Blair Conklin

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Blair Conklin
Born
Occupations
Blair Conklin
Sport
Sport Skimboarding
Turned pro2010
Skid Kids
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2018–
Genre Watersports
Subscribers3.88M [1]
Views3.74B [1]
Contents are inEnglish
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2020
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2022

Last updated: April 15, 2025

Blair Conklin is an American professional skimboarder and youtuber. Conklin won the United Skim Tour championship title three consecutive years from 2015 to 2017.

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Early life and childhood

Conklin was raised in Laguna Beach. [2] He surfed on his high school team but regularly skimmed because of the town's shore break. [2] Conklin earned a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. [2]

Career

Skimboarding

After routinely earning silver and bronze in the UST, [3] Conklin won his first United Skim Tour title in 2016, finishing in at least the top four of every competition he participated in along the tour. [4] Conklin would go on to three-peat at UST champion, winning again in 2017 and 2018. [5] In 2019, Conklin finished second on the UST. In 2021, Conklin only competed part-time in UST, and since then has not participated in the UST. [5]

Youtuber

Conklin runs a YouTube channel titled "Skid Kids."

Career victories

UST Wins
YearEventVenueCountry or StateEvent Wins
2021 Exile Oktoberfest Newport Beach, California Flag of California.svg California 18°
2019 Exile Oktoberfest Newport Beach, California Flag of California.svg California 17°
2019 TAC Skimblast Santa Cruz, California Flag of California.svg California 16°
2018 The Vic at Aliso Beach Laguna Beach, California Flag of California.svg California 15°
2018 Zap Pro/Am Dewey Beach, Delaware Flag of Delaware.svg Delaware 14°
2017 TAC Skimblast Santa Cruz, California Flag of California.svg California 13°
2017 Internacional de Skimboard Torres Vedras Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 12°
2016 Exile Oktoberfest Newport Beach, California Flag of California.svg California 11°
2016 TAC Skimblast Santa Cruz, California Flag of California.svg California 10°
2016 Zap Pro/Am Dewey Beach, Delaware Flag of Delaware.svg Delaware
2015 Exile Oktoberfest Newport Beach, California Flag of California.svg California
2015 Sununga World Cup Ubatuba Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
2014 Exile Oktoberfest Newport Beach, California Flag of California.svg California
2014 TAC Skimblast Santa Cruz, California Flag of California.svg California
2013 TAC Skimblast Santa Cruz, California Flag of California.svg California
2013 The Vic at Aliso Beach Laguna Beach, California Flag of California.svg California
2012 Zap Pro/Am Dewey Beach, Delaware Flag of Delaware.svg Delaware
2011 TAC Skimblast Santa Cruz, California Flag of California.svg California

References

  1. 1 2 "About SkidKids". YouTube.
  2. 1 2 3 Pierson, Daniel (August 11, 2024). "The Unconventional Surfing Life of Blair Conklin". Sufer Magazine. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  3. "Is Blair Conklin ready for a world title shot?". Surfer Today. June 6, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  4. "Blair Conklin wins maiden United Skim Tour title". Surfer Today. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Points Standings Archive | Men's UST Points". unitedskimtour.org. Retrieved March 15, 2025.