Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Black Friday Sale



We don't do discounts very often so now is your chance to get some RAD DB gear while saving $$$ at the same time. Nov. 25th-28th save big on DB Skimboards, Longboards, and Apparel. Use coupon code: allblack during check out to take advantage of the following savings:

$25 OFF all Pro Models

30% Off all apparel

FREE traction pack with purchase of a Space Plank

25% off Longboard Completes

New Apparel Now Available!

We can't get enough of the standard logo on heathered tees. You can beat the comfort and simplicity of super soft cotton and DB's Standard Logo. Pick yours up in our web store at www.shopdbskimboards.com

New Standard Tee



New Standard Tank


Addison Foote 2011 Highlight Reel

Addison just sent over a compilation of new and old footage from his 2011 season. The video features some truly eclectic and creative tricks. Make sure to watch this one all the way through so you don't miss any of it.

$50 Flat rate shipping anywhere in AUS or NZ


If you have been trying to shred a DB in AUS or NZ this is your chance! For a limited time only get discounted shipping rates to anywhere in Australia or New Zealand on www.shopdbskimboards.com. Discounts apply up to up to three boards per order!

One Board: $50.00
Two Boards: $75.00 ($37.50 per board)
Three Boards: $100.00 ($33.34 per board)

No coupon code needed. Discount will be taken based on your address. Limited time offer so get on this ASAP!

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Issac Thomas 2011 Highlight Reel

Isaac recently put some editing time in at DB headquarters and compiled some of his best shots from "Twelve" for your viewing pleasure. Pretty sick to see his bangers from each session combined into one epic clip!

New team edits; Adrien, Addison, Tommy

Adrien's new edit featuring some sweeeeet 360's off a kicker.


Addison just uploaded a new Halloween inspired edit.


Thomas Jacobson has some fun with a Banshee Bungee.

New Standard Tees now available

Go pick up two new Standard Tee's on our webstore. These tees are both printed on America apparel tees and are super comfortable. Get them while we still have good stock in all sizes!



DB Skimboards Twelve, Episode #11

#11 of our ongoing video series "Twelve" is finally online! Follow the DB team around BC as they road trip from Seattle WA through Vancouver, Victoria, and Parksville BC.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Addison Foote: No Comply Kickflip



Check out some late season footage of DB team rider Addison Foote and his no comply kickflip.

Tommy Larouche Part 3



Check out the newest video from newly added DB team rider Tommy Larouche. Tommy rides in Lac-Saint-Jean , Quebec and has been progressing rapidly over the past couple seasons. Be on the lookout for Tommy's profile on the 2012 DB Skimboards website.

Fall Sesh with Russel Tandy

Adrien Backside 360's

DB team rider Adrien Raza just sent over a short clip of a recent session in the Netherlands. Check out Adrien as he attempts (and lands) some really sick backside 360's!!!

Tee Sale.

Get them while they are hot! We are blowing out select 2011 styles for just $14.95! Head on over to www.shopdbskimboards.com to pick up a fresh new tee at a super mellow price!

Adrien Raza, France Trip

Adrien just sent over some footage from his most recent trip to France. The video features shots from both France and Holland. Adrien never ceases to amaze with his unmatched skills in flatland and one-foot maneuvers. If you are trying to dial in 5-shuv to one foot this is the tutorial....

DB Skimboards Twelve Episode #10: Chambers Creek Throwdown 2011

Better late than never! Episode 10 is up and super sick. This edit features footage from the 2011 Chambers Creek Throwdown. The video showcases some serious talent from riders from all over the NW and as far as UT. There are some seriously awesome tricks that went down AND made it onto tape! Check it out yourself.

New Edit from Addison, St. George UT

Addison just sent over a very entertaining video from St. George UT. The video features some great riding from DB team riders; Addison Foote, Lexi Hutchings, and Blake Zimmerman. The video also features quite a few St. George locals throwing down some sick tricks! This video will put a smile on your face and get you stoked to go take advantage of the last few weeks of summer.

New Dash Point Pro/Am Video from the NWST

Just uploaded by Mr. Matt Mcdonald from the Northwest Skimboard Tour and Skim.co. The video's got a ton of bangers and a few tricks that we didn't capture so it's definitely worth a watch! Check out the video to the right and make sure to head over to www.nwstour.com for more photo's from the comp. Also be sure to head over to www.skim.co of other skim news, forums, and other great stuff!

Chambers Creek Throwdown 2011 (results)

The 2011 Chambers Creek Throwdown went down last Saturday. The weather started off overcast but was sunny by about 2 O'clock and prime for conditions for the obstacles DB brought down to shred. The features included tons of box variations, corrugated pipes and a slant wall/flat pipe combo jib! Everyone rode really well and there were impressive maneuvers from all divisions. After all was said and done the following participants took the top spots, prizes and cash. Big thanks to our sponsors this year: EVO, Northwest Snowboards, Snowboard Connection, Imperial Motion, Bleach, Reel Winch Systems, DB Longboards, Logo Clothing and the Northwest Skim Tour.

For more photo's please visit the DB Skimboards Facebook Page

Pro
1. Isaac Thomas
2. Arthur Murray
3. Blake Zimmerman
4. Richard Doctor
5. Bryce S.

Am
1.Timothy P
2. Josiah Thomas
3. Thomas Crook
4. Doug Parker

U-16
1. Seth Thomas
2. Oliver Parkman
3. Casey Gackle













Monday, August 8, 2011

Polish Skimboarding Open

Friedrich sent over some photos and video from the Polish Skimboarding open. The event drew a large crowd and has become the largest flatland skimboarding event in Europe. Although the weather did not cooperate the day of the event the boy still threw down and shreded some fun looking obstacles! Congrats to DB skimboards team rider Friedrich Fleuh for taking 4th place in the event!







Dakine Polish Skimboarding Open 2011 from BeachBreakers on Vimeo.


DB Skimboards Twelve Episode #9: The Up Flat Up Flat Session, The Bay Area Session

This Episode is a little late but super sick! The first section at Dumas features footage from last summer on the up flat up flat. The second section features the skimboarding talent of new DB team rider Sam Weeks. Richard Docter and Tim Mackey took a trip down to Nor/Central California a few weekends back and got to ride/film with sam for 2 days at a few different beaches. The waves weren't exactly perfect but Sam did his best to make the most of them! Be sure to check back in two weeks for Episode #10 which will feature scenes from this upcoming weekend's Chambers Creek Throwdown...

Episode Details:

1. The Up Flat Up Flat Session: This section features riding from Isaac Thomas, Tim Mackey, and Logan Davidson at Dumas Bay, WA.

2. The Bay Area Session features riding from Sam Weeks at Half Moon Bay and Montara, CA.

New Edit from NY



DB Skimboards team rider Matt Flood just sent over this fun Go Pro edit from NY. Matt did a great job with the editing on this one so make sure to check it out!

NWST VIDEO: Island Skim Jam

Check out the newest video from the Northwest Skim Tour featuring riding from the 1st stop on the tour the "Island Skim Jam." The video features riders from all over the Vancouver Island, BC, and WA State. Keep an eye out for DB Team Riders: Isaac Thomas, Emile Panerio, Logan Davidson, Jason Rodjanapanyakul, and Andrew cook, they killllllled it!

Virgin River Classic 2011 Video

DB team Rider Addison Foote just sent over a fresh video from the 2011 Virgin River Classic in St. George Utah. DB team riders Addison Foote, Emile Panerio, Lexi Hutchings, and Jason Rodjanapanyakul were all in town for the comp and had a great time competing and filming.

Our friends over at skimboardculture.com just posted the results:

Men’s Open Results
1. Emile Panerio
2. Blake Zimmerman
3. Duran Bickmore
4. Jason Rodjanapanyakul

DB Skimboards Team Update

DB Skimboards team rider Shinji recently held a skimboard camp in Japan. He had a great turn out and introduced the sport to a ton of new skimboarders.









DB team rider Russ Tandy recently went out for a photo shoot with Photographer Chase Black, check out the results below.








Issue #2 of Flatland Magazine

If you haven't already read the new issue of Flatland Magazine make sure you do so. Issue #2 is packed with all kinds of great flatland content including articles, tutorials, and more. Be sure to be on the look out for DB's ad and numerous spreads of DB team riders from all over the globe.













DB Skimboards Twelve Episode #8: Dash Point Pro/Am 2011 Skimboarding Competition



Just got the 8th installment of Twelve online. This week's episode features scenes from the 2011 Dash Point Pro/Am. The comp had some sick riders and a ton of rad stuff went down. Check out the video above for the highlights of what we caught on tape. This weeks episode is a little short, we had our main editing hard drive die on us and it's still in the lab getting fixed. We should have the footy we lost back for Episode 9 in two weeks so stay tuned!

*Slider images courtesy of Equality Designs

D-List Magazine Photo's

Still recovering from the Dash Point Pro/Am? Here is another photo gallery, this time from D-List Magazine. Head over to D-LIST's Blog to see some awesome photo's from the event. The Washington State based magazine will be stopping by the shop later in the week to get more photo's for an upcoming article on DB. Make sure to poke around the back issues on the site, they have tons of great media and articles on everything from fashion to music.


Spaceplanks Now in Shipping!

If you've been waiting for a Spaceplank now is your chance! Spaceplanks are in stock in both Streamline and Proto sizes small and Medium. Head over to your local DB dealer or www.shopdbskimboards.com to pick one up. Don't forget to get some cut and stick SUPER CUSH foam to customize your plank, we've got 12 different colors so you can make your board totally unique!






New Video from Adrien Raza



A new skim video from team rider Adrien Raza.

Dash Point Pro/AM 2011 (results)

Last weekend marked the eigth (eighth) annual Dash Point Pro/Am. The couldn't have been better for the event at a warm 76 degree's. Competitors lined the beach starting at 10am and riding on through 3:00pm. At the end of the day the top riders were as follows:

Pro
1. Isaac Thomas
2. Blake Zimmerman
3. Emile Panerio
4. Trevor Stine
5. Tony Saddler

Am
1. Jason Rodjanapanyakul
2. Arthur Murray
3. Josiah Thomas
4. Bryce Johnson

U-16
1. Seth Thomas
2. Oliver Parkman
3. Brody Atwood

Girls
1. Emi Klein
2. Alisha Nguyen
3. Rachel Collins

Check out the photo's below and head over to www.nwstour.com for the full write up and photo gallery. Big thanks to Matt Mcdonald for shooting the photo's and all the volunteer's and competitors for making it a great event!











Board Room Vancouver Display





If you are in the Vancouver BC area make sure to go check out the Board Room Snowboard Shop. The Board Room just put up a huge 10 window display featuring DB Skimboards team riders and logo's. The board room is located at:
1745 West 4th ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 1M2, Canada
+1 604-734-7669
www.boardroomshop.com

The Board room carries our full line of skimboards so if you are looking for a specific size shape and flex chances are they've got it! Take advantage of the warm weather this week if you are in BC and go shred Spanish while the tides are still low.


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New team edits from Friedrich and Addison

Check out a brand new edit from Friedrich Fleuh our German team rider who recently took a trip to Barcelona and put on a demo.

Barcelona '11 from Fiete on Vimeo.



Addison sent over another quarky edit from St. George Utah. There some sweet tricks in this one and also a ton of personality!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

DB Skimboards Twelve: Episode #7: The Alki Session, How to Build a Skimboard Box, etc

Wow. This episode took a long time to make! But it's sick! This episodes got great riding from skimboarders all over the NW. It's also got a video tutorial and plans to a great flatbox rail building guide: http://www.dbskimboards.com/download/boxbuilder.pdf Go check out the video and build your very own flat box. Watch the other two sessions to get stoked while you are at it.

DB Skimboards presents "Twelve." A 12-part skimboarding web series featuring the DB Skimboards team footage for 2010, event footage, instructional videos, day in the life mini documentaries, trick tips and more! Featuring Isaac Thomas, Emile Panerio, Richard Docter, Blake Zimmerman, Lexi Hutchings, Logan Davidson, Bryce Hermansen, Tim Mackey and more! Check out more videos, skimboards, apparel and accessories at: www.dbskimboards.com

This episode features 3 unique segments:

1. The Alki Session Featuring: Isaac Thomas, Richard Docter, Logan Davidson, Tim Mackey, Cedar Coba, Jason Rodjanapanyakul, Trevor Stine, Riley Goldberg and Andrew Moon at Alki Beach, Seattle WA.

2. How to Build a Flat Box with Tim Mackey. Detailed instructions on how to build an 8ft flat skimboard box.

3. Kicker to Flat Session Featuring: Tim Mackey, Isaac thomas, and Emile Panerio at Dash Point State Park, Federal way WA.

Vancouver Island Trip

DB team riders Isaac Thomas, Richard Docter, Logan Davidson, and Emile Panerio will be headed to Vancouver Island for the first stop on the Northwest Skim Tour. The boys will be riding in the Whitty's Lagoon Comp: the "Island Skim Session" on Saturday (6/18/11) along with the best skim talent the island has to offer. On Sunday (6/19/11) the guy's will be making the drive up to Parksville for a Demo at Parksville Beach with Smithfords. The demo is from 11am-3pm. There should be some fun rails to jib so come and and shred!

Should be a fun weekend. We'll be shooting footy for "Twelve" so come and see the action!

Friday, June 10, 2011

St. George Edit from Addison Foote

Check out another fun edit from DB Skimboards team rider Addison Foote.

Dash Point Pro/Am 2011: July 2nd



The 2011 Dash Point Pro/Am is coming up fast. Make sure to mark your calendar and get your travel plans together. More info coming soon so check back regularly. If you have never competed or attended this competition check out last years comp video for an idea of whats to come!

For more info on this competition and for a full list of 2011 Northwest Skim Tour events please visit: www.nwstour.com While your their make sure to make a donation to support the tour!

New DB Skimboards team edits

New video from DB team riders Dallas Kingsbury and Adam Balaam riding at Banister Park in Sacramento, CA.


New video from DB team rider Ruei Chiu skimming

PRE SUMMER SESSION from 0o0o0opz on Vimeo.

DB SKIM & SKATE, Website + OPEN Saturday

We just put up a one pager for DB Skim & Skate. Check it out at www.skimandskate.com. We're going to have a more functional site soon but until then this page will let you know hour most current hours and gives you an address to find us. This weekend we'll be open on Satruday from 10am to 2pm so come on by and pick up a board while the weathers good!

Thursday, June 2, 2011

DB Skimboards Twelve: Episode #6: Online Now!

Episode #6 of our ongoing series "Twelve" is up on youtube. Go check it out. This episode features "The Small Pipe Session" which is a fun edit featuring a lot of flatland and goofy jibs. After that we've got the second artist interview with DB's Lonnie Ruffcorn. Lonnie explains his art and inspirations in a quick clip that showcase a lot of his art and process. Next episode is in two weeks so keep an eye out for it!

New DB Skimboards Team Edits

Blake Zimmerman

Not the best ride out but still sick none the less...


Adrien Raza

DB Skimboards team rider Adrien Raza just sent over this video showcasing attempts to land a 720 big spin. Pretty sick!


Addison Foote

DB Skimboards team rider Addison Foote just sent over this quarky edit from St. George Utah. Check out the no-comply's on and other hijinks ensue.

Bellingham Session: Emile and Tony

DB Skimboards team riders Emile Panerio and Tony Saddler got out to the beach last friday and got some pretty epic photo's. With back drops of Bellingham Bay and Mt. Baker these photo's encompass exactly why skimming in Bellinham is so rad. Check out the pics and get stoked for some warmer temperatures in the up coming months (hopefully).