The fella at the Pond, west oz boardsports? think its Jason?? Has the airush skim. Was kind enough to let m try it in Sept, great fun! Give him a call... Think they are not making it nymore.

Ned said...
try "the loose the straps" forum for info on skims, i ride a victoria "plain wrap" purchased from Mark at Surf and Sail Leederville (better preface that by saying im still sht at it but good fun) pm your mob # and ill hook you sum pics

your loose. lol.

www.losethestraps.com/forum/

thanks for all the info...Geez, hammered back by the prices of a new skim, might have to re think a new low wind toy toy, I can buy a another surfboard for the price of these things..

Findboard sports do a cool skim.
buy online cheap as!

nobilekiteboarding.com/

Nobile do a cheap(ish) wood skim.

I picked one up for $300 at end of season sales. Great fun. Cheap enough.

Jason at West Oz Boardsportz has got me in a Crazy Fly Skim that I'm getting for Xmas. I'm pretty sure he was getting another as well for stock so call him. They look like they will go great and I'm actually thinking of not just using it at the pond, but also in small surf in light days.

You can learn a lot from these boards and I reckon they are great alternative to all the "competitive boosting" that goes on.

As you have already got one I'm just going to post this for people who are interested but haven't yet made a purchase.

If you want a good skimboard, buy a skimboard... These guys know what they are doing. As mentioned above, people like Victoria and Exile make some seriously good skimboards and the larger models work really well behind a kite. I have a Carbon Exile that I take out for a bash every now and again and a kite skim doesn't even come close to how good this thing is.

Maybe Rich Stenning can give us some more info if he's still around??? He loves the things and I'm sure he's ridden most of them.

yo tom check out the waterbird by shinn,the way you ride i reckon youd love it, the is a great vid of shinny riding it in good swell on www.shinnworld.com, mate you missed one insane session last saturday out the point,

Agree completely with sir ROWDY.
Chalk & cheese bw a real skim and cheapy.
But if you just want a cheap play-around toy then you can pick them up ridiculously cheap a Red Dot type shops.

surfingboye said...
so,
fins or no fins???

Sir Rowdy...???

puppetonastring said...
Agree completely with sir ROWDY.
Chalk & cheese bw a real skim and cheapy.
But if you just want a cheap play-around toy then you can pick them up ridiculously cheap a Red Dot type shops.

the cheap ply skim boards last about a half hour before they start loosing their shape when used with a kite. I have a North skim that you can put straps and fins on if you want it you can have it for $100 cos I will never use it(it's that bad). The airush skim boards were pretty good though so thats not for sale.