Its been a few years since I was last on a skimboard, but this all changed recently after a rainy day meant a few of us met up for a pint at the local pub. A lot of good ideas have been hatched over a pint or two in the past, and this time was…
The 2013 Preston skimboarding contest was held back at the beginning of August, and it saw another great turnout for the yearly event. The contest is aimed squarely at the youngsters to encourage them into competitive skimboarding, and is held at Preston beach in Paignton, Devon. So here is a great little video edit from…
An impromptu little get together at Preston beach happened over the bank holiday weekend as an unexpected wave appeared. The locals were ready to take advantage of the near perfect slope. Here’s a few photos from that day:
Here’s the photos from the very first Preston skimboarding contest in Paignton, Devon. A contest we designed for the local kids, and it has happened every year since this first event in 2007. Enjoy the trip back in time, when everybody looked so much younger! Photo credits: Bob Brewis, John Martin, Peter Nicolle
Heading back in time to April 2008 when a big easterley swell hit Paignton. Here are some of the photos we took of the surf and local surfers who made the most of it! Most headed for “cowards corner”, but Gary Wells made it out at the pier to score some big Paignton waves –…
What a great weekend at the Preston skimboarding contest in Paignton. The event now in its 4th year, is a great community event, and this year the sun shone for most of the competition. In the hotly contested over 16 category, Sandskater rider Adam Wootton took the win by half a point from Oli Bowen….
A couple of weekends ago, when Paignton had some surf, the local crew organised a “You Chuze” surf contest. Its a fun concept, where you have to choose from 4 old boards from the 70’s and 80’s and use that in your heat. No modern boards allowed. Prizes were kindly donated by Volcom, so everybody…
While we was away the usual Preston Skim Contest in Paignton was held for the 4th year in a row. Sandskater and the Boathouse had started the event back in 2007 for the local kids, but as we was away in Europe this year, we left the organising to Circle One and Preston Eye. Even…
Today its a blast from the past, with a selection of Paignton surfing photos. A few days of swell in Torbay in October 07, resulted in the usual scramble for waves, and here are the photos from those days.
We had a bit of surf in Paignton this week, so after the tide got too high, a load of the local guys jumped in for a bit of fun in the backwash against the sea wall. The result is this photo gallery! Remember, these guys are experienced idiots, and unless you know what you…
More surf photos from the Sandskater archives – this time its Paignton surf in May 2007. Enjoy!
There’s been some great little skimboarding waves down at Preston beach in Paignton over the past couple of days. The Paignton locals have been on, so here is a little photo gallery from the past few days. Enjoy!
Another blast from the past today, with a selection of surf photos taken at Paignton back in April 2007. We had a good week of surf back then, so we took a load of pics of some of Sandskater riders and Paignton locals.
… well, not the real Grinch, but a homemade version (The Wench!), that has been built by some of the Paignton guys! So what’s a Grinch? Basically its a petrol motor attached to a winch system with a shed load of rope and a ski-handle at one end. The idea is you can tow yourselves…
Last week, Mark and Adam hit up some ankle slappers at Preston beach in Paignton to practice some flatland tricks. Chris was there to film it, resulting in this video. Enjoy:
Here’s the first of 2 mini skimboarding videos filmed at Paignton and Preston beaches. It features the usual Paignton Grom Crew as they hit up Paignton during some shin to knee high waves that came through at the end of May. Thanks to Chris Danby for the filming & editing (shot and edited entirely on…