Blair Conklin

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Blair Conklin
Born
Laguna Beach, California
Occupations
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Years active2018–
Genre Watersports
Subscribers3.88M
Views3.74B
Sports career
Sport Skimboarding
Turned pro2010
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. [1] He surfed on his high school team but regularly skimmed because of the town's shore break. [1] Conklin earned a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. [1]

Career

Skimboarding

After routinely earning silver and bronze in the UST, [2] 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. [3] Conklin would go on to three-peat at UST champion, winning again in 2017 and 2018. [4] 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. [4]

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 9°
2015 Exile Oktoberfest Newport Beach, California Flag of California.svg California 8°
2015 Sununga World Cup Ubatuba Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 7°
2014 Exile Oktoberfest Newport Beach, California Flag of California.svg California 6°
2014 TAC Skimblast Santa Cruz, California Flag of California.svg California 5°
2013 TAC Skimblast Santa Cruz, California Flag of California.svg California 4°
2013 The Vic at Aliso Beach Laguna Beach, California Flag of California.svg California 3°
2012 Zap Pro/Am Dewey Beach, Delaware Flag of Delaware.svg Delaware 2°
2011 TAC Skimblast Santa Cruz, California Flag of California.svg California 1°

References

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