Zap Skimboards Blog
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!
Oct 10, 2025
SESSION | Portugal Shredding with Romário de Sousa
My first skimboarding session in Portugal at Praia das Bicas, Sesimbra was simply unforgettable! This incredible place has such a unique energy and natural beauty that immediately impresses you upon arrival.
Oct 7, 2025
TEAM | “This or That?” with Sydney Pizza
Life is full of choices. Some are simple, some are more complex. For this edition of “This or That”, we caught up with team rider and pro women’s shredder Sydney Pizza to hit her with some rapid fire questions to see where she stands on some things! What are your thoughts on what Sydney picked below? Check it out now!
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 23, 2025
PHOTOS | Yahir Valencia in Portugal
The 2025 season looked a little different for Yahir Valencia. Due to visa issues, he wasn’t able to make it into the U.S. this year and had to sit out of the United Skim Tour, Skim USA Tour, and a handful of other events. Instead of letting that slow him down, Yahir made the most of the situation and based himself in Portugal, linking up with Euro team manager and team rider Emanuel “Mega” Embaixador.