Archive | June, 2013

Schedule for the Weekend

Contest will start Saturday morning at 8 am with the 8 and under division. Then we will run the Amateur age divisions from youngest to oldest. That being said, the biggest divisions are the Professional Women and Men. These divisions will be run at the best tide, swell and wind conditions, which is unpredictable until […]

Forecast for the weekend

According to the regional forecast, the swell heights should be: – Saturday: 3 to 4 ft – Sunday: 2 to 3 ft No wind in the morning, and it should pick up throughout the day. The slope is back on the South side of Aliso. So if everything stays like this, it should be a […]

IMG_9636 copy

Aliso June 22nd

The slope on the South side is slowly coming back. To see more pictures of Saturday Morning, check out Victoria Skimboards Saturday Session pictures here: http://ocean.victoriaskimboards.com/2013/06/saturday-session-pics-06-22-13-aliso/     Rider: Matthieu Thibaud // Photo: Tex Haines    

$6,000 Prize Money

Prize money for the professional divisions will be $6,000.00. Register until Sunday June 23rd 12am at a discounted price! Registrations will close on Wednesday June 27th 12am.  

IMG_9598.jpg

Aliso June 20th

  North side of Aliso still is a lot better than south side. We hope for some south swell that would build a nice slope on the south side… Pictures by Steve Taylor      

IMG_9357.jpg

Aliso June 19th

  Wednesday nice West Swell, North side of Aliso really steep offering really fun rights, and nice wraps both ways… Thanks to Lynn Tanattanawin for the pictures and Steve Taylor for submitting them. Riders: Axel Cristol, Curtis Hellegouarch, Hank Snapp…      

IMG_9148.jpg

Aliso June 18th

  The slope on the south side has faded unfortunately, but the north side of the beach is nice and steep. Yesterday some competitors were riding in the morning and Steve Taylor snapped some pictures. Riders: Paddy Mack, Perry Wells, Sean malek      

ProWomen3

First ever UST Pro Women Event

  The United Skim Tour (UST) officially anounced the launch of the first Pro women tour, and it will start with the 2013 VIC! For more info you can visit the UST Website    

IMG_9121 copy

Aliso June 15th

A lot of people were at Aliso this Saturday morning, the slope is nearly perfect, little cloudy in the early morning but it cleared up which gives such better pictures! To mention some of the riders here: Paulo Prietto, Brandon Sears, Max Bourne, Wyatt Colen, Steve Taylor, Sam Dameshek, Johnny Atoe, Johnny Salta and many […]

Paulo_Prietto_2.jpg

Aliso June 12th

  As you can see on this picture, the slope is perfect at Aliso. All we need is swell if the slope stays like this! Multiple times VIC finalist Paulo Prietto and Matthieu Thibaud shared a little after work session. 2-3 ft swell, slight wind, some fun ones came through… Contest is still pretty far […]