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Victoria Skimboard’s pro team rider Matthieu Thibaud slips into a beach barrel at Aliso Beach on a board branded with his name.
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- Production coordinator Bob Phillips watches as a computer-driven saw cuts perfect symmetrical and identical skimboard blanks from a sheet of plywood for a beginner line of boards.
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- Shaper Fernando Lagunas lightly sands what’s known as the rail, aided by a low-positioned light that highlights imperfections in the high-density foam blank.
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- Rudolfo Lagunas spreads the board’s final color of polyester resin over a layer of fiberglass, while the board is positioned on a vacuum table with a concave curve, giving the finished board what’s known as its rocker.
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- Victoria Skimboard’s Laguna Canyon showroom, stocked with beginners’ wood boards to high performance pro models, is ringed by owner Tex Haines’ personal collection of vintage skimboards, giving customers a visual history of the sport.
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- Victoria Skimboard’s pro team rider Matthieu Thibaud slips into a beach barrel at Aliso Beach on a board branded with his name.
