Tuesday, 01 September 2009 11:17

Santa Cruz always seems to have cool stuff going on without many outsiders even knowing of it. If you're on top of your Skimboarding News (like the Brazil Kids) than you knew about the Senseless Contest put together by Ryan Parola in Santa Cruz, at 26th Ave just weeks before the UST event comes to town. It's the perfect time for Santa Cruz locals, but open to outsiders, to come up and test their skills, and to get their practice heats in before all of Laguna and the rest of the world comes to their home turf to do battle at SkimBash.

This year saw troughy conditions but shralpable nonetheless. It could be argued that this year served up the most competitive group in the pro/advanced division, which makes us extremely proud of our newly revived stoked out Santa Cruz local, Ben Koscielniak. Ben's back in skimboarding full swing, and we couldn't be happier. He's a grom at heart and filled with more stoke than a cup of Joe. Congratulations to our longtime Santa Cruz ripper Ben and to Cameron Carothers our other Santa Cruz pride for making the final and repping for the Exile Nation. Here's a shot of Ben doing what he does...



And an afterparty picture. What you've never heard of a Victory Lap in skimboarding? Learn it... Use it... Don't abuse it...