Derik Kent is a 21-year old skimboarder from Indialantic, Florida. He has been skimboarding for 7 years now. Derik took the time to answer a few questions to run with these epic photos by Morgan Grosskreutz’s photos.
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Where do you skim normally?
Paradise beach, The Boardwalk in Indialantic, Southside Sebastian Inlet, and anywhere inbetween those spots.
Who do you skim with?
Morgan G, Creighton, Christian S, Chrith, Behar, Will D, Joey A, Duke, Brad E, Seabass and many others.
What is your favorite skim spot?
Southside Sebastian Inlet
Where have you traveled to skimboard?
North Carolina, Georgia
Where do you want to travel to skim?
Sununga, Cabo.
What board(s) do you ride?
Slotstik – Double Carbon
Do you compete?
Occasionally. Every Boardwalk Blow-up since 2006 or 2007 and many others, too many to remember or type out, haha.
And what are some of your contest highlights?
I won a College contest, and made it to the finals in a few other contests. I’m not big on contests, it’s more about the fun.
Do you have any sponsors? What companies?
Slotstik Skimboards
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