Challaborough Beach
South Devon - England.

Held over the weekend of 20/21 September, the Sandskater organized event, brought together the largest collection of skimmers ever seen in the UK. People had travelled from all over the UK to be at the skim fest. Skimmers had travelled from as far a field as the Channel Islands, Scotland, Wales and London.

Around 150 people turned up each day to enjoy skimboarding and learn new tricks from the pro riders that had travelled over from the USA especially for the event. After a successful skim fest last year, Drew Danielo and Bill Baxter had returned to this years event, but this time were joined by Austin Bleiweiss who was in the UK for the first time. The weather was great, but in contrast to last year when we had no waves, this year we were blessed with clean knee high conditions which built steadily over the weekend.

From the moment the pro riders hit the water, the beach was packed with onlookers keen to see what can be done with UK conditions. The public weren't disappointed. The pro's unleashed a series of aerials, liners and tech tricks, much to the delight of the crowd gathered on the beach.

This year the event was raising money for the RNLI Beach Rescue which provides an invaluable lifeguard service for many beaches in south west England. Just under £300 (around US$450) was raised through the sale of prize draw tickets. The prizes were donated by Sandskater, Zap Skimboards and Slick Industries.

Thanks must go to the following people for helping to make the event such a success:

Zap Skimboards - Thanks for all the gear you sent over to giveaway at the event.
Slick Industries - Thanks for everything you sent over to giveaway.
Drew Danielo, Austin Bleiweiss and Bill Baxter - thanks guys!
Everyone who turned up at the skim fest - thanks for supporting us!

The full photo report on the UK skim fest can be found here:
http://www.sandskater.com/skim/photos/skimfest-03.shtml

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