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[15 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

Have you joined the SkimBC fan page on Facebook yet?
Click HERE to check out the fan page

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[12 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]

Hi my name Brett Wildeman. Brandon has kindly granted me blogging permission on the SkimBC blog. In addition to the SkimBC blog, I will continue to update my personal blog.  I am currently out with a shoulder injury, but will be posting photographs and other happenings/adventures that occur.

If you have not checked out the new ForeverSkim issue, I would highly suggest it! It is jammed packed with Canadian, American and International Content! Big ups to Derek!

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[26 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]

This past month SkimBC was attacked numerous times by some super nerds… Don’t know who, don’t know when, but all I know is that SkimBC was hacked. Most problems have been fixed, but the online store is still damaged.
One thing can be assured, anything to do with money (paypal, etc) and the online stores handling with money was not affected. Paypal and all of the payment methods are not controlled through SkimBC, it is all 3rd party software run by Paypal… Very very secure.
More security precautions have been made to …

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[25 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]

Take a read of the latest installment of Tydle Mag… the sickest flatland skimboarding magazine around!
Kyle Lynch’s and all of the submitted articles are riveting and extremely passionate… Photos are unreal and the rider’s skills are getting rediculous. Stoked.
TydleMag.com

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[13 Jun 2009 | 2 Comments | ]

So it looks like the big-shots in New York are starting to catch onto skimboarding! Richard Vath of 77 Skimboards explains in a post on Facebook, which can be read below:
Hey everyone,
I got an interesting call back in January for an order to be shipped to NYC.
During our conversation I was told that the board was for the H&M Summer line-up photoshoot. The Rep couldn’t promise it would actually get used but there was a good chance. She and her colleagues at H&M told me that the reason they had …

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[5 Jun 2009 | 3 Comments | ]

Kayotics Skimboards is looking for a local high-level skimboarder to teach the Kayotics Skim Camp in Victoria, BC. If you’re available July 6-10, 20-24, Aug 3-7 and 17-21 from 10am to 1pm please comment to this article below and the team at SkimBC.com will get back to you right away. The instructor must be able to find their own way to the beach and be a competant skimboarder. If you are interested but unsure of some riding techniques please let us know when we contact you and I (B-Dub) will …

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[21 May 2009 | No Comment | ]

Zed Skimboards has released their new line of boards, including their latest and greatest series called “The Woodpile Collection”! The series of boards was designed by a wicked group of artists called “The Woodpile Collective”. Zed Skimboards explains the new line of boards as:
Since the spring of 2003, the Woodpile’s collaborative artistic history has been consistent and prolific.
Much like skimboarding, the process of their collaboration is free-flowing and always open to one’s re-interpretation.
This free-flowing collaboration of art and style is rooted at the core of the new Zed Skimboards Woodpile …

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[2 May 2009 | 5 Comments | ]

Check out SkimBC.com’s new website!
Skim British Columbia is the premier resource for skimboarding in British Columbia. Here on SkimBC.com you will find photos and videos of professional and amateur riders alike. On SkimBC.com you are able to upload your own photographs and videos to our website and see them appear on the next photo set! Visitors are also able to register Premium or Basic Level Profiles to become exposed in the skimboarding community. A Premium Profile allows you to upload skimboarding videos straight to your profile at a size upto …