2011 Photos
Sam Stinnett Wins Oktoberfest and 2011...
By Aaron Peluso Sam Stinnett won the 2011 Exile / Main St Oktoberfest this year and in the process walked away with his first world title. Sam has been a contender ever since he went pro in 2007 and the Balboa event has always been one of his strongest. This year was no different. The Oktoberfest which has for so… Continue »
Morgan Just Wins In France
By Aaron Peluso The first trans-continental UST competition went down over the course of the last week in Seignosse, France. I have been attending skimboarding competitions for more than 25 years now and I can say without a doubt that this event has opened up a door for skimboarding’s future. More than any skimboarding competition I have ever attended, this… Continue »
Brad Domke Wins Vilano Pro / Am
Friday afternoon started off hotter than ever when a nearby BP station exploded into a giant fireball. The same couldn’t be said about the conditions for the 2011 Vilano Pro/Am, but that didn’t stop the stoke. Skim stickers on every other car, boards resting on hotel balconies, and sponsor tents scattered across the shore. One couldn’t cross the street without… Continue »
Photographer Profile: David Behar
I started skimming when I was around 10-years-old but didn’t really get into it until I was about 13. I wanted to show my friends the waves I skimmed because I knew they wouldn’t believe Fort Lauderdale got above knee, so I got my first camera and started shooting in 2004. Soon I was having more fun taking photos than… Continue »
Sam Stinnett Wins The Vic
By Aaron Peluso The most competitive skimboard contest in the world went down this weekend under sunny skies and challenging small conditions. This year marked the second year in which the contest was broadcast live on the Internet worldwide for all to see. This year the video feed was accompanied by live narration which made the watching the feed all… Continue »
South Side Shootout 2011
By Brett Mahon Sunday Sunday Sunday!!!! A slight overcast set the “ominous” tone for the final day of competition at the Southside of the Indian River Inlet. Again, the dolphins and bluefish were active right outside the contest area, but unfortunately the swell had lost a little of its muster overnight from the offshore breeze. The wind hadn’t been a… Continue »
Cabo Clasico 2011
The 2011 Cabo Clasico contest took place during a giant south swell for the second year in a row. Unlike last year, the decision was made to throw caution to the wind and hold the event at Solmar, one of the most exposed beaches in the region. It turned out to be a good decision. Wind was a problem this… Continue »
Gorgonitas Championship 2011
Gorgonitas Skim is the premiere Spanish skimboarding organization that has been pushing the sport’s progression in Spain’s relatively new skim community. They have a website that provides riders in Spain with news and media from the skimboarding world, and they also put on contests like the 2011 Gorgonitas Compeonato taking place in Barcelona his September. Gorgonitas started out of a… Continue »
