Blair Conklin chases after professional skimboarders and world champions Austin Keen, Bill Bryan, and Paulo Prietto with a GoPro in his grill. When all the conditions align for a rare side wave at Aliso Beach, Skimboarders are the first to jump on it. This unique perspective should offer you some insight in to the cast of characters the skimboarding community offers.
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Professional skimboarders Blair Conklin, Bill Bryan, Brad Domke along with shredder surfers Dawson Sherman and Tommy Cantrell charge extremely shallow early season Wedge (when it’s most dangerous)
Eleven-time world surfing champion, Kelly Slater, competed at the 2020 Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic, in Hawaii.
The longest-running event held on the North Shore of Oahu gathered 60 accomplished bodysurfers. Slater, 48, competed alongside Mike Stewart, Mark Cunningham, Dave Hubbard, Mark Drewelow, Keith Malloy, Kalani Lattanzi, Timothy Hamilton, and others.
The Floridian surfer won one heat and finished ninth overall. But above all, Slater proved to be an accomplished bodysurfer.
The first swell of 2020 produces heavy and dangerously shallow waves at the Wedge. Blair Conklin, Dawson Tylers, JJ Ayala and more charge some heavy ones! Also super Mini-Dog Kai Thompson charges wedge for the first time!