Omar Meddeb

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Omar Meddeb is a Newport local who is arguably the coolest skimmer on the peninsula. He has been an inspiration to the Lopez Brothers for a long while and it has been our pleasure to get to know Omar and see what he does on a daily basis. Perpetually stoked, Omar can go out on the smallest and windiest days and still blow your mind with corked out airs and steezy turns. It's that consistency that shows how much passion he has for the sport. We look forward to seeing Omar sometime soon and wish we could see the reaction to his own mini movie! So give it up to Omar Meddeb!

Ale, Nick, Jeffrey and Chris Receive Early Christmas Presents at MorninStar

The afternoon before this session was perfect 3 ft wraps with fs and bs liners. No cameras, no one expected the increase in swell when we had a session hours before. . . . Luckily, leftover swell stuck around the next day the camera wa clickin'. Give Thanks!

Stand Up Paddle Race

Team SkimCaribbean volunteered at the Stand Up Paddle Race at Brewer's Beach and had a bunch a fun in the sun. Thanks to the boys that came out and the support from the entire community! BUP BUP!

Lopez Brothers scope Virgin Gorda

The Lopez Brothers took a family Thanksgiving trip to Virgin Gorda to visit Ale's godparents and hoped to score some fun skim for the couple days they were there. Although the skim wasnt good it didn stop the boys from havin' a great time and looking for new skim spots that have not been ridden yet.

Aloha Hawaii

Last Skim on Oahu, you will be missed.

Hawaiian Holloween

This morning was rainy n cold but when we got to the beach the 1-2ft (hawaiian) wraps and liners on tap modivated Alejandro and new friend/local rippa Travis to run drop slide n enjoy. The sun came with perfect timing to see the boys first rides. Happy Halloween!

Sunny Sandy's On a Sunday

From sandy's

Sandy's on a Sunday is when every bodyboarder and bodysurfer on the island go play in water no matter how the waves are. Good ting we spotted an fun empty reform section . . .

Krazy Keiki's

Examining the forecast the last couple days and spotting the NW swell approaching, Ale and Keiao set off for the North Shore mid morning hoping for the best. Upon arriving at Keiki's Beach, it seemed like the swell had not hit yet with the beach still having slope and the ground not shaking. . . I spoke too soon. 1o min later a set resembling Aliso on a good day rolled in, about 4-5 ft nice shape, barreling onto the dry sand. Another came, bigger this time, and a bigger one. Oh boy, lets go get David Sterman before it gets too big. Except as the tide got higher they got bigger and closer to shore, making me nervous to venture out to attempt and wrap. The Aliso characteristics became more of what you would expect in Cabo. I tried one bomb, wrapping mid way only to get thrown on the dry sand making my bones ache. I got ROLLED! It was getting too hectic. We caught it too late in the swell, too high tide & too gnarly. The bombs became the sets and decided to venture to Waimea. PHEW, smaller wraps. No pictures but fun chest high ones with the Sunday crowd. . . . .

Sunny Sandy's

Sandy's always has a little wave to ride and with the sun shinnin' its hard to resist coolin off in some fun lil skim. About 20 min amounts to this:

David's House Has Waves

Day 2 on Oahu, David and I skim outside his house for a bit. . .

Aloha Waimea

Alejandro Lopez took a last minute trip to the island of Oahu, and it hasn't been more than 24 hrs til he, David, Jasmine and Keiao got wet. Waimea Bay Day 1! STAY TUNED!

Humbling Newport Beach

Last Session for the Lopez Brothers in California this trip and it was by far the biggest and gnarliest wedge the boys have seen. Nick and Ale were both charging and got some of the best and scariest waves of their lives. The Wedge is known to be one of the heaviest spots in the US and on days like these it is hard to say otherwise. Can't wait for summer. . . . .

Oktoberfest 11

The week before the Oktoberfest in Newport, the boys have been hittin' it hard and scoring some very fun fs liners in caribbean like weather in Newport. Sunny skies, fast water, sheet glass and plenty of beautiful blue waves keep the boys on point and looking forward to the weekend to come. Nicolas took 6th place and ale just had fun going against his idols, Brandon Sears and Teddy Vilasis. "It always awesome seeing all the pros you looked up to as a child shred to peices waves right in front of you and making it look effortless," -Alejandro. The Lopez Brothers are pretty stoked on life right now counting their many blessings one by one and eager to see new south pulses aproaching with sand at the wedge as prime as it gets. STAY TUNED. . . . . . .

Lopez Brothers in Santa Cruz

Nicolas Lopez took 4th in the Santa Cruz contest last weekend!! BUP BUP Congrats Nico!! Alejandro had a super stacked heat against 14 time world champ Bill Bryan and Brandon BCS Sears. Alejandro got knocked out but Bill said he definitely put up a fight and made it interesting. Besides from the contest, some fun sessions were had at the famous liner pointbreak called Rockies. The boys were in heaven with the waist high liners but unfortunately did not get any footage for the boys back home to drool over.

2011 KEVORKIAN 5000

No excuses need to be a Moron. Skimcaribbean host its second Kevorkian 5000. Morningstar Beach, St Thomas.

LIME TREE BEACH

Tropical Storm Maria danced with us last week making for some windy rainy days. When the skies cleared skimcaribbean found Morningstar beach was washed out. Hoping for the best, we slid over to Lime Tree Beach to find a fun session. This is the first the three of us had skimmed Lime Tree. It was nice to finally catch it.

California Recap

(Password: mov) Lopez Brothers bringing back some memories for us to drool at. Re-cap from the 2011 Cali Summer Trip. PS. The Lopez Brothers are also going to be heading back to California for the Santa Cruz Contest and Oktoberfest. Stay Tuned. . . . .

Thalia

Papa Lopez took a peak at Thalia and gave the boys a report for small but fun sized bumps.

Da Wedge

Small south pulse had the boys searching for siders at The Wedge at 7am Fri. The boys had some fun with knee to waist high siders with connections til BlackBall kicked in at 10.

World Champs At Aliso Beach, CA

Alejandro Lopez competed in his first Pro Skim Contest at Aliso Beach last weekend. BIG UPS!!! Makin the VI proud in his heat with Sam Stinnett, Matthieu Thibaud and Austin Bleiweiss . Congrats from the entire SkimCaribbean family Alejandro!

More great shots of Skimslam 6

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Get your own

Here are some shots of this years event taken by Brian Shannon. Thanks Brian, the colors look great. You can check out more shots of Skimslam 2011 as well of some of Brian's amazing shots from around the globe at www.brianshannonphotography.com

Camels FlashBack

Rob Blakeney Photography

With a size-able south swell approaching, The boys recall some amazing waves they scored at camels, with south swell, this time last year. SkimCaribbean's finest photographer, Rob Blakeney will be with us again this year so stay stoked and stay tuned. . . .

10th Street

Shot of the Day Photo Cred: Chandler Patterson

Cress St.

Cress Street July 3rd Photo Credit: Bob Kurnik

Team Rider Alejandro and associate, Juston Dias, caught a few fun rides before the sun descended into the dark abyss of night.

SKIMCARIBBEAN'S SKIM SLAM 6

BANGIN SKIM SLAM EDIT FROM BANANA TREE FILMS

SKIMCARIBBEAN SKIM CAMP 2011 SESSION 1

SKIM CAMP SESSION ONE WAS A TOTAL SUCCESS!!

Thanks to all who attended. Session 2 starts July 5th. 

Contact Uncle Iray or email us for more info at

skimcaribbean@gmail.com. 

JOIN THE FUN... COME SLIDE WITH US!

Everyting Bless!

After a very successful SkimSlam, The SkimCaribbean Crew and friends enjoyed beautiful weather and clean waist high wraps at MorningStar Beach. Give Thanks!

SKIMSLAM 2011 RESULTS

St. Thomas Skimslam 2011 Results:

Groms (boys 10 and under)

1. Dalton Parr
2. Sean Godfrey
3. Richie Livacz
4. Malachi Matthews
5. Christian Freyn
6. Quinn Farrell

Juniors (boys 11-16)

1. Konner Kendall
2. Cody Merritt
3. Luke Patrie
4. Karson Kendal
5. Sam Wessinger
6. Jeffrey Thompson

Men (16 and up)

1. Nicolas Lopez
2. Chris Creque
3. Adam Lose
4. Konner Kendal
5. Adam Fuller
6. John Lenahan

Women

1. Cassandra Bitterwolf
2. Kayla Foyt
3. Arielle Ebenhortz
4. Dakota Sloniker
5. Tiareh Schaub
6. Jeanie Patrie

Youngest Skimmer: Cole Margulis (No water wings needed this year)

Best Wipe-out: Dakota Sloniker

Most Heart Award: Caros Linquist

SKIMCARIBBEAN SKIM CAMP 2011

SKIMCARIBBEAN IS PROUD TO OFFER SKIM CAMP 2011!!! INSTRUCTION BY SKIMCARIBBEAN TEAM RIDER ALEJANDRO LOPEZ AND SKIMCARIBBEAN CO-FOUNDER RAY "UNCLE IRAY" WHITTEMORE. FOR MORE INFO PLEASE CONTACT US AT SKIMCARIBBEAN@GMAIL.COM. JOIN THE FUN... COME RIDE WITH US!

SKIMCARIBBEAN SEARCHES FOR THE ELUSIVE BERMUDA SKIM BREAK.

Members of Team Skimcaribbean get stuck on Bermuda while delivering a sail boat to Rhode Island. Grabbing two scooters Josh and Charlie set out to find the best sandy beaches for skimming in Bermuda.

SKIMSLAM 6 ARE YOU READY!!!

JUNE 18th MORNINGSTAR BEACH

ST. THOMAS, USVI

THE 6TH ANNUAL STT SOUTHSIDE SKIMSLAM

THIS IS AN ALL AGES AMATEUR EVENT. RIDER SIGN IN 8:00 AM $20 ENTRY FEE.

LOVE YOUR MOTHER... THIS IS A PLASTIC FREE EVENT. SKIMCARIBBEAN IS DEDICATED TO KEEPING OUR BEACHES CLEAN. YOU CAN DOWN LOAD AN ENTRY FORM ON WWW.SKIMCARIBBEAN.COM OR PICK ONE UP AT YOUR LOCAL CARIBBEAN SURF CO.

THREE WEEKS LEFT TO PRACTICE. ARE YOU READY!!!!

MiniCinni

Cinnamon Bay had a couple bumps on the weekend that Ale took advantage of. SkimSlam is coming up soon, practice those frontside and backside turns!

BVI Adventure

Alejandro Lopez took spent this weekend in Tortola and found some playful waves at Josiah's Bay.

Adam's Mini Movie

Team rider, Adam Lose, working the waves at Morningstar!

Skim Skim SkimSlam!

Howdy Y'All! Book your calenders, address books, cell-phones, Or anything else you use to remember things, because the dates have been annouced! The 2011 STT SouthSide SkimSlam is coming baby! Saturday, June 18th, 2011! Sign up is at 8A.M. Sharp! So please be there early people. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, ETC. please E-Mail the following: Skimcaribbean@gmail.com. Thanks and we'll see you at the 2011 SkimSlam guys and girls!

Skimcaribbean makes a boat trip to Sint Maarten

Skimcaribbean's Simplicity family made a trip to Saint Martin to try their luck at the Heineken Regatta. The weather and waves didn't cooperate but the Heinekens were cold and plentiful. The Island had the coolest vibes, Big up our St. Martin brethren, Biggy, and the Simpson Bay Marina crew. Good Time Charlie Big Respect. See you on the Rock. We'll be back. We did grab a fun little session at Mullet Bay and found Skimcaribbean has already made it's mark. Check Uncle Ray in the St. Martin Blu.

Playa Alicia turns on

Day 11: After a couple days of super small push, a nice ENE swell pumped into the Sosua area and the Lopez Brothers were in search for skim with size. Early in the morning, the brothers skimmed Playa Chiquita with a tide that was a bit low for the swell. After an hour, they decided to check Sosua's jem, Playa Alicia. Her gorgeous shoulder high wedging peaks left the boys in awe. . . Super steep wraps and liners were plentiful . . . . . . .

No Swell, No Worries

Day 8: The Lopez Bro's took another day off due to small swell. So Alejandro with footage he had on hand, cooked up an edit of Magen's Bay. Enjoy!

Ey (Playa) Chiquita tu es Bonita!

Day 7: Even though the easterly trade swell drops, the Lopez Brothers still got to play around with perfect lil launch ramps and baby liners. Nick sat this session out but got behind the camera and got some irie shots. Bup Bup!

Draining DR Adventures

Day 6: After multiple skim sessions daily the Lopez Brothers were exhuasted so took a layday. But this is some of what they dreamt about.

DR Adventure

Day 5: The Lopez Brothers are back at Playa Chiquita where the waves are good once again. A few siders were pushing though but the peaky backside wraps and frontside lines had the boys attention throughout the session.

DR: Playa Alicia

Day 4: The East swell picks up along with the wind leaving the Lopez Bro's wondering what across the street looks like. Playa Alicia was small and the wind was wrapping offshore. Beautiful wraps and wedgy A-frames were traded off among the brothers til sundown.

The Dominican

Day 3: In search of new waves, The Lopez Bro's came across lots of potential on a beach tucked inside of the gated community of Perla Marina. Armando Merker, tour-guide, translator and amigo made it all happen with local knowledge and hook-ups. Muchas Gracias Armando :) !

Republica Dominicana

Day 2: Small East Swell still pushes into Playa Chiquita where the Lopez Bros come to snap a couple pictures.

Dominican Republic

Day 1: The Lopez Brothers found some skim at playa chiquita where the boys celebrated Nick's sweeet sixteen with small playfull lines. Happy Birthday Nicolas!!!!!! BUP BUP

Come do your part!

Hey there everyone! This Saturday (February 5th, 2011) Team SkimCaribbean will be doing a beach clean-up at Vessup Bay. From 9AM - 12PM the Team will be doing it's part in keeping our Island clean and healthy. And of course everyone who isn't on the team is welcomed to come help us out. There is going to be water, and gloves and trash bags will be provided. If anyone can come help us out, that wouldbe awesome not only for us, but knowing you're keeping your Island to it's best of it's ability! If you have any SkimCaribbean shirts, we ask if you can wear them to help us spread the word. Thanks everybody and we hope to see you there!