Blair Conklin Takes The Lead After OBX
Hometown favorite Perry Pruitt took the win at the Outer Banks, NC event, jumping to 4th place on the tour. Reigning UST champ Blair Conklin took 2nd place jumping to first place on the tour. John Weber took 3rd place at the event which launched him to 7th in the UST standings. The next event is this weekend in Dewey Beach, Delaware!
Lucas Fink Takes the Lead
Lucas Fink traveled all the way from Brazil for the first stop of the 2018 United Skim Tour and it paid off! He took the win during a standout performance that sets the tone for the rest of the season. He is currently the man to beat both in points and psychologically. 4 time champ Sam Stinnett took second place while 2017 and 2016 champ Blair Conklin snagged the 3rd place spot at an event he almost always performs well at. Austin Keen may have been the biggest winner taking 4th place but then stopping by Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch
Blair Conklin and Sophia Nguyen Are The 2017 UST Champions!
After a second place showing at Oktoberfest Blair Conklin has locked down the UST title for the second year in a row. Meanwhile 14 year old Sophia Nguyen won the event and the 2017 Tour with a perfect 2000 point score. Congratulations to Sophia and Blair, our 2017 UST Champions. The women’s tour is finished for the year but one more event remains on the Men’s tour. The final event of the Men’s tour will be held 10/30 – 11/5 in Sununga Brazil. John Akerman and Perry Pruitt are standing out from the rest of the pack in 2nd and
John Akerman Takes The Lead
After securing a win in Florida, his second of the season, John Akerman has jumped out in the lead in this year’s point standings. Not far behind is 2016 UST Champion Blair Conklin who also has one win under his belt so far this season. Interestingly, John and Blair have not met up head to head this season as they have each missed the two events the other has attended. Hopefully that will change in one of the upcoming events! Santa Cruz is coming up quick followed by Oktoberfest at the end of the month. Perry Pruitt and Sam McCoy
The Home Stretch
After a win in Santa Cruz Blair Conklin has stepped out as the man to beat with a solid points lead heading into the final event. Consistent performance all year long means that Conklin can only be caught by one other competitor, Sam Stinnett. Stinnett who is 4 time world champ would need to win the event or place second in order to have a chance at coming from behind and beating Blair for the 2016 title. Given the expected contest turnout at Oktoberfest, a third place or better result from Blair will secure the title regardless of how Stinnett
2016 Pre-Santa Cruz Update
Leading into Santa Cruz the race is as tight as it has ever been with all of the top five competitors well within striking distance of the 2016 title. Blair Conklin holds onto his lead after skipping Vilano but only in tabulated points after two events are dropped. Multiple riders top him in overall points but the quality of the record will be what counts in the end, not the quantity. Sam Stinnett moved attained a much needed win in Vilano landing him in second place on the tour followed closely by John Akerman landing in third place on the
2016 Half Time Update
With three events down and three to go, the 2016 UST pack leaders are emerging. Blair Conklin and Perry Pruitt sitting pretty comfortable in the top two spots after solid finals appearances at all three events. Four time UST champ Sam Stinnett is off to a relatively rocky start landing in the finals of only one event so far, yet still finds himself 3rd in the total points tally. That third place is a bit of a mirage however as Austin Keen is right on his tail and after the drop is calculated once more scores are in, he is
2016 Men’s UST Tour Dates Announced
Last year many of the Men’s professional riders approached the UST board of directors and expressed frustration with an 8 stop UST tour. It was too expensive and too hard on the riders schedules to compete in 6 to 8 events each year. We did some behind the scenes polling of active UST riders and found that there was a strong consensus for a smaller, easier to attend tour. The board of directors hence made the decision that for 2016 there would be six total events on the tour, with any given rider’s top four results counting towards their points
Santa Cruz TAC Skimblast 2015
About 3 days before the TAC Skimblast, a big south swell rolled through Santa Cruz ripping out a huge swath of sand at the contest site. By Saturday morning the slope had recovered, and the missing sand had exposed even more of the sider rock at 26th avenue beach. After waiting for the tide to come up, the pros took the the water early Saturday morning with clean 1-3 foot conditions with inconsistent siders. The very first pro heat of the day saw some of the best siders all weekend with Max Bourne catching the lion’s share of siders throughout
OBX Skim Jam 2015
Saturday morning of the 2015 Outer Banks Skim Jam greeted competitors from both U.S. coastlines, Mexico and Brazil with light onshore winds and crystal clear water. With a sunny forecast and high tide around 10 a.m., the men’s pros were set to hit the water first. A farewell speech was made by Skim City Greg following the riders’ meeting and then heats were underway. Due to the sandbar at 5th Street, most waves were slightly out of reach, but pros such as Jackson Tenney, Juan Carlos Nazario Enciso (Bullo), and Morgan Just managed to sneak a few fun liners off