Kyda Skimboards

Kyda comes to Parksville this Sunday

kyle — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:10:43 +0000

Kyda will be hitting up Parksville Beach around 10.30 am this Sunday, May 2oth. So come out and join us for some skim and no doubt some laughs.

7 Days of Sun. 7 Days of Skim.

kyle — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:29:21 +0000

Last weekend came the first hints of summer in Greater Vancovuer; the tides were out, so was the sun and the temps were high. Saturday, Kyle and Anthony spent part of the day recycling old rails and building some new ones including some pretty big and unique setups. When low tide hit the guys couldn’t resist putting down the power tools to go do some riding and met up with Chris Powell for a little rail sesh at Blamer’s. Sunday, Dylan Maranda organized a fun little event called Text Yoself BeFo Yo Wreck Yoself were we asked people to text in shout outs, tricks, and whatever else to his cell phone. The day was a bit hectic considering the Vancouver Marathon shut down Spanish Banks but eventually things got started all be it about a hour late. Practically the whole skim team showed up and began doing their best to accomplish the tasks asked from the texts we received. Some clever individual put Dylans number on craiglist “saying he was giving away a free car”, so although slightly annoying it soon became really funny as the guys started messing with these naive callers. By the end of the day, the team had not only got a bunch of sick tricks on tape but had a really good time so look for the video of the text antics to drop sooner then later. The next few days Chris and Kyle took to the local beaches sharing a pure flatland sesh at Crescent Beach and a sesh on a unique little ollie on setup at Balmers both resulting in a bonfire at lynch’s place to warm up. For the rest of the work week, Anthony and Kyle were skimming up a storm and managed to find the sickest flatland spot in the world (Not Kidding). This spot is super wide, super long and super thin making it epic as can be. The crew is looking forward to film something in the near future at what we dude “Riveria”. Soon enough the weekend was here and Tim, Anthony, and Kyle headed down south to hangout with team rider Trevor Stine. The guys all met up at Pike Place in Seattle and had a fun time doing the tourist thing. Highlights included watching some fish getting tossed, seaching through the boutique shops and getting a ton of free mentos. Ladner even found some mischief makers so he was pretty stoked. After a few hours, the guys were on their way to Chambers Creek for some skim. When the guys reached the spot they were stoked to see that there were at least a couple of rails to sesh including an ollie-on that Blake Zimmerman and crew had brought down and a single round pipe that looks like its been hanging at the creek for some time. After a few hours of filming the sun began to drop but not before the crew shared a game of SKIM and some good laughs. Soon enough the crew was rolling to the Stine residence for some much appreciated hospitality in the forms of burgers and dogs. Like all good things it eventually had to end and the guys were soon back on the road to Canada. Sunday, Lynch took to the beach solo and impressed some locals with an ollie on down at Balmer’s and well today…. skimmin some more would be a good assumption.

Text Yoself Beefo Yo Wreck Yoself

kyle — Fri, 04 May 2012 23:08:32 +0000

Want to get yourself involved on the new Kyda Edit? The team is following in the footsteps of the Berrics and creating a “Text Yoself Beefo Yo Wreck Yoself” edit shooting this Sunday May 6th. Text in to the Kyda team between 10am and 11am (Pacific Standard Time) with any shoutouts, trick requests to film, opinions or anything you want to say for us to read out and perform on camera for your entertainment. Remember to not abuse the phone number and text in as this edit will rely on you and the skim community.

Team Series #1: Kyle Lynch

kyle — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:42:32 +0000

So we here at Kyda have started a new series of videos that focus on the people behind the brand. This first installment puts the limelight on veteran rider Kyle Lynch as he speaks his mind on various subjects and throws bangers. We hope you enjoy getting to know the team as not only riders but as people. Until, next time get stoked on what lynch is putting down and look out for tons more media coming your way.

We Be Skimmin’ Deem Low Tides

kyle — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:29:19 +0000

The boys at Kyda have been skimmin’ a ton since our last update. Thanks to some nice weather in the greater Vancouver area it seems like the whole team has been getting into the swing of things. Tim Ladner, Dylan Maranda, Matt Taylor, Kyle Lynch and special guest Gattobot (Trever Gatto) shared a fun session at Spanish Banks. The usual occured with the crew avoiding the crazy amount of shells by moving towards the waters edge, where they were graced with a fun little bank slide fest with PD and the guys at Skullskates. Later on, they moved closer to shell infestation for a crazy little double rail set up. All in all a good day was had. The next day Lynch took off for Vancouver Island to pick up a minivan (the new beast of burden for the crew). After arriving on the ferry, he quickly made his way to Blueback for a schduled session with Can Montrose and Jesse Derosa. He was stoked to see that the guys were actually there because the weather was pretty horrible. After some quick introductions everyone was landing tricks, bailing or laughing. At the end of the sesh, Lynch had a contest for those who were there… the prize an epic tie dye t-shirt. Jesse came out victorious and that basically wrapped up the day of the beach. Although once everyone was at the top of the stairs the crew enjoyed some skim talk for another hour or so. The next Day Lynch was off to Qualicum to visit Smithsfords’ and had a nice talk with John (the owner). So hopefully you will see some Kyda’s gear in Qulaicum this summer. A quick sesh at Parksville and Kyle was back to the mainland. A couple days later Chris Powell (back from his adventures aboard), Tim Ladner, Anthony Davis and Kyle Lynch hit Blamer’s Beach for a dope little film session even though the wind was back to being arctic for no reason. Finally, yesterday The white rock locals where down at Balmer’s Filming a few set ups. Big props to Tanner Walde for attacking a pretty sketchy rail on his third day of skim this year. Until next time, peep the photos and get out there and skim.

Spring Hustle

kyle — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:14:28 +0000

We here at Kyda have been extremely busy trying to get ready for the summer season but when we are not working we are skimboarding: which I guess is still working but a lot more fun then some of the other stuff. Although the spring hasn’t been dynamite so far, it is still nice to no longer have to put on booties or wetsuits. Filming has started with the help of young filmer Tanner Walde (not that it ever ended) for a new video that we here at Kyda are dubbing “Pipe Dreams” expect a lot more footage from our entire team this time around with higher quality footage to show off our antics. Lately, Tim and Kyle have been hitting up the local haunts with a fun but freezing sesh with Dylan and Pablo at Spanish Banks, a little sesh at Wreck and a few at White Rock on some new rails with Anthony Davis (peep the photos below). Besides skimboarding, Tim and Kyle have been working their fingers to the bones trying to get the 2012 boards manufactured and although they have been slightly delayed by having to wait on a order of wood (high grade Maple, get stoked) the guys are rearing to go. So expect the first batch to be available in march along with some sick new threads. Until next time, safe shredding.

Sneak Peek: Kyda Tie Dye Hoodies

kyle — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:25:01 +0000

Lynch has been hard at work over the winter months tie dying (with professional grade dyes) in his garage. Frozen fingers, dyed hands and endless hours of tying/untying elastics and Kyda is proud to announce that these one off/hand dyed hoodies will be available for purchase over the summer of 2012. So get stoked on what we are putting down and look out for some other sneak peeks on new products in the near future. Sun is out, tide is low: so, bye for now.

Mexican Odyssey

kyle — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:17:43 +0000

Lynch took off last week to Baja California Sur in Mexico; to meet up with his dad for some much needed relaxation. Landing just outside of San Jose, Lynch was greeted with an hour-long customs line in smoldering heat but he found it hard to complain since we here in Vancouver have been praying for a little heat to hit us. Soon enough, Lynch was hanging out watching the waves of Trigger’s Beach from a large balcony and enjoying some food and drink. The next few days, his unofficial tour guide aka his dad was whipping him around the local highlights like the cute historical area of San Jose, estuaries, fancy resorts, snorkeling spots, and the craziness that is Cab San Lucas (including solmar and divorce beach: world class wave skim spots). So did Lynch take on those crazy shore breaks? An anti-climatic… no, is your answer. Although tempted Lynch decided that it was just too gnarly to even attempt with a wooden board and with little to no wave skimming experience. A day later and the two were off to Todos Santos for a few days of authentic Mexican living, or at least if you were a Mexican who had a ballin house on the waterfront of a nearly deserted beach. After some time on the highway and navigating the dirt roads for 3o mins they arrived at their rental and well as stated above it was epic. The next few days the guys, enjoyed the near by surf beach: Lynch even managed to get some flatland skimming in. Some attempts at surfing were made but mother nature didn’t want anyone out there and made even the most seasoned surfer retreat to complaining out of the backs of there cars. Eventually, it was time to start heading back towards the airport but not before the two explored some mountain towns and lived it up for one more night in San José. Anyway, Check out the photos from Lynch and get stoked for your next adventure.

Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring.

kyle — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:37:11 +0000

Spring is here and it has brought some slightly warmer temps and some actual sun to our neck of the woods. Lynch has been trying his best to take advantage of this by hitting the beach as much as possible and has managed to put together a fun little edit. Special thanks to Tanner Walde for filming. On a completely other note, Lynch has finally got a P2 card for his HVX200 he bought two months ago, so expect a higher quality videos coming down the pipe. Until next time, get stoked that we might be able to take our booties off very shortly.

30 Mins or Less with Tim Ladner

kyle — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:39:15 +0000

Some test footage from our d90 of Tim Ladner at Wreck Beach. Check out some raw skimming including some log jibs and a random appearance of the coast guard.