/ hand rasp. Great Rocker. 
#41 Built by Scott Westgaard. A typical shape in the 60’s 
#5 “Ten Toes Surfboard” 
#44 
#76 Tim Fisken Torque Master 1979 
#18 
#21 
#13 
#43 
#15 
#24 
#14 
#26 
#80 
#7 
#75 Jay Williams Skidboard. Circa 1972 
#23 
#10 
#11 
#27 
#74 Tex’s “Rainmaker” 1971 Lewis and Clarke College 
#16 
#22 Laguna Beach Artist Star Shields 1970’s 
#77 Mark Jamogochian Angel Tit Model 
#8 
#4 
#42 
#38 
#37 Sandpiper Dewey Beach Skimboard 
#34 
#33 
#25 
#39 DK Moby Whale Swallow Tail Phase 2 
#78 One of the first foam core boards. 1980 
#28 1982 
#6 Tony Prietto 
#20 
#9 
#19 Santa Cruz Roush Special 
#36 
#79 The Tay Haines foam core skimboard. This board has a 1″ stringer. Stringers were abandoned shortly after this point. 
#31 Pre traction era, textured grip tape deck 
#40 
#62 Cardboard Core?! 
#68 
#12 
#63 
#61 Thick, Heavy, with a small skag. 
#52 
#30 
#82 A good example of the height of the hand glassed era of foam boards. 1986 
#46 Shape: Tex Glass: Amber Cottle “The Amber Cottle” model 
#48 Shaped by Tex for Ivan 07/22/88 
#64 3/6/88 
#47 Lance Brooks Model 1988 
#45 3/24/88 
#70 
#69 
#66 
#59 
#81 Tex Haines 4’11 SST Model. This penetrator was designed to test the limits of the pointy nose theory. 1983 
#49 Airbrush: Amber Cottle 9/84 Art: Lynn 
#58 Art: Kenashito 7/24/92 
#60 5/6/92 
#29 At the time, using fabric within the construction of the board was a new success. We still use this process in our modern day construction. 
#54 Nose to mid standard hybrid rails. Mid-Tail of board inverted rails. 
#51 Inverted Rails 
#57 Inverted rails 
#50 A lot of riders start skimming on a bodyboard. How about a fiberglass bodyboard? 
#65 Flown across the world from the land down under. The “indestructible” Bamboo skimboard 
#53 Fiberglass deck and bottom with soft foam rails 
#67 Classic shape with foam rails 
#35 An experiment to test out the golf ball texture theory. 
#55 Golf ball bottom experiment. Not easy to glass.. 
#83 
#56 
#71 World Jungle 4/16/93 
#72 “Loco Picasso” for Beaker 1993 
#84 The Sand Surfer Model, the second one ever made. Initially invented for rider Matt Crowl 1985-1990 
#85 Worm Model 5/7/94 
#86 Brad Dickey Model 
#87 One of the original Poly Carbon boards
