Im trying to find a kite specific skim, preferably Airush but any will do..before anyone says use a search, I have and cant come up with anything..cheers
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.
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
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..
I had a carbon Victoria for nearly 8 years and it's still going strong, although only used it a few times behind a kite.
Well worth the price IMO
Maybe ordering from states will be cheaper
Tpcp i have a exelent second hand one Nobile 1300mm x 510mm with a bag for $300 if you are keen used 10 times.like new.
Message me if Keen in South Perth
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.
Yep, i got the crazyfly skim for chrissy and used it straight away. I didnt bother with installing the fins and it is awsome. I even went ovr to Warnbro beach and tried it in the small beachy, but it will need the fins for this. Otherwise it went upwind great and we had a lot of laughs
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.
i just put skimboard in utube there is some great talant there but it must take them hours to clean the sand out of there undies as they all ride in shore dumpers ouch there balls bags must be as smooth as from all the sand rubbing in there. ![]()
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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.