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17 Man Heat at 1st Skimfest
First cramikskim Skimfest
8-9-03
Liamantour Beach
pictures & words by the wm
The first ever cramikskim skimfest went down in historic fashion on
Saturday evening at Limantour beach. The location picked because of
the direction it faces and it's ability to come together at this time of the
year with a high evening high tide.
Since Limantour's location is very remote, I expected only a handful of
skimmers to make the trek. When the Fenster and I arrived, we were met
by Ozzy, Bike Mike, DAK, & Matt. I assumed that would be all who
would show as we quickly realized that conditions were meager. Swell
was puny, tide was still low, and the w was howling. We determined
that nothing good would happen till at least 6 PM so we kicked it and
waited.
As the time rolled by a few more skimmers showed up and 6 o'clock came
and went without much changing. Around 6:30 I couldn't take it
anymore, and it was starting to clean up quite a bit, so I ran and got in the
water. Within 10 minutes the beach was packed with skimmers coming
from all over the beach to attack the miniscule offerings. The EBSC &
BBSC were out in force. As Philip put it, "I haven't seen this many
skimmers in the lineup since Left's."
The w was dying down rapidly and weather was incredible. Water temp
was very nice as well (unusual for Limantour). The theme of the day
was, "if it were just 2 feet bigger..." We decided to have a
free-for-all contest; one heat, 15 minutes, anything goes. At 8:00 we
started the heat and the vibe was intense with a record 17 skimmers
duking it out for a cramikskim t-shirt and a 12-pack of beer (12-pack of
Mountain Dew if the winner was underage).
The action was insane and grueling for the competitors.
Unfortunately, even though it had mostly glassed off, there were no sets for
the first 12 minutes of the heat. At the end of the heat, some nice
bumps started rolling through that created absolute chaos as 17 riders at a
time would clear the beach criss-crossing paths to get the waves of the day.
The contest area was only some 30 yards wide, so to see 17 guys clear the
beach at one time to charge one wave was pretty amazing.
Everyone skimmed really well, but when the smoke cleared the judges had
unanimously chose 4 contest winners. Jeff from the EBSC took best
wipeout honors with his spectacular face plant on dry sand. 3rd place
went to Dustin who was killing it and going big with a variety of sick
tricks but having some difficulty bringing them all back to the beach.
2nd place went to Justin who was one of the only ones to get a semi cover-up in the
finals with his left ear definitely logging some barrel time. Justin
and Dustin were both killing it all day and I thought they would win the
contest. But out of the blue, Thomas, with wrecked knee & all came out
and tore Limantour a new a-hole. Strong frontisde hits and a sick
backside DTL grab barrel at the end sealed his victory.
Thanks for everyone who showed and made the skimfest a success.
Thanks to the sponsors Keyser-Out! Productions, Budweiser, & Bike
Mike's Orthopedic Surgery Room. Also thanks to the judges Matt,
Ozzy, & 3 Wheel Fenster for helping me out. Hope everyone had a good
time - see you at the next one! Oh yeah, and Justin, Dustin, & Jeff need to
send me your addresses so I can send you your t-shirts.
 Beach
clear
Dustin
Justin
Thomas
Thomas
Thomas
no point deduction for cut-offs 
Dustin
Justin getting his ear in
Photos from DAK:
Jeff winning best bail
wm
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