Cabo dates have been announced, May 15th – May 18th.
The Sununga contest has been announced for March 24 – March 30. More dates have been published in the event calendar. This year the FL Skimboarding Pro/Am will be the East Coast stop on the Women’s UST Tour.
We are pleased to announce that once again Sununga will be an official UST stop in 2014. We are planning a date this spring as early as late March. Permits are being acquired before we can announce the official date. Riders and others hoping to attend should begin the process of obtaining necessary travel documentation (such as Brazilian Visas). More on this coming very soon.
The United Skim Tour is pleased to announce the inclusion of the Women’s Professional division in this year’s rankings. The UST Women’s Pro tour will have three stops in 2013: The Vic, Laguna Beach, CA – 6/29 & 6/30 Outer Banks Skim Jam, Kill Devil Hills, NC – 7/20 & 7/21 Oktoberfest, Newport Beach, CA – 10/5 & 10/6 The tour points will be calculated based on the best two contest results for each competitor, over the three sanctioned events.
We would like to welcome and thank CMNTY Clothing for becoming the UST’s latest official sponsor. They stepped up huge to help fund UST operations and videos. Check them out!
The UST is pleased to announce the 2013 UST World Cup of Skimboarding to be held in Sununga, Brazil from April 23 – April 28, 2013. Contest director Robertinho Peres will be working hard in the coming months to organize an event worth getting a visa for! Further details and additions to the 2013 contest schedule will be announced as they become available.
The UST is going through some exciting organizational changes in 2012. Professional skimboarding veterans Jason Wilson, Matthieu Thibaud, and Paulo Prietto have been nominated to serve as new directors replacing former directors Bob Smetts and Trigg Garner. These new board members will serve alongside Exile Skimboards owner Aaron Peluso to help continue the UST’s mission of promoting the growth and legitimacy of professional skimboarding, and the sport itself. There are already a lot of good ideas flowing from the new blood behind the scenes so expect some positive changes in the future as the UST continues to improve and grow.
The full 2012 UST schedule has been announced including this years first ever Portugal event! The Portuguese UST event will be held in Santa Cruz, Portugal. The waiting period for the UST skimboard competition will run from July 18 – July 22. This year the Skim Competition will not be part of the Ocean Spirit Festival.