SKIM - ZINE

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|[CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS]|

Kyle Lynch, Matt McDonald, Derek Popple, Richard Doctor, Mitch Elder, Chase

O’Black, Shane Dunn, Jesse Derosa, Pat Mcguire, Alex Poulton, Auston Reisman,

Luke Dirks, Chris Moralidad

COVER SHOT| RUSSEL TANDY “meditating”, photographer| CHASE O’BLACK

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Contact | mitchelderfilms@yahoo.com

ALL RIGHT RESEREVED 2GNAR SKIM-ZINE 2013

www.2GNAR.com

|[EDITOR]|

Mitch Elder

Russell Tandy | photo Chase Oblack

MITCH DAUES- Frontboard

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN SKIMBOARDING ?

like a year and 7 months

WHERE DO YOU LIVE ? SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA

AGE? 19

SKIM SPONSERS? none

STANCE? regular

FAVORITE TRICK? I really like three shuvs! they feel so good to pop!

RAILS OR BOXES? I like both! I haven't really got a huge chance to skim either that much!

HOBBIES? I skateboard not much else , sponsored by pinz board shop in salmon arm I'm

SKIM SPOT? Waterwheel park in enderby!

HOW FAR IS YOUR SPOT? waterwheel is like 20 minute drive from salmon arm. But now I'm living in surrey

WHO DO YOU SKIM WITH? I usually skim with my brother and a few other guys from salmon arm

#SKIMNATION? Skimnation isn't really anything me and my brother just thought we would hash tag it on Instagram

HOW DO YOU LIKE SKIMBOARDING?

I love it! It's so fun! And it's pretty new to me so I feel like I'm leaning new stuff all the time!

YOU SKATEBOARD? DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE SKATEBOARDING ON WATER?

Kind of! It does feel different though but I feel like being a skateboarder makes me wanna pop my tricks more and pushes me to try an hit rails and boxes and stuff!

#SKIMNATION isnt really anything me and

my brother just thought we would hashtag it on Instagram

Photos Alex Poulton

Our beach in Southport, CT was first observed in the spring of 2010 by myself and

Shayne Dunn. Before that I had only been riding in beaches/lakes at Cape Cod and

Penfield Beach in Fairfield, CT. First day me and Shayne rode Southport, we knew It

was most likely the best beach for flatland skim boarding in CT besides the spots

located in Old Saybrook, CT.

With endless tidal pools, soft sand it seemed like a

mini, east coast Spanish Banks. But, there are many

hazards though in the summer time at Southport

Beach. This includes snails, Razor sharp clams/shells,

as well as “death cookies”. Not to mention,

sometimes the sand is so soft and muddy you can’t

run. You have to really pin point out your spot

before riding to avoid injury and to set up whatever

you are trying to hit.

This includes snails, Razor sharp clams/shells, as well as “death cookies”. Tides are also a major problem. Compared to Penfield Beach, which is north about 5-8 minutes in

Fairfield CT, catching the tides in Southport you only have a three- four hour window compared to

the 6 hour window at Penfield. The incoming tide rushes in drastically, making conditions

unskimmable in the blink of an eye. But once you find the right day and conditions, it might be one

of the best places out there to sesh. You can choose areas with only one inch of water to do bank

slides or powerslides along with pools where you can pump ollies, pop shuv’s, grabs, and combos on

whatever set up you are hitting.

SOUTHPORT Greetings From

Connecticut

Words by Chris Hindenach

Unfortunately, Southport is still basically

off the map because no one really gives the

sport a chance/rides here and there is no

where to buy the right boards anywhere

around. Other local riders in the area

include my friends Matt Chop, and Jason

Grant who I’d say were some of the OG’s

of flatland here in CT dating back to 2005.

Other friends/riders include are Macs

Carberry, Dylan G., and Mike Breal.

You can subscribe to me and Shayne on

Youtube through the channels

PenfieldSkimmer and Anythingskim.

More edits will be on the way this

spring and summer! If anyone wants to

come shred at Southport, contact me

and I’ll let you now the right day. Also

props to the other shredders of the

east coast including Matt Flood, Arick

Hess, Garrett Young, and Thomas

D’Anieri, and any riders I have not

mentioned who continue to push the

scene.

Shayne put together the biggest

flatland skimboarding camp for kids in

CT back in the summer of 2010 and

made the beach recognized. He has

been a DB rider since 2009 and has

performed some of those most tech

tricks I’ve seen to date including 540

front shuv’s off kickers and 360 shuv

its to one foot out combo’s. I myself

have some tricks up my sleeve.

I’d much rather have that variety than hitting a

beach break in CT or Cape Cod where constant waves

can always shorten or ruin a run. Southport is always

rideable on sideshore winds too.

DB SKIMBOARDS rider Russell Tandy pops a proper Backside 180

Skim2live skimmer Nick Revees

busting out a backside bigspin on

his Kayotics Skimboard.

CAM MONTROSE with this huge fucking shove double grab

Mitchell Elder

Some of the 2GNAR possie after a sesh at Maktze Puddle. In

TX. (mitche,tyler,Trenton,jcisneros,lopez,daues,potter)

Dillon Phillips – FS Blunt

MR.CISNEROS

Unleash the GOONS Words by Mike Finneran

Mike with a shove grab | spot Ashton | photo Derek Popple

Where do you skim?

Ashton

Paradise

Bannister

Rio Linda

Who are your favorite people to skim with?

Derek Popple, Nate Sher, Lil Rue, Dallas Kingsbury, Adam Balaam, and Tim Davis

16 year old Wyatt Brown with a stezzy back boardslide

SPOT| Rio Linda [Sacramento, California]

2gnar.com

dbskimboards.com

jgordonskimboards.com

skim.co

skimboardingspots.com

inlandskimgermany.de

kayotics.com

zedskimboards.com

oxsskimboards.com

konarpro.pl

skimzone.com

ffskimboards.pl

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Generally we skim all year round most skim activity will happen in summer

which are contests and skim clinics we have normally about five or six contests a

year starting in april finishing in septemer and its normally one contest a month

and during the summer we give skim clinics at events like the KBO ( kite board

open) and the madnes festival which is a five day music festival on at island in

the north.

We have two teams here in Holland the first being a flatland team paradise skim

krew consisting of Adrien Raza, lisa van leeuwen and myself, our team is about a

year old now and was started by myself and adrien we later got lisa to join us

and as a team we have travelled to Germany for contests like the boot trade

show which is probably the biggest contest we attend in Germany and the

beachbreakes skim fest , last year adrien and lisa also attended the PSO polish

skim open.

The other team is a wave team named liquid skim, there members are Jermo de

Lange, Dali Moerings, Thijs Rentier, Maxim van der Mast & Marente Smit. They

have been around for a much longer time then paradise skim krew and they

attend all the contest in Holland and also a few contest like boot.

Skimboarding in Holland, we don’t have the best spots or the biggest waves but

we have some great memories a lot of us are all friends that see each other

quite a lot and even though right now we are a small group of people

skimboarding and the scene isn’t as big as the ones in America we are slowly

growing with the passing years and hope to continue so, we are a friendly group

of people and always looking for new ways to get people into the sport and

increase its popularity between the youth and welcome anyone with a smile into

our little community of skimboarders

For more information about the dutch skimboarding scene head to

www.skimboarding.nl or www.dutchskim.nl

SKIMBOARD SCENE THE

DB SKIMBOARDS SUPER SHREDDER Adrian Raza ollies over some brush

Isaac Thomas filming in Texas for the next DB Film, expected to drop summer 2014.

Kelbin david is pushing flatland skim in the Philippines Keep pushing it over there Kelbin.

Jackd Skimboards rider Dane Kaimiloa Bryant Anderson with a

JACKD ollie in Washington State

Johnathan Cisneros -5050

PHOTO|KYLE LYNCH CONSPIRACY SKIMBOARDS OWNER ANTHONY DAVIS

I had the opportunity to interview Conspiracy Skimboards owner Anthony

Davis. See what he has planned for the future of flatland skimboarding.

What is your brand?

Conspiracy skimboards is a rider owned and rider driven skimboard manufacturing company based in

Vancouver BC, Canada who specializes in high performance skimboards made by hand in Canada and

unique traction.

What does conspiracy have in store for the future of flatland skimboarding?

We set to push the progression of skimboarding and board design for years to come. Expect high

performance skimboards, unique traction, events, innovative rail designs and tricks along with high level

media for summer 2013!

What made you want to start your own skimboarding company ?

Last summer I had the opportunity to be behind scenes at kyda skimboards. Fortunately Kyle lynch who

ran Yoda taught me everything about the manufacturing side of making a skim board and what it takes

to run a company. I had the idea of starting a skimboard company for many years and knew what I have

learned from the 2012 season with kyda skimboards and a ton of research of my own with board

manufacturing I knew I could design and build a better board than the so called high end flatland

skimboard sold today. The short answer is I love skimboarding and starting a skimboard manufacturing

made perfect sense.

Q:ELDER A:DAVIS

Do you think there needs to be more skimboarding companies in North America, we all know Europe is

growing?

More skimboard companies would be great for the industry but riders pushing the progression of what you can

do on a skimboard is even more needed since there are only a handful.

We all know Europe is killing the game right now, with the events,media, and even handful of flatland

skimboarding brands.. What is you take on north America and the way flatland skimboarding is right now?

Europe seems to be the hotspot for flatland skimboarding, I only see it getting bigger and more companies

sprouting up in Europe. North America seems to be getting bigger aswell but not in the extreme side of

skimboarding but more in the traditional side of skimboarding which is still great for the industry. The way its

going now in North America it could be exported to Europe in coming years.

Flatland skimboarding right now is becoming more about being technical and doing small rails which makes

sense since hauling big ass rails is a bitch and is influenced by one company that basically owns the sport of

flatland skimboarding. In North America I don't see it ever having something close to the UST in wave

skimboarding but could possibly happen in Europe, only time will tell.

What are the shapes looking like?

We are going to release a directional shape and twin shape for 2013 both with a twin

rocker pattern.

When is the first batch of skimboards droping?

Board will be available for purchase in late April on our online store.

Are yall going to sponser any riders?

Yes we will have a small team for 2013 consisting of some great riders from Bc

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