New Years

So myself Scott, Bryce, and Steph went out for a New Years Eve session at Whitaker. Due to exams and business I have not been out for a skim in a few weeks. My body has been going through salt water withdrawal! So today the winds were up, and we trekked down to good Ol' Whitaker Beach. And did she ever deliver. Photos taken by Steph.

Me

Scott

Scott: Approaching

Me

Yes that is snow on the ground. Welcome to Canada

Me

Scott

For more photos check out Akwa's blog@ http://www.akwaindustries.com/akwa/category/team-blog/, or Bryce's @ http://brycecasselman.blogspot.com/. He snapped some gems,

Hope everyone has a safe New Year's Eve. I am excited to see what 09' holds. Peace,

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to all! Since exams I have migrated back to the Sunshine Coast. We got dumped on with the white stuff over the past few weeks. I set up a box in my yard for some winter-snow time cold Canadian skimboarding, and having been taking lots of photos since returning home... here is a little bit of both.

Christmas Tree

My old man stirring pasta sauce
Waxing the rails up

Getting everything sorted

50-50 Grind

Some good looking buns

My cat: Cypress

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas

Snowy Exams

So i have been bogged down with exams... done on THURS. Hoping to get a chance to skim over the winter break (if this snow ever goes away). The one day I could have hit the beach it snowed 10cm, making the trip to Port Renfrew a no go. I got a new camera too..fancy Olympus DLSR. Here are some photos of snow, school stuff, and some from my new camera. Will post back when something actually worth reading about occurs.

We got dumped on to say the least

Snow outside my house

Downtown in the snow... did not see this coming!

My guitar

School Stuffs

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

Europe Pictures

Here are some old pictures from my adventures around the UK and Europe, thought I might as well throw them up. Most of these are from my travels that occurred last December.

The top of the pass near Dingle Pen. (Ireland)

Beat box/free style action in Ireland

Treking to who the hell knows where with Tucker. Near Stirling, Scotland

Venice over Christmas break. Hence the Christmas lights.

Waiting for the train in Italy

Sunrise. Just outside of Rome Dec 2007

Looking over Florence (Tucker Ross Tyler Me)

Sunset on Crete (Greece)

Just another sunny January day on Crete

K'naan

For those who do not know, I am a HUGE hip-hop head. I would like to shine the spot light on K'naan, a Canadian/Somali MC. The guy has mad skill and I am looking forward to his album that is supposed to drop in 2009. Check him out, http://knaanmusic.ning.com/

BIG POST: China, School, New Spot?

China Beach (Stole this picture from the internet)

On Sunday ended up at China Beach, which is just past Jordon River enroute to Port Renfrew. Due to the size of the swell, we figured that the waves in Renfrew would be breaking too far out..making them unreachable. We decided to hike down the China Beach, a major surf spot.

It was my first time to China Beach and Brandon had not been there for a few years. It is a pretty cool spot. It was a wicked hike down to the beach (note to self: wear better footware next time). The waves were fairly small (chest height) and fairly mellow. They were not super consistant but fun none the less. A sider formed around this rock that was smack dab in the middle of the beach. It is the first time I have ever really ridden a sider! It was pretty sweet. The waves were not very clean, but often ended up barreling, yet they were not really big enough to wrap into. I got my head inside a couple of barrels. No pictures were taken while we were skimboarding as we could not drag a photographer out. Brandon will prob through the scenic pics up in the next photo set on SkimBC.

I have been lacking sleep over the last couple days. In a three day stint I had 2 term papers (totallying 8,000 words), and a group report (15 pager) and 10 min presentation. I am planning on having a afternoon nap after I finish this entry.

So I was skimming through some old class notes and I came across a spit feature that formed on the far side of Cordova Bay. I have never really explored the wave potenial of this part of Victoria.. it may have to be on the list for future adventures!New spot with wave potenial?

Headed Out

Just about to leave...going wave hunting with Brandon. Swell coming in is 12 foot with a 14 sec period. Should be interesting whatever we find...will post back with what I find.

Wave Riding in BC: New Territory

Recently UVic Marlet, the university's independent newspaper, published a story on the Sub Zero Skim Jam held just over a month ago!

Shout out to Jeff McAllister for putting the piece together, it is great for the wave scene in BC to get some press time!!!

You can read the article here:

http://martlet.ca/article/6190-skim-jam-rides-island-waves

SkimBC

Just like to give a shout out to Bdub at SkimBC.... doing lots of work on his site. Keep checking on it, he has some goodies in store!

www.skimbc.com

Fall 2008

Being back on VanIsle is great. The main reason is that I am SO much closer to Port Renfrew, the wave mecca of BC. If you have never heard of Port Renfrew it is time to listen up! Renfrew, as it is known, is located approxamtely 2 hours out of Victoria. There is not much in terms of the the 'township'. They have a general store, couple pubs, few B&Bs and a motel.

Regardless, it has some of the bes, largest and most consistant wave skimming that British Columbia has to offer. Click here to find out more about what Port Renfrew has to offer.

We have made a couple trips out there this year. Here are a few of the gems. A full album of the photos can be found a here




















A little heavy on the brake pedal some may say

One of the joys of skimboarding in BC is that scenery follows you every where you go











Sitting Wishing Waiting


















"Break on through to the other side"

Front size carve

B-Dub is happy with the wavesCarving the faceUntil next time...

Pictures Pictures Pictures

Here are some old pictures from my skim adventures in the UK. Enjoy,

Knee height slash in Aberystwyth, Wales

Airtime in Aberystwyth, Wales

Carving in South Devon

Waiting for that next wave