Name:  Teddy Osipowitz
Nicknames: Teddy-O, the Kook, Todd E, Fred O.
YOB:  1986
Skimming since:  I was 7
Current board(s):  Sol (M) Carbon
Stance:  Regular
Hometown:  Matawan/Normandy Beach
Homebreak:  7th avenue Normandy…Cove…you know who to call before you go to Jenks.
Sponsors: Skimshop, Sol Skimboards
Contest results:  Dead last in LBI '03, and 21st out of 32 in Dewey '03; 5th Mens Southside Shootout DE 2004; 7th Mens LBI Zap/Surfshack Pro/Am Skim Jam 2004
Travel Experience:  Up and down the great coast of NJ, Laguna, La Jolla, Delaware, OBX
Skim Crew:  Chris M, Woj, Tony B, Ron, Ross, Grassmole, Phil, Mike G, the LBI crew
Music before skim:  Rage Against the Machine, anything loud and fast.
Favorite Maneuver:  Backside/Frontside wraps to pits at Jenks and longest liners at secrets…
Strongest maneuver:  backside wraps.. duh the easy thing
Skim goals:  to close my mouth when I wrap
When I'm Not Skimming I'm:  working, dreaming of skimming, skating, surfing, or on the sponge.
Rider's Comment:  I have come a long way; I want to thank Woj for changing skimming in NJ and the world forever, Chris and Tony for pushing me, and 
Mike G for all the inspiration.  Each and everyone here has influenced me in a way for the better.  When’s the next real swell? I want to go to secrets..!


UPDATED 5-05