Roberts Creek Beach

SPOT CHECKING:

Roberts Creek Beach. This spot is just down the road from my house in Roberts Creek, BC.  The best time to go is a 5 or 6 foot tide and winds from the NW anywhere from 15 to 25 knots. It's a healthy mix of flatland styles and wave. We just call it shorestyle. Enjoy!

Shane: riding an akwa city hybrid
Where's the winch?
Cory: shuv-grab out the back
Cory: three-shuv
Terds eye view
Rory: pumpin & hackin the mini
Cory: liner

One from the archives..

A little vid I put together about a year ago..

And still we wait..

These are the "winter feels like forever times". Hopefully this blog will go dfunk'd in summer because I'm too busy skimming. Seems like that would give me something to update on winter days without skim.

I managed to squeak in  a session on monday at Roberts Creek beach. A pretty much perfect beach under the right conditions. Now the tide is too high and only low at night for what looks like another week or two... so here's something entertaining at the least:

Big Ups!

Many thanks goes out to the guys over at www.skiboardculture.com

Keep up the great job!!

Thormanby Island Sunshine Coast BC.

SPOT CHECKING:

The following are photos from various sessions from Thormanby Island.  A great place to flatland skim as well as wave skimming. You can camp right at the skim spot. I like to go early season to avoid the yachters and associated deuchpangs. It's a pretty special place to have all to your crew. Enjoy!!

Bryce: butter the bank

       Rory: shuv
                                         Rory: into not over.
                                          Bryce: shuv grab
      Scoco: mute
      Bryce: backside 180

   See you out there!

Rocks and logs may break my bones...but what about my board?

SPOT CHECKING:

Whitaker beach is not exactly known for it's "tropical" sands. In fact, 90% of the beaches in the area are either flat and have beautiful sand, or are steep but host a selection of ankle rolling rocks. These can be anywhere from the size of a pea to a football. At a lower tide (in-line with the rock we've affectionately dubbed the "tombstone"), a shelf forms and the landing under a foot of water consists of soccer-ball sized cobble stones. Some covered in sharp barnacles. On warm days even, some opt for neoprene as armor from the gnar.  At the higher tides, we have to contend with full sizes logs that will crush more than your pride. A heady pursuit at best. I've still yet to see a boardslide on one back into a wave, that takes a life worth living to try that shit.

The sand you run from can be nice but will change daily with the waves. Somedays you'll pull up to the beach and see a beach full of rocks, other times you'd swear your the luckiest bastard alive to have this place all to yourself.

Generally the wave direction switches with wind so we have the luxury of a spot that can be heel-side one day and toe-side the next, great for learning trick progression. The waves can come any time of year; all you need is a tide above 9 feet and your good to go for Whitaker.  That being said winter is the best time to go. Some waves I've seen can be overhead and some barrel in like 3or4 feet, the kind you have to crunch into and might be accused of eastern head dipping lol! But still big enough to get a smile.

What kind of skim will hold up to a 1000 lb log or rocks? Well so far we've discovered that Rory's Custom Akwa from a couple years back is by far the strongest. A full 7/8 inch core with a double wrap of carbon and a double of kevlar over that. Strong as shit no doubt but stiff. Great for the young kid with knees like steel pipes. I'll take my custom 53 e-glass, I like the flex and feel way better, Of course He'll own that board longer than I'll own three riding in these conditions.

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photogs:

adds I've been in and articles I've written and one photo I had published... for now..

So most or all of my photos come from akwa co-owner www.brycecasselman.com 

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Riding shots

I'll be posting as many local riding pics 

and any shots from trips as I can on here.

This one was taken by Monique Landry at

one of my local spots known as whitaker

beach. I rode here alone for at least 3 winters before I could get other people to join me. My mission has been to let the average person know that we really can ride waves here, it's not all flatland. Although the flatland possibilities are endless, we have some choice shore break here in the winter months.

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Peace,

scoco