The French ESL round was held over the weekend in reasonable conditions. They weren't the best, but the competitors made the best of the challenging conditions.

The results ended up as follows.

1: Hugo Santos
2: André Abrantes
3: Emanuel Embaixador
4: Jeremy Collins

So that makes it 2 out of 2 for Hugo.

The ESL circus now moves onto the UK, with the British round held at Tolcarne Beach in Newquay on the 11/12th September - be there to show your support the best skimboarders in Europe who battle it out for the European title.

Skim UK has released the winning design of the event t shirt contest they held recently...

...and here it is in its full glory.

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So here it is, the long awaited photo gallery from the Santa Cruz International Skimboard Contest we attended in Portugal recently.

The event was round 1 of the European Skimboard League (ESL), with the 2nd round fast approaching in Hossegor, France at the end of August.

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Heres a video we spied on Vimeo of the 2010 Santa Cruz International Skimboard Contest that we recently attended in Portugal.

Check it out to give you an overview of the event.

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Let's end the week with a video.

So as the Outer Banks Skim Jam video was released recently by the UST, here it is for your viewing pleasure.

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It's that time of year again!

How do you fancy designing the UK ESL Contest T-Shirt?

Well send Skim UK your designs to skimboardinguk@gmail.com and they'll pick the best to get printed on a T-Shirt. The chosen designer gets their T-Shirt free!

It can be logos, text, a mix of both or even an edited image, so get your thinking caps on!

Hurry, the closing date is Thursday 26th August 2010

We are back in Figueira after a week in Santa Cruz for the Portugal ESL event.

The top 3 are as follows:

1: Hugo Santos
2: Brad Domke
3: Mega

We are busy sorting through the photos and we will have a gallery online for you in the next few days.

Another delve into the archives today, with some photos from the Cocoa Beach Skim Contest in Florida.

All the photos were taken by our good friend Robbie Savage back in 2005.

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Following hot on the heels of part 1 of the Euro Road Trip video, here is part two.

The video is collection of surf clips from just one session at Leirosa in Portugal earlier this week.

For those of you wanting skim footage, then it will be following real soon. Unfortunately skim conditions have been crap on the trip so far, so we have been unable to get any skim media.

However, the forecasts are looking good for skim over the next few days, so rest assured, we will be getting pics and video to keep you occupied.

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Here's the first Portugal photo gallery of the trip so far.

There's plenty of photos, including surfing photos.

Thanks to Jax at Foz Holidays who provided some of the in water photos. He runs surf camps in Portugal.

Enjoy the photos - theres more to come soon!

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