What’s your name?
Lexi Hutchings
Where are you from?
St George, Utah
How old are you?
23
How long have you been skimming?
8 years
Where do you skim normally?
Virgin River in Utah and Panama City, Florida.
Who do you skim with?
Mark Gerlecz from Finless, DB boys, St. George Crew, Matt Ratoni.
What is your favorite skim spot?
St. George, The Waterfall, Tacoma, Washington and Australia.
Where have you traveled to skimboard?
Australia, Washington, Sacramento, Florida, Hawaii.
Where do you want to travel to skim?
Brazil.
What board(s) do you ride?
Ride for DB skimboards and have an Exile for ocean.
Do you compete?
Yes
If so, what competitions have you competed in?
Comps all over. Utah skim comps, Sacremento Skim Fest, Dash Point, Chambers Creek, Melbourne, Australia
And what are some of your contest highlights?
Skimfest placing 3rd in mens intermediate, Australia placing 5th in mens open.
Do you have any sponsors? What companies?
DB skimboards, EOS, Finless, Freestyle Watches.
What other board sports do you partake in?
FLAG FOOTBALL! longboarding, skating, wakesurfing, wakeboarding, bball.
What skimboarding goals do you have?
Start competing ocean, place in mens top three next year.
Where do you see the skimboarding going in the future?
I just don’t see how it can’t get big. I love it. I really hope to see it grow. It’s already grown a ton since I started…awesome.
What riders influenced your skimboarding?
Rich Gardner, Matt Rattoni, Issac Thomas, Emille, Tim Pepper, Bill Bryan, Brad Domke, Woody…many more.
What riders are pushing the sport right now?
Too many to name.
If you were stranded on a desert island that already has a plentiful resource of skimboards what three things would you bring?
My football, someone to chill with, boom box.
What is the best advice you can to a skim grom trying to get recognized?
Get video, enter contests, get your name out, don’t give up.
Do you skim with other female skimboarders often?
Hardly ever. Lots of girls are pansies, but I love when any chick is trying.
Do you see a lot of female skimboarders?
Seldomly.
Do you wave skim? Flatland? Both?
Both, just got a ocean board couple months ago.
What is your favorite skimboarding trick?
Always bustin’ those pop 360’s, no complies, original and fun rails.
Last words? Shout outs?
Thanks to all my sponsors and I love skimming!