Skimboard event crowns top pro skimboarder today
Today (Sunday), the top-ranked pro skimboarders will be battling it out for final positioning on the UST’s (United Skim Tour) final stop. Oddly … or maybe not so oddly … all 8 of the skimboard pros heading into Sunday’s semi-finals are based in Laguna Beach and Laguna Niguel, and most of them have grown up [...]
Final So. Cal skimboard event this weekend, Oct 1-2, 2011
After a long and tumultuous skimboarding season, pro skimboarders and amateurs alike will be gathering at the last Southern California skimboarding event this weekend – Exile Skimboard and Main Street’s Oktoberfest at the Balboa Peninsula. Heats begin bright and early Saturday morning at about 7:30, with finals continuing through Sunday afternoon. Given that eight of [...]
“The Vic” skim event on Sunday – photos and details
The sun has just set on another beautiful day in Laguna Beach; the event scaffolding is almost completely deconstructed at the 2011 Vic Skim World Championships; and the skim celebration party is on at The Blue Laguna. Below is an initial photo gallery of a few Sunday favorites …
Stinnett bros take 1st and 2nd at The Vic in Laguna Beach!
For the first time in history at The Vic, two brothers took down the venerable World Championship with Jake Stinnett taking 2nd place honors and little bro’ Sammy Stinnett taking 1st place honors . . .
Upsets galore at “The Vic” skimboard contest this Sunday
Today, the second day of Laguna Beach hosting “The Vic” – the Victoria Skimboards Annual World Championship in skimboarding – has been a day of continued surprises. In yesterday afternoon’s Pro Men heats, last year’s Vic Champ, Morgan Just, was tossed out of the running, much to the surprise of groms and pros alike. This morning, it was another surprise when longstanding favorites Bill Beakdog Bryan and Brandon Sears joined the sidelines with Just
“The Vic” is rocking, moves pro skimboarders into next round
t’s another beautiful day in Laguna Beach and the crowds are thick at Aliso Beach to watch “The Vic,” – The Victoria Skimboards World Championship… and what a great contest it’s been. This morning, amidst great swells and hinky waters, 9 heats of Pro Skimboard Men were whittled down to leave just 18 pro skimboarders (men) moving forward to the next round.