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Aliso Beach web camera on Surfline.com

Victoria Skimboards is pleased to announce that the free Aliso Beach web camera sponsored by EarthCam is now available on Surfline.com. For a link to the official press release, click here. To be taken to the Surfline.com site, click here.

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10th Street sessions

Over the last weekend the beginnings of some swell broke through in Laguna Beach. Locals ran to 10th Street in hopes of picking up the side wash and were greated with some nicely formed waves. Kyle Wiley at 10th St. Victoria Skimboards team rider Matthieu Thibaud injured his foot on Friday but still pulled his […]

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Chris Splendore gives back

Victoria Skimboards team rider Chris Splendore teamed up with Zack Hoag to give skimboarding instruction at the Children’s Home of Tampa. Click here for pictures. Thanks Chris for helping to give back to those around you. We appreciate it!

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Howell takes Dewey

Jon Howell laid it all on the beach and put together an impressive performance to win 1st place at Dewey Beach over the last weekend. Congratulations to Jon! Also to be noted, Siobhan McAuliffe took 1st place in the Women’s division. More results as they become available to us. Congratulations Victoria Skimboards riders on a […]

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Online Store SALE!!!

Victoria Skimboards is having a SALE in our online store from August 15, 2009 through September 15, 2009. Use the code below and save 10% but hurry as supplies may be limited. Redemption Code: VS-51892 Click here for the Online Store

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Skim lessons

Kile from Mississippi sent some pictures of the skim lesson he had when he visited here a couple of weeks ago. He got a pretty good sunburn (even if I told him about the sunblock thing), but he had a lot of fun. He got some waves at Thalia and then came down to Aliso. […]

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Mega Wins! Morgan second.

The contest must go on said the contestants. Hard onshore winds and large offshore waves were dealt with by the contestants and it was pretty tough. Mega managed to get some frontside AND backside wraps, into the wind, to beat Morgan and take the title. Hugo Santos was out with a hurt foot from Saturday […]

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Sunday in France

Bon Jour mon amies, Today the contest is over early. Rain and strong winds last night blew out the waves, actually made them too big. So, since many of the people can’t stay till the afternoon high tide, they are going home. High tide is at 7:30 pm and is 13 feet. Yes, that’s right, […]

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Morgan Just tows in on Friday.

Saturday, once again Carly and I did the tourist thing while the skim contest took place at Hossegor. I heard the waves were much better. Herve LeDoux is down there from 7 am to 7 pm running the event. That is one heck of a lot of work, and I should know. I heard that […]

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Friday too big!

Friday’s log. Too big for skimming, contest will run Saturday. Lots of skimmers hanging around waiting for the afternoon to change, but still too big. Carly and I visited the Cathedral at Bayonne and felt closer to God. How anyone can build something so tall with stone is beyond belief. I guess that is what […]

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