About Skim Online

December 2004 -

Skim Online was first created in December of 1994.  My original motivation for making the site was two-fold.

1. I was a computer science major at the time and having a web page was something of a novelty.  Personal home pages are always boring so I decided to put something a little more interesting up instead.  Skimboarding was an easy choice because it is something that I happened to know a lot about.

2. I have always thought that the sport of skimboarding would grow much faster if there was some sort of media coverage for the sport.  When "Skimboard Magazine" failed in the 80's, there was really no way for skimboarders to learn about innovations happening in the sport.  I thought that a web page would be a very good way to provide up to date skimboarding information to a large number of people.

Skim Online wasn't much in the beginning though.  It was basically one page with information and pictures scattered here and there.  Over time however it has grown enormously.  Skim Online is now made up of over 3000 HTML documents, 3000 images,  and 25000 internal and external links.  And it is still growing.  But who produces Skim Online?

My name is Aaron Peluso.  I have been skimboarding for about 20 years.  I grew up in Laguna Beach within walking distance of Aliso.  By hanging out and skimboarding at the beach over the years, I accumulated a good deal of knowledge about the sport of skimboarding (more than I knew!).  I am now 28 years old and have been skimming professionally since I was 17.  I have never won a contest but I have placed in the finals (top four).  

In 2001 I began a new project called Exile Skimboards.  In the last couple years it has grown to be one of the most popular high end skimboard manufacturers.  Although you will see advertisements for Exile on the site as well as references to Exile in the content of the site, I do my absolute best to make sure that all references are necessary and deserved, as well as ads paid for by Exile.  In short, I do my best to keep the content of the site as unbiased as possible, as this site is intended to help the sport, not a company.  Constructive criticism is always encouraged if you feel I stray from my goals.

I hope you enjoy the site.

Aaron Peluso
aaron@skimonline.com