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Enjoy the first issue of 2GNAR SKIM-ZINE. This project was started in January 2013. It involves the progression of Flatland Skimboarding , Originally this project was made for a printed zine. It was finshed in December of 2013 with a few limited printed copys. Ive now had time to transfer the file for an online upload. ENJOY issue 1 of 2GNAR skim-zine editor - Mitch Elder
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SKIM - ZINE
|[CONTENT]|
|[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
__________________________________________
Contact | [email protected]
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
SUPPORT FLATLAND SKIMBOARDING AND CHECK
OUT FLATLAND MAGAZINE VIA INTERNET.
www.flatlandmagazine.com
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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