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Welcome
Welcome to Pulse. Warm waters, steep beaches, and a fresh suntan. Summer is the season we wait for, and it’s the season we never want to end. With the contest season in full swing, and the crowded breaks reminding us that the skim scene is thriving, these months are definitely the easiest months to be a skimboarder. There’s always someone to skim with, and a cool breeze is your biggest excuse for not getting out there. Take advantage of these days now. We only have a few more weeks before it’s officially Fall, and it’ll be time to suit up and search for waves. Until then, enjoy the sun while it’s warm and go slide on some sand. – David and Jackie
Crowded Summer Sider Photo: Tyler Brooks | Laguna, CA
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The SouLag female wonder woman is making some big waves in her town and beyond.
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Lucas Fink visits the chilly northern California surf town, and he scores.
84 Interview: Austin Keen
The dreaded 2013 UST champion talks about how he made skimming his career.
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The Team The team at Pulse consists of enthusiastic skimboarders who are passionate about showcasing the sport in the best possible light. The team has created this publication as a way to interconnect the skim community through beautiful words, images, and design.
David Haefele /Editor
David finished 28th on the UST in 2013. His background in writing and experience in photography and marketing shape how Pulse is portrayed both in the pages and throughout other online channels.
Jackie Gollbach /Creative Director
Jackie has a long list of first-place contest finishes. Her graphic-design style is lively and clever but also professional and sleek, a style that complements ocean photography and creatively accents skimboarding media.
Derek Makekau /Associate editor
Derek founded and ran ForeverSkim the Magazine for nearly a decade. He now runs 20/30north Studios, and he’s helping with various major and minor decisions over at Pulse.
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Contributors This publication would not be possible without photographers and contributors. Be sure to click on the linked buttons throughout the issue for direct access to their feeds. Give your favorites a follow or a like: they deserve it. Laguna SoCal Tyler Brooks Joe Bailey Jesse Beer Lucas Dantas Melissa Stevenson Andre Magarao Alex Kiuchi Olivier Harrault Nikki Crocker Tad Mask
Kailey Garrison Dwight Mudry Tom Williams Lucas Gomes Ian Seafort Michael Heintzmann Mike Marincovich Jeff Davis Corinne Conklin Kevin Bonetti Matt O’Brien
Stephen Cotta Dave Alexander Aric Roman Nela Cabrera Daniel Pardini Jake Hendry Ben Brenzel Jackson Cortez Reymar Carlos Kyle Calandra Ben Hintz
Cover shot Austin Keen / Laguna, CA
“Austin Keen’s skimboarding is an inspiration that must be witnessed to be appreciated. He has proven his ability to be a true champion while remaining humble and grounded. This photo was captured in South Laguna, on a day just like any other day in paradise.” - Joe Bailey
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Editor’s note A few months back I took a lunch break at work and watched the Sununga final live from an empty conference room about 5,000 miles away. While it’s definitely incredible that we had a live broadcast from a contest on the other side of the world, something else about that contest was absolutely groundbreaking. During this final, Blair Conklin and Leandro Azevedo used strategic priority and wave selection tactics that I’ve never seen before in our sport. And this was the result of three things: the two man heat, a legitimate priority system, and live scoring.
“ Blair Conklin and Leandro Azevedo used strategic priority and wave selection tactics that I’ve never seen before in our sport. ” Four-man heats are still very commonplace. The next time you watch a four-man heat, put yourself in the judges’ shoes for a few minutes. Watch every wave, assign a quick score to it, and keep your eyes on the riders. After about 3 minutes, you’ll quickly realize that it’s pretty much impossible to judge it fairly. Waves are ridden simultaneously. The differences are often minute, and they take more than just half a second of thought. The heat can quickly turn into a mishmash in your head where you forget who did what and when. The priority system at most events is loosely stated and often not enforced. With three to four riders fighting for waves, competitors routinely snake each other here and
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Leandro in a 2-Man Heat Photo: Lucas Dantas | Ubatuba, Brazil
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Blair’s 9.67 in the Final Photo: Corrinne Conklin | Ubatuba, Brazil
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Editor’s note there to grab the best rides. The judges up in the scaffolding are busy deciding the subtle differences between rides, and they can’t spend a lot of time deciphering who should have the right away. Then, when a snake does happen, and when an interference should be called, it’s often let go because the judges either didn’t see the altercation or the interference was noticed but the wishy-washy rule doesn’t clearly define who had the right of way in the first place. On top of that, a wave-by-wave live scoring system is absent at every event but Sununga. So riders choose their waves and maneuvers based on gut and intuition about where they feel they stand in the heat. At Sununga, the final rounds were run as two-man heats. There was a priority system where the announcer told the riders who had priority for the next wave. And the live-scoring let the riders know exactly where they stood in the heat. So when Blair had priority during the latter half of the heat, and he knew Leandro needed a score, he took a wave he didn’t even need to hold off Leandro. And that’s the kind of strategic tactic that we’ve never quite had before. I’m sure it wasn’t easy to pull off the live scoring. And to be honest, a priority system is a lot more difficult to enforce at a wave that isn’t a sider. And time constraints make two-man heats inconvenient. But the point is that the Sununga contest proved it was possible. It proved that we can keep making our contests more competitive and more watchable even though the we have time and budget constraints that make it difficult. I can’t wait to see these become standards at every stop of the tour because I can’t wait to stand on the sand to watch one of these heats in person. -David Haefele
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Mouthwater
Our photo section starts on page 102, but here are a few standout shots to get your vitals pumping. Geo Reyes, Handrag Before a storm Photo: Matt O’Brien | Laguna, CA
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Blair Conklin, Signature Frontside Rotation Photo: Lucas Dantas | Ubatuba, Brazil
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John Weber, In a thick one Photo: Joe Bailey | Laguna, CA
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Cody Maurer, Rock to Fakie Photo: Stephen Cotta | Sacramento, CA
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Spoken: David Sterman My experience with the United Skim Tour began in 2012, when I decided to go pro and attend four out of eight contests. Each new destination was fun and exciting. In 2013, I made an effort to attend every contest. After successfully competing in the tour and making at least six out of the eight stops, I started seeing the tougher side of competing as a professional skimboarder. The cost of travel started having an impact on my personal life and my pockets were running thin by the end of the season.
“ After successfully competing in the tour and making at least six out of the eight stops, I started seeing the tougher side of competing as a professional skimboarder. ” The biggest problem with having so many contests, is that anyone with a job, or anyone that supports themselves to get to these contests, has to take off work eight times to get to these contests, buy their round trips, pay for lodging, pay for food, and any other expenses. Your annual income would have to be real decent, or you’re going to have your family, or some major support, getting you to those contests. To even make six contests is hard enough. That is so demanding on your life. There’s not enough of a return in skimboarding for the rider to make it a realistic pay off. We’re all trying to make a name in the sport and
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Sterman at the Cabo Classico
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Sam Stinnet at the VIC Photo: Joe Bailey
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want to realistically gage where we would rank in the tour. The structure of the tour makes it too selective for who can or can’t make the contests. My proposed solution to the current tour would be to reduce the number of contests to make it affordable and more realistic for people to compete. I would reduce it down to four contests. This would allow more people a chance to attend all the contests. Knowing that there’s only
“ Five people per year realistically make it to every contest.” four contests to pursue would create a stronger drive to compete on the tour, which is what we need for the tour to grow. It’d be great to see where everyone could stand with more competitors making all four stops on the tour. I went through the contest results from 2006 to 2014 to see the number of people that competed on the tour. The average (from 2006 to 2014) number of people that made the entire tour from beginning to end was only five. Five people per year realistically make it to every contest. I think it’s a good reason to look at these numbers, being that there’s only six contests that are actually scored. Around eleven people made the six-contest minimum to be ranked on the United Skim Tour. Eleven is not bad. So I went and took it a step further to see how many people made it to four contests. We had an average of 20 people that made it to four contests, which is practically double the contestants who are meeting the contest minimum.
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Currently on the 2015 tour, nobody has made all of the contests thus far and only 7 people have the potential to meet the six contest minimum. Fewer contests for the sport of skimboarding would create a more competitive circuit. More people would feel like they had a fighting chance to get to all the contests to participate. The more people, the more competitive the tour is. This is what we all want in skimboarding. You may think, if we have fewer events, the sponsoring companies will benefit less from it. On the other hand, the bigger the event is, the more legitimate it makes the sport. If you only have four contests and twice as many people show up to every contest, it makes the sport look a lot bigger. It gives a stronger image. It’s a ripple effect. This would allow more of the pros that are stuck on the tour to have more time to go to new places and amp skimboarding in areas where it hasn’t been amped before. Pros could do more than just the same grueling tour every year. You got people who stepped away from the tour like Brad Domke and look at the impact that he’s making by taking alternate routes. He’s not stuck on this eight-stop tour every year. I think that is really saying something for the sport. Fewer contests would allow for bigger events and for the skim community to not be stretched so thin. Reduce the number of contests. Our sport isn’t big enough to support the tour that we have. It’s just unrealistic. It isn’t the WSL. This is skimboarding. - David Sterman
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Jackson and Dave at the Cabo Classico Photo: Tom Williams
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Skimboarding’s top social trends
Luciano Cuneo Olhaberry
It’s sad news to share that an admired skimboarder from Viña del Mar, Chile passed away in early August. Luciano was known for sharing the sider in Capducal with locals and visitors alike. The skimboarders of Vina del Mar brought their boards to his funeral as an expression of their community. We wish the community and his family all the best.
Zach Philoctete
Back in October of last year, Zach Philoctete broke his neck at the Exile Oktoberfest. After many months with his head screwed still in a halo, we’re happy to report that Zach is all healed up, and he’s back to skimming again. Here’s a quick shot from him airing it out at his home break in Seal Beach, California.
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Skim Fiesta Mexico / x3m media
What we’ve surmised from this video is that skimboarders from Mexico absolutely rip. These clips show just how creative you can get when your waves are ideal.
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NoteWorthy Domke Step off / Exile Skimboards
By now, we’re almost expecting to have Domke our minds blown once every three months. Thanks to some gorgeous water videography, some epic slow mo, and some fancy footwork by Brad, here’s more brain dynamite.
Cabo Classico / Equillibrium Project
Rumored for having the best contest waves ever, here’s another look at the 2015 Cabo Classico. Drone shots from Lovers and Solmar along with incredible water and land videography. This is very, very well done.
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Sununga 2015 / United Skim Tour
Sununga always delivers, and this year Andre Callado showed us the ins and outs of skimboarding paradise. Speaking of in-and-outs, check out Blair’s at 3:00. It might be the deepest in-and-out ever.
Angola International Skim comp / Kalemba Skim
Angola is home to some of the best left point breaks in skimboarding, and this recap shows Blair Conklin, Sam Stinnett, Lucas Fink, and others visiting this skim paradise during the Kalemba International Skim Competition.
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NoteWorthy Isaac Thomas - Let’s go Skimboarding / DB Skimboards This mini part from Isaac Thomas really captures the essence of skimboarding. From finding spots to endless hours of preparation and all the way to the slide. Isaac’s creative style doesn’t hurt either.
The Vic 2015 / United Skim TOur
The Vic was yet another stop this year with plenty of overhead barrels. The slow mo, the drone shots, and that surreal tune will get you in the mood to skim.
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All In / 10th St. Bros
This year’s annual 10th St. Bros video follows much of the same feel and format as Dragon’s Breath. Bill Bryan and his family traveled across California and Hawaii in 2014 and early 2015, and this summation shows how Bill found and rode waves at every shorebreak he came across. From secret Hawaiian siders you’ve never heard of, to Brooks St. in Laguna, and all the way to the famed Jaws in Maui, this film is full of waves to put on your bucket list. It’s even got the full clip of that 40 foot wave from Sean McClenahan We’re not sure if this is available yet, but keep your eye out and pick this up soon.
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NoteWorthy Mov 4 / This is Mov
The fourth (and rumored last) installment of the MOV series is a cinematic beauty focused on the most popular skim town in the world, gorgeous Laguna Beach. With parts that highlight the Aliso sandbar, dreaded skimmers, a trip to Mexico, Morgan Just, and Blair Conklin, the organization in this video is ambiguous but very appropriate. Keep your eye out for Paulo at 10th st. This part calms the 10th street withdrawals we’ve all been having. Expect the same surreal and serene cinematography we’ve come to adore from Adam Hayward, and then maybe we should all figure out a way for this not be the last MOV ever.
Goon / Goon Media
Just a forewarning, this movie is not for kids. A majority of the movie includes a group young adults having exceptionally good times doing questionable things. It’s a flatland film put together by a tight crew from Sacramento, California. There’s full parts from Goon team members like Dallas Kingsbury, Cardo Vega, and Adam Ballam. On top of that are plenty of clips and montages from in the van and from strange and dirty motel rooms where the crew disses each other, exchanges glazed smiles, and welcomes each other to the team. If you’re mature enough to finish the thing, get ready for some DK bangers.
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Propini Favorite Skimboarder? Ben Koscielniak
Lee Faraola. Not only did Lee teach me his ways on a skimboard but he was also the best skimboarder in Santa Cruz when I was growing up. Inspiring me to become pro and skim on a competitive level; I pretty much owe it all to him. I also placed 2nd at my first skimboard contest borrowing one of his boards when I was 13. Photo: Ben Hintz
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I have to say right now Blair is my ultimate favorite skimboarder because he’s just shredding. He’s on top of it right now. Photo: Kyle Calandra
Jack Howie
My favorite skimboarder has to be Bill Bryan. Growing up watching him since I was little...He’s always been way ahead of his time and I aspire be able to go switch like him. His capabilities of going switch and regular are almost ambidextrous. He is a very well-rounded skimmer who’s not afraid to charge anything. Photo: Tyler Brooks
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UST update Men’s Tour The tour is coming down to the last stop, with three riders still within title contention. Sam Stinnett is currently sitting on top during this stellar title run. He’s made the finals in four contests so far, and he’s taken the win at three of them. Just a hair behind him is Blair Conklin who has made three finals, including a win in Brazil. Austin had a win in Delaware along with numerous top 5 finishes, and that has him currently in third place. The math gets pretty complicated, but rest assured that any of these top three could win it depending on how Oktoberfest plays out. Behind them is Tim Fulton in 4th, who has more than proven himself on the west coast this season. Perry Pruitt has only made 4 stops this year, but solid placings at all of them have him in 5th. Morgan Just rounds out the top 6 after a solid early season. Women’s Tour Keiao Bucasas took first at the both stops so far this season, and she has officially clinched her second UST title. Casey Kiernan is as close as she could be after two second place finishes. Pipa Pinto has surprised everyone this year competing in her first two UST contests and placing well in both. She sits in third place. Alexandra Badie had a great performance at her home break that has her sitting in fourth. Silvia Garavito had two solid places so far, and she’s currently in fifth on the tour. Amber Torrealba made a final at the first stop in Florida, and she rounds out the top six. The current top two Photo: Laguna Socal
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#1
Photo: Lucas Dantas
Sam Stinnett 4708 points
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Blair Conklin 4492 points
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Austin Keen
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UST UPDATE
For current UST standings, tour info, and contest results visit unitedskimtour.org
#4
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Tim Fulton
2860 points
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Perry Pruitt
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#1
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Keiao Bucasas 2000 points
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Casey Kiernan 1800 points
#3
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Pipa Pinto
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UST UPDATE
For current UST standings, tour info, and contest results visit unitedskimtour.org
#4
Photo: Laguna Socal
Alexandra Badie 1400 points
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Photo: Michael Heitzmann
Silvia Garavito 1187 points
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Grom Corner: Aidan Stevenson We first heard of Aidan about a year ago when his mom Melissa sent in a photo of this four-foot ripper handling an overhead sider in the cold state of New Jersey. That caught our attention quickly, and he’s continued to impress with solid contest performances throughout the entire Skim USA tour. Aidan started skimboarding when he was just six years old. And he has since become a daily camp member at Jersey Shore Skim Camp. We caught Aidan during an early morning interview to see what keeps him going throughout the cold winters on the east coast. Aidan in the spot Photo: Melissa Stevenson
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Skim USA 12-14 Champ Photo: Melissa Stevenson
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Grom Corner: Aidan Stevenson Interview by David Haefele
Name: Aidan Stevenson Location: Shrewsbury, NJ Age: 12 Years skimming: 6
How was the Zap Am Championship? It was good, I placed third in boys 12 to 14. Nice. Are you happy with how you performed? Yes, but I wasn’t so happy at the finals. How did you do this year in the Skim USA tour? I got first in my ranking of the division. I won the tour title. Congratulations. Did you feel like you were skimming well all year? Were you ever worried that you weren’t going to take it? Yes, because in North Carolina, I got knocked out in the quarter finals, and in North Carolina, you get a lot of points because it’s a big contest.
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How did you recover the next contest? I trained and skimmed a lot. I got through all the rounds and came in third. How far do you live from the beach? Like 10-15 minutes. What is the beach closest to you? Donovan’s Reef or my beach club. I’m curious about the skim camp you go to. What’s an average day like at skim camp? It’s Jersey Shore Skim Camp. We stretch in the morning and then we skim. And when I skim, I work on the stuff that I need to work on. Then we have a little break that we do, like dance offs and Zinka facepaint offs and stuff like that. Then after the break, we go skimming again.
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“...Then we have a little break that we do, like dance offs and Zinka facepaint offs” Who are your instructors? Will Tracy, CJ Tracy, Tommy Tarricone, Alex Jackman and Sean Stratton. What kind of things have you learned at skim camp? How to do wraps, three shove its, and airs a little bit. What new tricks do you really want to learn that you haven’t learned yet? A 540 shuv it and the other one that I can sometimes do is a bigger spin.
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Winter Training Photo: Melissa Stevenson
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Grom corner What’s your favorite skimboard contest to go to? Probably the Zap amateur championship. You get more attention because the pros aren’t there and we get good prizes. Oh yeah and two years ago I won an XBOX. What other sports do you do outside of skimboarding? Lacrosse, surfing, snowboarding, and a little bit of soccer.
“All the guys I see in all the skimming videos, I got to see them for real. ” Tell me about how you train for skimboarding when you’re not skimboarding in the summer? During the winter time, what do you do to train? I guess snowboard a little bit. I mean a lot. And I stretch. And I do this trampoline where I get to use a foam snowboard with it. It helps me with doing my spins in the air. I get to train with a 2012 Olympic trampolinist. His name is Steven Gluckstein. I know you’ve come to California out for the Victoria contest in the past. What was that experience like? Awesome. All the guys I see in all the skimming videos, I got to see them for real. Who’s your favorite professionals to watch live? Morgan Just and Blair Conklin.
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“ I like to have it small because then you get more waves. ” We [Pulse] ran a photo of you at a sidewash spot about a year ago. How often does that work and how is that wave? It works like twice a year. You have to get a good swell, then the waves will break into the jetty. Then a sider would form and then you would just take it. How big is the skimboarding scene where you are? How many people do you see at the beach when you go? Not a lot. It’s only like me and the instructors and a couple of my friends at the beach. Do you like that it’s small and you get all the waves that you want or would you like it to be bigger? I like to have it small because then you get more waves, where if you’re in a bigger community, you can’t catch as many waves. Sponsors? Victoria Skimboards, Jersey Shore Skim Camp, Billabong NJ, Let’s Party Traction and Skim City
Photos: Kailey Garrison
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Possibilites ahead Photo: Melissa Stevenson
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Leading Lady: Alexandra Badie Alexandra has improved her skimming leaps and bounds in the last few years. She went from being a notable girl skimboarder on the beach to being a notable skimboarder on the beach. And in Laguna, that’s not something that comes lightly. The improvements didn’t come overnight. Alexandra worked hard to get her skimming up to the level where it is now, and a big part of that came from charging her home breaks on the days when many might just opt out and wait for less-than treacherous conditions. We managed to get her to talk to us about those days and a lot more this past month while she prepared for the first stop on the Women’s UST this season. Off the Lip Photo: Laguna Socal
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Droppin In Photo: Joe Bailey
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Leading Lady: Alexandra Badie Interview by David Haefele
Name: Alexandra badie Location: Laguna, Ca Age: 19 Years Skimming: 14
How was your trip to the Outer Banks? Ah, North Carolina was so much fun. I loved it out there. It’s so family based. It’s such a big skim community. With the girls, there were three different amateur girl divisions. I thought it was awesome, seeing so many girls out there. And while the waves obviously are like nothing like California, I love the North Carolina waves. Just some liners, and it’s just always a great trip. Are you looking forward to the Vilano contest? Yeah. It’s part of the Women’s UST this year. And hopefully we get a good turnout. It’s a very different wave. And I think that, coming from California especially, it definitely pushes me to try new things, do different tricks and adapt to different waves.
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Do you purposely train at all for contest conditions with less-than ideal waves? Do you ever go out and practice different tricks, just so you’re ready for that kind of situation? I do. I definitely probably should do it more than I do, but I try on days when it’s smaller out here. I’ll go to a spot that I usually wouldn’t go to and I’ll run practice heats for myself, and force myself to do tricks that aren’t necessary for everyday skimming.
“I’ll run practice heats for myself, and force myself to do tricks that aren’t necessary...”
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Photos: Laguna Socal I noticed that you progressed a lot maybe in the past two years or so. Have you made any conscious effort to make that happen? Yeah. If you take my skimming from like three years ago compared to today, it’s a huge difference. I kind of stopped skimming when I got into highschool, and I got back into it in my junior year [of highschool]. I’m skimming around the top skimboarders in the world every weekend, and it’s just inspires me to push myself. I used to chase my board, throw it out in front of me...I couldn’t water drop...it definitely took a lot of time to practice. And I worked at it a lot. The skimmers here are just so great. Everyone is so supportive, helping me and giving me advice. And I’ve really worked very hard to get my skimming to be at that pro level.
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Huge One Photo: Laguna Socal
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“...anytime it’s big, that’s what I live for. ” Is there a competitive vibe at the beach in Laguna that motivates you or impacts you in anyway? I’m kind of the only girl out here in Laguna. It’s definitely different for me, because I don’t get that vibe of, “Oh this is who I’m competing with. I have to push myself with them.” I’m kind of saying, “Okay, here’s Blair Conklin and Paulo Prietto, and Sam Stinnett and all these legends that I’m skimming with. This is what they’re doing. And I’m just wanting to be like them.” It’s not really competitive. It’s more of just kinda like, I’m out there, and they all support me, and we all kind of support each other. I feel like it’s just a very supportive community. So when the waves like really big and heavy down in Laguna, do you always go out and charge, or are there days when it’s just too big and too scary down there. As long as anyone is out there, yeah I’m always charging. There are days when it’s too far out, those are the days when no one skims. But basically, anytime it’s big, that’s what I live for. I love those big waves. Like, when I went to Cabo, that was like a dream come true for me.
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So your mom [Fabiana Badie] is one of the best known photographers. Who’s on the beach more? You or she? My mom and I pretty much always go together. When I’m in school, every once in a while she’ll hop down there. But usually, we drive together to the beach. That’s how she got into it. She was just going down with me, and then it just took off into this crazy new realm of being one of the top skim photographers. She just loves being down there and sharing photos with everyone. She likes to take like the groms photos especially, because they’re so stoked on it, and not everyone’s always taking their photo.
“She’ll send photos to anyone, if you ask her to take a photo, she’ll take it.”
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For people who don’t know who your mom is, or don’t understand what she does for the community, how would you describe who your mom is and what she does? My mom always go to the beach and takes shots of anyone out there skimming or surfing or even boogie boarding. She’ll send photos to anyone, if you ask her to take a photo, she’ll take it. If she has the photo, she’ll go out the way to find someone that she doesn’t know and say, “Hey what’s your email? Let me send this photo to you.” And she really just kind of goes out of her way to get anything for other people. The guys will even joke around they’ll be like, “Yeah, I got to my car and I already had photos from your mom.” She’s sending them as fast as she can. And I think that’s super awesome.
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Going Pro Photo: Laguna Socal
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Leading Lady What was your most memorable session in the last three months? So actually it was a few weeks ago for the big swell. Everyone had been skimming all morning. So by the afternoon, no one wanted to skim, they were all tired. And I went down to Aliso, and there was just me and a few other people. And there was some of the best onshore, perfect big waves, and it was just one of the best sessions ever because you’re just getting these perfect wraps on these giant waves, and there was barely anyone there. It was one of those perfect nights. You mentioned Cabo earlier. Tell me more about that trip. Was it your first time down there? Yeah that was my first time ever down in Cabo. The first few days it was kinda small and then it just started picking up. And then that third day, the last day of the contest, were some of the best waves I’ve ever seen in my entire life. I definitely didn’t get to skim as much as I wish I could have because there was no women’s division. But definitely that afternoon and the next morning before I left I caught some of the best siders of my life. Sponsors? Exile Skimboards, Kowasa Clothing Co., RDS Skim Co., XT Outfitters, EVA Bikinis, and Kameleon Sunglasses.
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Travel - A Brazilian in Santa Cruz, CA Words by Lucas Fink I’ve been traveling a lot this past year. Chile, Cabo, Angola, Sununga, OBX. But I did all these trips by myself. So finally, after coming home from OBX, I talked to my parents and we managed to get a trip together to our favorite destination, beautiful California, planning to attend the 6th stop of the UST, in Santa Cruz. The last time I travelled with them was exactly one year ago, also to California, so I was missing travelling with them. All the good vibes with the family, the jokes with my dad, and all the love of being together with my two favorite people! Classic SC Night Photo: Jesse Beer
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Photo: Jesse Beer
Photo: Jesse Beer
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Travel Getting to Santa Cruz was very different from what I thought it was going to be. Before the trip I had no time to search about the trip and create expectations about these new places. We went straight to 26th ave. I couldn’t wait to get into the cold pacific water. We got to the beach friday morning and surprisingly there was no one out. The waves were super fun right next to that little rock at the surf peak. I was loving the way the waves were breaking a little far on the surf break and continuing in to become a sick, big and powerful wrap or liner perfect for reggy footers. After an hour of skimming alone, the crowd started to get to the beach and I was happy to see all the skim family again. There were guys out there that I hadn’t seen in a while!
“...that made me see that Santa Cruz is such a Surf town. ” After a skim session it was time to cruise back to my hotel, meet up with my parents, and explore the town a bit more! The first thing we did was go by the main boardwalk, where my hotel was, and see the huge crowd walking on the streets. That place really reminded me of Santa Monica, where the pier is in LA. We got back into the car and headed to the west side of Santa Cruz. Seeing all those point breaks, surfers all over, surf shops everywhere, and everyone in the streets always talking about waves, tides or something related to the surf or ocean... that made me see that Santa Cruz is such a Surf town. I was feeling welcomed over there.
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Cruising back to the hotel, it was almost sunset and I couldn’t miss a lil sesh to keep the practice going. My parents dropped me off at 26th and I went to the beach. There were already people skimming, and I was stoked to get to see guys like David and Caine who I haven’t seen for a while. The waves were fun and I was blessed with my first sunset in Santa Cruz, it was awesome skimming those afternoon sessions and seeing the sun setting perfectly on the background. It was already dark and I was heading back through the main beach at 26th to wait for my parents to pick me up. Walking around those rocks I started to feel some smoke smell and once I got to the beach there were more than ten bonfires all over that beach and everyone was hanging out at the beach in the evening. It was awesome. That little city kept surprising me everytime.
“That’s honestly one of my favorite things about the weather on the West Coast.” We woke up Saturday with a classic foggy and cold morning in California, and as soon as we got to the beach the clouds were starting to go away and the sun started to shine. That’s honestly one of my favorite things about the weather on the West Coast. The waves were actually pretty fun for a contest and I was stoked to see some siders and secondaries coming in. The Santa Cruz contest is not one of the
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Travel biggest in terms is structure, but it’s huge when you talk about receptivity from all the locals, good vibes all over on that surf town, and excellent level of skimming by all the athletes. The competitors were taking advantage of the ramps for huge airs and wraps with multiple combos. I made it through the first day with two stacked but very good heats and went home for some rest. After the contest, my parents and I went to a Strawberry festival close to Santa Cruz. As we were cruising back to Santa Cruz I couldn’t go home without checking the waves. And such a good idea that was. Getting to 26th the waves were fire! The sickest wraps and liners I’d skimmed the whole trip. I swear. I had so much fun skimming there for two hours with only one local out and a beautiful sunset going on. We scored. The only thought in my mind during that session was, “Skimboarding is the best thing ever.”
“I had so much fun skimming there for two hours with only one local out and a beautiful sunset going on. We scored.. ” Getting to the beach on Sunday was almost the same vibe as the day before. The waves were still great. The crowd was arriving and everyone was frothing to see how the Santa Cruz SkimBlast would end. I was able to make my first stacked heat, and round 3 was on fire! Everyone was catching siders.
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Blair and Sam were murdering it as always, and they were the favorites for the finals. The quarter finals were on and I had Tim in my first man-on-man heat. What a sick heat it was! Tim is such a good competitor. It feels like he always knows how to skim enough to make his heats. It was a close one, but he got me. I was done with the contest and it was time to watch the finals and wait for the awards! Heavy heats I watched that day. I got a 7th place finish. I was stoked! My first time at the Santa Cruz contest was a blast. Congrats to Ben K. for putting on the event every year and for a lot of effort and love for our sport. Honestly I would have stayed a couple more days in Santa Cruz to score some more sick 26th or even go to the other liner spots. That city already had my heart, but it was time to leave that little magical place, head down the coast with my family and get some of Laguna’s finest! Thanks everyone who made it possible and who was there creating an awesome weekend at the beach. “Travelling is the only thing in the world that you pay for and makes you even richer” Keep skimming. - Lucas Fink
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Pro interview: Austin Keen If you were at the Oktoberfest in 2013, then you don’t really need to read this introduction. If you weren’t, then check this out. On that day in early October 2013, Austin and Sam Stinnett were in a neck-and-neck race for the UST title. It all came down to that day. Whoever placed higher on that day would win the tour. Austin ended up getting to the final, and he secured his first ever UST title. Then, in the final of the contest, after already clinching the tour, Austin launched into the air spinning and grabbing for an unbelievable trick. He lofted a big inverted backside full-rotation air, and he let his board leave his feet as he went for a superman grab. Austin’s recount of the rest of that trick is in this interview. We won’t tell you if he landed it, but you should know that he won the contest that day and he was hoisted up to the stands on the shoulders of his friends and fans. Go ahead and read on to see why that day is just one of many milestones for this talented skimboarder. Fully Inverted Photo: Jeff Davis
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Negotiating Backwash Photo:Aric Roman
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Pro interview: Austin Keen Interview by David Haefele
Name: Austin Keen From: Tybee island, GA Location: Laguna, CA Age: 25 Years Skimming: 14
Tell me a little bit about your skim camps. I know you do one in Laguna and one in Tybee. What’s that the experience like? I really like doing the ones on Tybee because it gives me a reason to come back home and also promote the growth of the sport on Tybee. Ever since I was fifteen, me and my best friend we just had this natural urge to keep the growth of skimboarding going on Tybee. We were one of the first guys on Tybee to actually do real skim boarding. When I was fifteen, we organized our first skim contest. I think ever since then I’ve always wanted to come back and keep the stoke going and try to get these younger guys involved with it. There really is nothing to do on Tybee for younger people. Getting involved with skimboarding is the most healthy thing they can get involved with. It’s pretty cool to come back to where it all started for me and get a new generation of skimboarders shredding it up on the island.
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I want to ask about the mctwist superman-thing that you did at Oktoberfest a few years back. I’ve seen you try those plenty of times, but have you ever really landed one quite like that before? Actually, no. I’ve never landed one like that just because that was like more of a recovery, like a mid-trick recovery. I started doing the Superman flips probably a few months prior to that contest just for fun. I had done them but I hadn’t gotten a photo of it. I had thought about maybe throwing it in the contest. I just remember Brandon Sears had a backside score on me. He had a big spin reentry that lit up the crowd. I had a good frontside and I was walking up from the frontside and as I’m walking up on the beach there is literally a minute and something left. I was like, “I need an air wave.” As I was walking up I was pretty tired but I kept running down the beach and just
Photo: Laguna Socal
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Photo: Dwight Mudry
“...That’s when I threw my arms up and I was like, “What the heck just happened?” ” went for it. It was a sketchy little air section wave. I think that little lip feathered over as I went for it. I hit it kind of late. The way I hit it made the board flip horizontally. I just pancaked it with my hands. I don’t know how else to explain it. I had both my hands flat just holding the board. I remember just thinking, “Dude. I don’t want to land looking at the rail. I don’t want my face to go into the rail.” I was mid-upside down and I just threw it down under me. Then I remember hearing that sound. My feet just landed and I was still on the board after I landed. I didn’t fall afterwards. I heard the crowd light up and I was like, “What?” That’s when I threw my arms up and I was like, “What the heck just happened?”
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Comfort Spot Photo: Joe Bailey
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Interview It’s seems like you have really gone full on as far as making skimboarding your career and your current path right now. Was that a big decision for you? I’ve always asked the universe to bring me a lifestyle that I wanted of traveling and being a positive influence in the world in some way. I’ve always been skimming just for fun my entire life. Even when I moved out to California, there was no goal except to skim just for fun. I would be in Malibu skimming every day after school. I finished my last year at Venice Beach High School. I’d be skimming there every day. Instagram wasn’t around. Facebook had very little value to me except basically letting my friends know what I was up to. So there was no career motive. One thing led to another. Then I realized that skimming has only brought me more and more in my life. It never decreased. That’s where the career opportunity came in. A good career isn’t not about how much money you can make in your life. A career is basically about finding what you love to do and basically pursuing that financially and hobby-wise. I’m entrepreneurial too. Once you get to a certain age you start realizing, “I want to create a business of some sort or do this.” It goes back to me always wanting to promote the sport. I’ve always wanted to grow the sport. I’ve always wanted to get my talent out there and grow the sport with what I’m doing. Naturally I realized, “Hey. Why can’t I be a professional athlete if there’s other professional athletes out there doing stuff that’s not even as cool as skimming?” I think it’s just figuring out a way you can bring value to companies. I think there’s even a lot of work I have to do to figure it out. I’m hoping that I can motivate some of the younger guys that there is hope that you can be a be a professional athlete as a skimboarder.
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Did it feel like a risk to make skimboarding your career? Not really. What are you risking if you’re doing what you love to do? I went to college for a little bit. That was valuable in some ways but there’s really no career path I wanted to pursue from that. Spending a lot of my time not doing what I want to do is more of a risk than just doing what I love to do and maybe making more of a simple living doing it, you know?
“What are you risking if you’re doing what you love to do?.“
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Photo:Laguna Socal
You mentioned Instagram so I want to branch into that. It seems like you’re doing it right in a lot ways. You’re putting up videos that get spread online. You’re generating engagement. Has that been a conscious strategy that you’ve slowly worked on? I’ll never forget the day that I heard of Instagram. I was at Dana Point with Perry Wells and he was showing me Instagram. I sat there and told him, “I will never get involved with Instagram. I already have Facebook. I’m good on that.” I just thought it was too much. I thought about it for a little bit and I was like, “Alright. Whatever.” Then I was starting to get likes on my photos and I pushed a skim photo and got a bunch more likes. “Yeah, this is a cool way to get my stuff out there.” And the next thing I know I started posting just my skim stuff because I noticed there wasn’t really anybody doing it. I just kept posting and then I started fig-
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Tre-Shuv Air Photo: Joe Bailey
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“I sat there and told him, “I will never get involved with Instagram. ” uring out still figuring out what got more likes than this. Once it clicked, it just kind of tumble weeded. I went from not even wanting to get involved with it to now it’s the most valuable thing to me as an ambassador for companies and as an athlete. I’d like to also point out that I wouldn’t have had even close the momentum I’ve had on social media if it wasn’t for all the photographers who have given me content. That’s one thing I can’t be more thankful for than ever. There are so many photographers who give it for free for me to post. That’s huge. That’s really made the possibility of being a professional athlete in skimboarding is all the content that the photographers bring. And it’s mutually beneficial too. That’s the awesome thing about Instagram. You went viral for your wake hijack. Did you think that it was going to blow up like that? No. I had it sitting for a while. The longer it sat the longer I realized I need to post this thing. I was thinking, “Pretty soon a skimboarder’s going to be like, ‘Dude, we got to fly out to a boat wave and do it.’” Every time I showed somebody, they were like, “What? What the heck, Dude? That was so cool.” I was thinking it was going to be an Instagram video that people were going to like and it would get a thousand likes on it or something and I’m on to the next video. It blew up way more than I even imagined it would.
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Why did you plane so far out for that? I didn’t want to have the boat right next to shore. I wanted to showcase the side slip because a couple of my videos before of me side slipping out to waves went almost viral on Facebook. They got millions of views. Then I thought I should showcase a long slide out to a boat wake and connect to that. The really weird trippy thing was the wave was a displacement wave. It’s below sea level. I didn’t even see the wave until literally I was right at it. You’re looking and you see the foam top of it but you don’t see the wave at all because it goes down and then there’s the wave. That was the trippiest part.
“It blew up way more than I even imagined it would..“
Photos: Laguna Socal
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I wanted to ask about the UST. Obviously in 2013 you won and that was a huge thing. It seemed like you almost came out of nowhere. People in the know knew you, but maybe three years before that you were still lesser known. What was that experience like? To me that was everything in that year and the year before. Even in the year before, I was on it but I didn’t get it. In 2013, I think I finally had the highest ranking I had in a year. I was second, and I was stoked on that. I was like, “Dude. If I just get second on the tour, I’ll be stoked. Or if I get third, I’ll be stoked. That’d be higher than I have ever gotten.” I just kept my focus going. I was doing a lot of yoga that year too. I was super focused and I was paying attention to my body and eating right. I think that’s what did it for me. Last year, it was really Santa Cruz that didn’t do it for me. I thought I got through that heat with Sam.
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Best Cabo Ever Photo: laguna Socal
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Interview It was a man-on-man with Sam and I thought I got through it. I didn’t make it through and that right there was what determined the tour for me. It was that close. If I would have made it through and then I got second in Oktoberfest, I probably would have had the tour last year too.
“The amount of energy and effort and motivation and focus that goes into winning that tour is just unbelievable.” Is winning the tour still a priority? I think with my Instagram growing I think winning the tour would be awesome and that’s a huge goal of mine but I still want to look past the bubble that we’re in and see where I can progress getting beyond just the tour. I want to see what I can do beyond our UST. See what I can do to promote our UST and make it a more known sport so that all that hard work that all of us put into it and all that money that goes into it, we can actually get repaid for it properly. The amount of energy and effort and motivation and focus that goes into winning that tour is just unbelievable. The fact that we don’t get a lot in return from it. To me that should be the bigger goal. Getting it more known and just getting skimboarding more known. If I can win the tour again this year, that would be awesome. I’ll do everything I can to win contests but I also, in the meantime, want to keep getting my social media growing and get the sport growing and just do that stuff too. To me, there’s a bigger picture that needs to be looked at.
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Do you want to give a shoutout to your sponsors or anyone else? Yeah, thanks to all my sponsors. Exile Skimboards, ReplayXD, Free Waters, Eastcoastskimboards.com. Big shout out to a lot of people who have been helping me not just with my sport but being mentors and with a lot of good advice. Reed Morales, Matt Powers, Adeeb Howrani. I’d like to give a shout out to Laguna SoCal for providing an insane amount of photos for me in the past. And a lot of other guys like Tyler Brooks and Joe Bailey for sure. Kerissa Glentz too. She’s grounded me a lot and kept me healthy and on track for the past few years. We’re looking forward to seeing you finish the UST strong this year, and we hope you go viral again, for the entire skim community.
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Exposure We receive hundreds of photo submissions each issue from dozens of photographers and many countries. Here are 40 of our favorites. Blair Conklin, Superhack Photo: Andre Magarao | Laguna, CA
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Max Bourne, Aliso Step off Photo: Tyler Brooks | Laguna, CA
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Craig Potter, Connection ahead Photo: Nikki Crocker | Bodega Bay, CA
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Lealand Lively, Flawless form Photo: Kailey Garrison, Tybee, GA
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Travis Williams, on the foamball Photo: Mike Marincovich | Newport, CA
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Anthony Stitch, Beanplant up top Photo: Stephen Cotta | Sacramento
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Bill Bryan, Summer Barrel Photo: Joe Bailey | Laguna, CA
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Geo Reyes, Pre rail grab Photo: Tyler Brooks | Laguna, CA
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Mario Gomes, All surreal Photo: Lucas Dantas | Ubatuba, Brazil
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Brandon Rothe, On a Monster Photo: Tyler Brooks | Laguna, CA
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Max Smetts, Plenty of Room to Work Photo: Jake Hendry | Vilano, FL
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Andy Dillon, Crushing this lip Photo: Tad Mask, Sea bright, NJ
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Renato Lima, In His Favorite Place Photo: Lucas Gomes | Ubatuba, Brazil
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Sam Stinnett, Backside Cutback Photo: Joe Bailey | Laguna, CA
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Nacho Platoni, Up close Photo: Lucas Dantas | Ubatuba, Brazil
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Morgan Just, Lofting one Photo: Tyler Brooks | Laguna, CA
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Ernesto Molina, In the Pit Photo: Nela Cabrera Castillo | Mijas, Spain
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John Akerman, Winch session Photo: Ian Seafort | Indian Rocks Beach, FL
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Dustin Boone, A Cold Layback Photo: Nikki Crocker | Bodega Bay, CA
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Brandon Sears, Backside air lift Photo: LagunaSocal, Laguna, CA
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Austin Keen, A Regular Footer’s Dream Photo: Dwight Mudry | Laguna, CA
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Will Tracy, Launching it backside Photo: Tad Mask, Sea bright, NJ
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Zach Platt, Bigs Sider Photo: Daniel Pardini | Maui, Hawaii
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Justin Boisclair, assisted air Photo: Ian Seafort | Indian Rocks Beach, FL
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Axel Cristol, European steeze Photo: Olivier Harrault | Cap Ferret, France
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Brad Domke, Teahupoo Training Photo: Andre Magarao | Rio, Brazil
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Berryl Bessau, Shove it double grab Photo: Kevin Bonetti, Laguna, CA
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Tommy Tarricone, so many possibilities Photo: Tad Mask, Sea bright, NJ
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Alex Marette, All Set up Photo: Olivier Harrault | Cap Ferret, France
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Rafael Prado, Straight at the Photog Photo: Lucas Gomes | Ubatuba, Brazil
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George Bryan, Aiming for the Sunset Photo: Joe Bailey | Laguna, CA
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EJ Gomez, Frontside bash Photo: LagunaSocal, Laguna, CA
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Teddy Vlasis, All Tucked In Photo: Tyler Brooks | Laguna, CA
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Drew Corwall, Making Water Fly Photo: Kailey Garrison | Vilano, FL
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Paddy Mack, Dreamy Light Photo: LagunaSocal, Laguna, CA
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Jake Stinnett, Scoring at home Photo: Tyler Brooks | Laguna, CA
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