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

First Post

Yesterday myself, Brandon, Wolfey and Jeff (owner of Zed Skimboards) went out to session a beach that I have never skimmed at before: Island View. It is found between Sidney and Victoria. After trecking up there it seemed like the driving paid off! We had chest heigh waves. There were even surfers out!!

The sand was super weird, as it went from nicely sorted sand to 'baby head' sized boulders. I had a couple good spills onto these rocks, but no major injuries (luckily).

We sessioned until it was too dark to see. The pictures were lacking, but this one showed the spots potential! Am going to keep my eye on this webcam from now on!

The web cam for the Island View beach can be found here:
http://www.bigwavedave.ca/webcams.php?cam=4&option=1&z=0