Zap Skimboards Blog
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!
Dec 2, 2025
TEAM | Rider Playlist: Dylan Duncan
What are your favorite Zap pros listening to when they’re out on a session, chilling at home, or anywhere in between? Well, we caught up with pro team rider Dylan Duncan to see what he’s been jamming lately! Check it out now!
Nov 25, 2025
TRAVEL | Eurotrip Final Week with Sydney Pizza & Elian Juarez
Heyoooo, checking in one last time from Europe before it’s back to reality! We made it to Lisbon safe and sound, grabbed our rental car, and headed straight into the city for some dinner and rest. The next day we woke up early and headed to the beach to meet up with team rider Kika Freire at her home break for a super sick sesh with some other locals! Check out that highlight reel on our Instagrams! The waves were super fun, and the vibes were even more incredible. Much like France, in Portugal you have a pretty short window of good skim due to the tide swings, so we got two pretty sick sessions in, and had tons of fun!
Nov 11, 2025
EVENT | John Akerman at the Revel Ruckus Full Send Festival
The first aerial wave throwdown ever to take place in Arizona, the Revel Ruckus Full Send Festival went down at the end of October at Revel Surf Park in Mesa, Arizona. John Akerman was one of the lucky athletes who got an invitation to take part in the event. With his reliable Moto Winch, he headed that way to send it on some man-made waves! With other skim riders like Austin Keen, the Swanson brothers, and more taking part in the event, there was plenty of action going down all weekend.
Nov 7, 2025
FBF | Zap+Sununga Brazil 2012
For this Flashback Friday, we wanted to send it back to an insane trip to Sununga, Brazil with the *then* Zap Pro team – Jason Wilson, Dave Scott, and Mega! Check out this awesome video now and send it down memory lane!
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 27, 2025
TEAM | Off Season Plans with Mason Broussard
2025 was a whirlwind of a year for team rider Mason Broussard. Starting off the year with surgery on his wrist, he wasn't sure how the year would go. But after getting through it and putting in the work to get back on his board, he had a heck of a year! We caught up with him to go over some highlights and see what he has planned for the off-season and looking into 2026! Check it out 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.
Oct 17, 2025
FBF | “I Love to Skim” Video with Gerardo Valencia
If it’s one rider who really loves skimming, it’s Gerardo Valencia. For this flashback Friday, we wanted to send it back to this full section from Gerardo. Shredding in Playa Del Coco and Mainland Mexico Skim Bach in Melaque, the waves were good and Gerardo was on one! Get hyped with this throwback now!
Oct 14, 2025
TRAVEL | Eurotrip Week 1 with Sydney Pizza & Elian Juarez
Checking in right now from La Tranche-Sur-Mer, France! Our first week is complete and it has flown by. We departed on Sept. 30 th in the afternoon and arrived early morning on October 1 st in Madrid. After putzing around for a couple hours, we caught about three trains, and one layover in Toulouse France, which was stunning, we landed in Biarritz France for the first leg of our trip!