Events
Jan 5, 2026
INFO | United Skim Tour 2026 Schedule
The United Skim Tour just dropped their 2026 schedule and it’s packed with awesome events throughout the season. With six stops and each rider's four best results determining the champions, it’s set to be a rad series of events! Plus, unlike years past, the Women’s division is included in all six stops. We’re stoked to see the ladies push it this season! Check out the full schedule below make sure to register today!
Dec 19, 2025
INFO | Alley Oop Skim Camps For 2026
Alley Oop Skim Camps, located in Dewey Beach, DE, has announced their 2026 skim camp schedule. This includes four 3 day camps running throughout the summer, “Girls Only” sessions, and special training sessions to prepare for the Zap Pro/Am that’s taking place in Dewey Beach! Dates of the event will be announced after the new year but you can check out the information for each camp below and register today!
Dec 16, 2025
EVENT | Skim USA Releases 2026 Contest Schedule
The 2026 season will be here before we know it and our calendar is already filling up with events. Skim USA just released their schedule for the 2026 season and it’s looking good! Check it out below and make sure to mark your calendars for all the events! We’ll see you at the beach!
Dec 4, 2025
EVENT | 2025 Skim USA Gala
The Annual Skim USA Gala is happening this weekend, 12/6, in Nokomis FL! This is a great event for the community to get together, chat through memories of the 2025 season, and to celebrate the Skim USA tour champs! It’s not too late to RSVP so send a message to info@skim-usa.com if you’d like to attend!
Oct 30, 2025
PHOTOS | 2025 Zap Pro/Am at Tamarack Beach with Premier Skim
We teamed up a few weeks ago with Premier Skim for another year of the Zap Pro/Am at Tamarack Beach! This event was definitely one for the books — incredible waves, perfect conditions, and an amazing turnout made this year’s event unforgettable. From rising groms to seasoned legends, every heat was packed with talent, energy, and pure stoke. Check out some photos from the event now!
Oct 23, 2025
TRAVEL | Eurotrip Week 2 with Sydney Pizza & Elian Juarez
Saying what’s up from Madrid International Airport for hot second while we are waiting for our flight to Lisbon! Week two of the trip has wrapped up, and if it is at all possible it was even more incredible than the first week was!
Oct 21, 2025
RECAP | Euro Skim Tour in La Tranche-Sur-Mer, France
We are here checking in from La Tranche-Sur-Mer, in France during a beautiful October weekend with weather in the mid-70s for an epic three-day contest hosted by the Maunakea Skim Club! This contest will round out the Euro Skim Tour for the 2025 season, as it is the last of three stops (preceded by Portugal in July and Spain in September). This is truly a special moment for our Zap family as we are meeting up with riders from all over the world, to watch two of our team riders be crowned Euro Champions for 2025.
Oct 20, 2025
PHOTOS | Yahir Valencia with Skim Dubai
Yahir Valencia was recently invited out to the UAE to hang out with the Skim Dubai crew. Now, Dubai may not be known for its skim scene but the team at Dubai Skim are doing their best to change that! With Dubai being on the coast of the Persian Gulf, the potential for waves is there. Unfortunately, Yahir wasn’t able to score much swell but what the trip lacked in waves, it made up for in good times. The crew at Dubai Skim were so hyped to have him out and the locals came out in force to hang out and get some lessons in.
Sep 30, 2025
EVENT | 2025 Oktoberfest (Day 2)
Exile’s 20th annual Oktoberfest has come to a close, bringing us a fairytale ending to the 2025 United Skim Tour season. Finals day here at Balboa’s Pier in Newport Beach, was one like no other; filled with laughs, hurricane swell (thank you Lorena), driving barrels, and memories that will last a lifetime, Oktoberfest saw it all!
Sep 28, 2025
EVENT| 2025 Oktoberfest (Day 1)
The 20th annual Oktoberfest is here, and we could not be more ready! Day one at Balboa’s Pier, in Newport beach California was met with solid swell, great weather, and the Zap team ready to shred! Hurricane Lorena is on the way, and it is quite apparent that her and mother nature have coordinated to bring in swell for the weekend festivities! Building throughout the day, in the morning we saw a fair and typical 3’-5’ swell that built to about 6’-8’ by the end of the day.
Sep 26, 2025
VIDEO | Zap in Cali & the 2025 VIC
Team riders Gerardo Valencia and Leo Freitas, along with videographer Devin Demenezes, recently packed up their bags and headed out west to Cali in search of waves and good times on the road to the 2025 VIC competition in Laguna Beach. Once they arrived, they were hit with a bit of a speed bump because their boards had gotten lost along the way! However, that didn’t slow them down because they met up with fellow team rider Mason Broussard, who had enough boards to go around, so they wasted no time and headed to the beach.
Sep 19, 2025
INFO | The 20th Annual Exile Oktoberfest Goes Down 9/27-9/28!
The Exile Oktoberfest is back for its 20th year anniversary! Going down at the infamous Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, CA, a spot known for its awesome conditions and intense shorepound, this event is always a crowd pleaser. The final stop of the United Skim Tour, this contest is set to send off the 2025 season with a bang! Go for a trip down memory lane with our 2023 recap video and register today to compete!