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Zap Pro/Am skims through Dewey Beach

Yokley, Fink win pro divisions
Wally Seim performs his iconic headstand during his heat in the legends division. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
August 12, 2025

Alley-Oop and Skim USA held the 2025 Zap Pro/Am World Championship of Skimboarding Aug. 8-10 on the beach at McKinley Avenue in Dewey Beach. 

Alex Yokley won the women’s pro division, while Lucas Fink won the male pro division. Cooper Forcucci won the junior men’s and semi-pro divisions. As a result, he decided to turn pro after the competition. 

Medals and prize bags were awarded to the top four competitors in all amateur divisions, while there were cash prizes for the top six finishers in the men's and women's professional divisions.

For more information, go to alleyoopskim.com.

 

Harper Contreras goes for a fire hydrant in the mini girls’ division.
Tyler Dorrier performs an airplane in the mini girls’ division.
Wally Seim on a frontside hack in the legends division.
Lia Martinelli slides around a 360 spin in the mini girls’ division.
Longtime emcee Joe Bonk gets all the action in on the mic.
Kellan Davis goes for a big spin in the mini boys’ division.
Cora Sheedy setting up for a nice slide in the girls’ division.
Dusty Huellemeir does a backside turn in the legends division.
Mike Sobilo works a hard backside turn in the legends division.
Creuz drops down for a 360 spin in the mini boys’ division.
Kellan Davis gets coached by older brother Killian.
Creuz monkey crawls on his board in the mini boys’ division.
Kellan Davis performs a pop shuv it in the mini boys’ division.
Brayden Natoli goes flying out the back in the mini boys’ division.
Kellan Davis performs a massive 360 shuv it attempt in the mini boys’ division.
Stellan Sweeney charges the incoming waves in the mini boys’ division.
JB Breslin slides down the slope in the mini boys’ division.
Bobby Ashmore performs a carving backside turn in the senior grand masters division.
Julia Días with a huge backside hack in the women’s pro division.
Jamie Celano has a nice backside run in the senior grand masters division.
Mike Georgules on his back hand run in the senior grand masters division.
Taylor Hayden is in mid-heat focus in the grand masters division.
Dan Brown performs a huge frontside hack in the grand masters division.
Jacob Harris finishes his heat by flying through the air in the grand masters division.
Emma Okoniewski turns a backside run in the women’s pro division.
Nicole Phillips performs a pop 360 shuv it in the women’s pro division.
Alex Yokley warms up with a shuv it for the women’s pro division.
Emma Okoniewski hits a backside 180 air in the women’s pro division.
Alex Yokley performs a shuv it after a nice wrap in the women’s pro division.
TJ Brewer performs a 360 shuv it reentry in the masters division.
Zach Rubin rides a backside wrap in the men’s division.
Cooper Forcucci has his mid-heat focus in the junior men’s division.
Sammy Diemidio has a 360 shuv it reentry in the junior men’s division.
Kate Warrington performs a 360 shuv it out the back in the women’s division.
Kate Warrington performs a huge backside wrap in the women’s division.
Brynne Fox performs a backside turn in the women’s division.
Eoin Lally goes for an air in the men’s pro division.
Julia Días gets huge air in the women’s pro division.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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