About us
The Hawaii Amateur Skimboarding League or HASL has been created to bring together the recent popularity of skimboarding here in Hawaii. In fact, the popularity of skimboarding throughout the world is seeing tremendous growth and can one day be an industry just as big as skateboarding or surfing is today. With so many people skimming in Hawaii, old and young, male and female there is an opportunity for an organization to represent the Hawaiian skimmers.
The goal for HASL is most importantly to bring skimmers from the islands and abroad to come and enjoy the awesome skim spots Hawaii has to offer. Since the skill level of skimming has been steadily increasing, the next focus is friendly competition. HASL will hold a season of contests to be held at the different skim spots around the islands. Points will be tallied through the season and at the end of year, a championship will be held to award to the top 3 skimmers in each division.
The results of HASL will enable skimmers who live in Hawaii to one day make a living off of skimboarding. The contest and championship results from HASL can be used as references to enter larger contests on the mainland and even internationally that are growing quickly each year.
HASL is looking forward to growing into a fun and prosperous organization. The structure hopes to grow into a 3 day event for each contest. A format where Friday would be check-in and practice so that we can have a good time skimming with visitors. Saturday would be beginners, intermediate, and advanced divisions, and Sunday would be shop sponsored and factory sponsored divisions.
This means Hawaii skimmers would have to promote themselves to the local surf shops to create a skim team where your shop sponsor will pay your entry fee and in return you are promoting the shop in front of a huge crowd of skimmers. An even more skilled skimboarder would be motivated to get sponsored by one of the factory board makers. For example, become a team rider for Victoria, Exile, Slotstick, or Zap skimboards. Again this sponsor would pay your entry fees and in return you would be helping your board sponsor by promoting their products with your talent in front of a lot of skimmers.