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 on: September 02, 2010, 07:00:08 PM 
Started by 1937Adrian - Last post by Walshy (admin)
Ive received confirmation that we can get track time on both the Thursday and the Friday. Thursday will cost Sr 900 and Friday halfday will cost Sr 300

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 on: September 02, 2010, 11:53:37 AM 
Started by 1937Adrian - Last post by Mecescart
Ive received confirmation that we can get track time on both the Thursday and the Friday. Thursday will cost Sr 900 and Friday halfday will cost Sr 300

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 on: August 30, 2010, 08:20:21 PM 
Started by Rzik - Last post by Noah
5 or so regular users. Stoked!

5! dayyyyumm!

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 on: August 30, 2010, 03:42:21 PM 
Started by Rzik - Last post by Walshy (admin)
502 members???

I find this hard to believe.

That is because it is wrong. NZSKIM is being attacked by at least 10 'spam-bots' a day. So about 90% of the members are f**kin spambots... Another reason why I want to get nzskim version 3 out of the way.

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 on: August 30, 2010, 01:28:35 PM 
Started by Rzik - Last post by OXS (Sam Price)
5 or so regular users. Stoked!

 6 
 on: August 30, 2010, 11:55:05 AM 
Started by Rzik - Last post by Rzik
502 members???

I find this hard to believe.

 7 
 on: August 30, 2010, 11:51:11 AM 
Started by OXS (Sam Price) - Last post by Rzik
propss

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 on: August 30, 2010, 11:50:19 AM 
Started by Shaun_T - Last post by Rzik
CHur

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 on: August 29, 2010, 07:41:12 PM 
Started by OXS (Sam Price) - Last post by Noah
My name is Tahi Walsh. I am 27 and come from Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands but reside now in Berlin, Germany with my wife.
Just came back from a "skim spot" scout along the east coast of Germany which was fruitless (the extreme wind would have swept my board away to oblivion). Decided then to check the net for some more spots around Europe and stumbled across this website. (getting homesick now).
I was always aware of the wooden circular skimboards while growing up but what caught my attention was some compelling footage from the States on an extreme sports program around ten years ago. From then I had noticed a few people using their slick bottom body boards to skim short but hard along a few small waves. After seeing that I bought one instantly and that was my first "cheaper alternative" attempt at skimboarding. After the body board bent through the middle I met a friend of a friend who had made his own plywood cored, fibreglass coated skimboards. These were thin, broad and extremely heavy, but quite bouyant (I was even able to surf using it) which meant one could skim towards the shore break at an incredible speed. This is when I experienced the ability for aerial tricks (although often uncontrolled). However, the width of the board made it almost impossible to ride a wave let alone perform a wrap. By then I was a frequent user on the Skimonline.com website and found the details of an Australian named Kye who made Victoria boards. I purchased a Victoria PolyVac. This was  seven years ago.
Although I have never directly experienced those perfect skim wave riding conditions which seem to occur quite often on the left coast of the USA, the greatest sessions I had in NZ were in Tairua Bay, Coromandel, and Mt. Maunganui (which was during a return trip to NZ). During my time in the Bay of Islands however, those 'perfect conditions' only really occured during storms.
Great to see this network for skimboarders in NZ. Hopefully such skim events will attract  abit of talent and develop the sport in NZ.
Tahi.

an intersting read! haha. welcome

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 on: August 29, 2010, 01:05:14 PM 
Started by Shaun_T - Last post by Shaun_T
yea some of these guys just had some cheaper ones...

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