Exile Skimboards and Main Street Surf Shop’s highly anticipated Oktoberfest event is nearly upon us. It is the final stop of the United Skim Tour, and the answer to who will be the next World Champion…
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I just recently got back from Acapulco, Mexico where I was competing and teaching a skim camp. The trip was sick. I got some good waves with warm water and all the locals were more than excited. I was interviewed by the local and national news both days of the contest. I took what seemed like hundreds of photos and signed a million different things down there. It was great to be so welcomed and appreciated. It was also cool to see the sport growing down there. I finished in first place which was just the icing on the cake for me. Attached are a few shots of the event that I thought you would enjoy.
Thanks for your support.
—Paulo Prietto
Sometimes art school gets a little weird. If you spend excessive amounts of time reading and listening to people’s opinion on art theory, you’ll begin to rethink that grad school notion you were playing with. After all, how are you suppose to write a 3500 word paper on Clement Greenberg’s “Art and Objecthood”, when the East Channel Buoy reads 7 feet at 14 seconds. It’s just not gonna happen. Seth De Roulet always calls early when he knows my wine habits from the previous night have seduced me into a coma like state of bliss. “Tully, get your act together. I’m there in fifteen. You better not lag. It’s gonna be fun”, he remarks as I begin acquaint myself with a new day. I know that though my bed is warm, I will find great pleasure in sneaking a few breakers before the members S.U.P. and M.M.A. saturate the line up. These gangs have been known to create heaps of disturbance in the local line ups and I often try to avoid them. This is precisely why Seth and I have aligned ourselves with an early morning strike at an undisclosed location near the Ventura County coast. Fall is the best time of year to pursue such wave fantasies in Southern California. Optimal seasonal conditions make for rewarding early morning sessions. I swear the air even smells better during this portion of the year. The off shores funnel down the canyon grooming the each lip providing ideal nasal ride conditions. The water stills lingers with warmth as Autumn takes hold. It’s the start of a beautiful day in October.
—Sean Tully
This August and September I had the opportunity to spend some time in Puerto Escondido with my good friend and photographer Michael Barrus along with a few other friends from San Diego. We scored solid waves for the majority of the trip, with a few short intervals of small ripple surf. When we weren’t out at Puerto, were exploring the different waves Mainland Mexico had to offer. We ventured down to Barra De La Cruz and also found our own secret spot. It was quite a treat to find our own beach with perfect spitting tubes and no one in sight! Now I’m back in San Diego surfing and keeping up with my studies at UCSD until the next contest or trip.
—Maximilian Karnig (photos: Michael Barrus)
We have been sitting tight since we first sent in our entry for the Breakthrough Brand of the Year in January. It got pushed back in May and the ceremony just went down this past weekend down in Cabo. The ceremony was on Friday night and they saved the best to last. Thanks to all who voted and all that attended the ceremony.
Monica Wise from L-Space. L-Space went home with 2 more awards this year.
Duke and Kathy from Surfside Sports
Spides, Dean, Dustin Odbert, Dan Moylan and Dylan Odbert
Dustin and Dylan Odbert
Jim Shubin
Dean and Jim Shubin of ASR/Class
Dean, Sean Smith of SIMA, Jim Shubin and Dustin
Vipe Desai of Monstor Energy and Dean
Duke in the midst of an Odbert sandwhich
Dean, Bobby from Jacks and Spides
Josh from Transworld, Emma from Ron Jons and Dean
Josh and Dean
Dean and Charlie Anderson of Transworld Surf
Dean and D from Coastal Edge
Tony from Surfer and Dean
Paul, Tom, Tony, Spides and Chad
Tom, Spides and Chad
Billy and Dean
Spides and Paul Gomez
Dean and Paul Gomez
Spides and Wooley
Billy, Charle and Dean
Tom and Duke
Duke, Kevin and Tom
Dave Nash of Sun Diego and Dean
Spides and the Kitchen staff
Dean, Emma from Ron Jons and Spides
Spides, Dan from ASR and Dean enjoying the victory
Spides and Dean
Atwater, Ambission, Atwater, Ambission
Dean, Pat Parnell from The Daily Habit and Spides
Jessee Faen of Insight and Dean
Triple D, Duke, Dean and D, all winners at this years SIMA awards
Dean and Pat Parnell sharing Pats shirt
Spides and Richard from Volcom
The ladies of L-Space
Spides and Ron from Jacks
Pat sharing his already stretched out shirt with Shubin
As many of you know we had a little shin dig a few weeks back at Detroit Bar. The turn out was amazing and we were all super stoked how many of you showed up to enjoy the nigh. Thanks again to Detroit bar, Big Tyme, R & B and MUDluscious.
