Blair Conklin is no stranger to injuries. Recently, he dislocated his shoulder while riding some backwashy waves that were super fun... until they weren't.

The weekend after the Aliso Beach parking lots were closed due to the potential for flooding from a tropical storm, the beach came alive as crowds arrived to see a world-class group of waveriders at ...

Watching Blair Conklin makes you wanna be a better skimboarder. (Even if you’re not a skimboarder.) The way he finds barrels, hacks and creative bits of flow on days most surfers would call flat just ...

As it would happen, Conklin is currently recovering from dislocated shoulder and following surgery. So, he didn’t jump in, and ride the wave as he normally would. He’s on the mend, though, and will be ...

Compared to surfers, skimboarders have it easy. They don’t need huge waves (although some prefer it), crowds aren’t nearly as bad, boards don’t ding or snap as easily…the list goes on. Just give ‘em a ...

Rotterdam may not be the first place you think of when it comes to watersports, but that’s exactly where Blair Conklin and company found themselves in his latest video. As we all know by now, when it ...

Born out of creativity and desperation, skimboarding was conceived in Laguna Beach, California by the local lifeguards as a way to ride the predominantly shorebreak waves of their hometown – glass-on ...

The ancient Roman tradition of debauchery and decadence lives on in Cabo San Lucas, but instead of “bread and circuses,” it’s beer and banana boats. It’s an adult playground, an orgy of kitschy ...

Give Blair Conklin a board – literally any board, including those that very narrowly resemble anything close to a traditional surf craft – and let him go. From soft-tops to skimboards to bodysurfing ...

River wave surfing, the niche offshoot of traditional surfing, is surprisingly steeped in history – dating back to the seventies, and spawning out of the unlikely location of Munich, Germany, river ...

The title of Pro Men’s champion of the Victoria Skimboards World Championships of Skimboarding still belongs to a rider from Laguna Beach. This year’s title was won by recent Laguna Beach High ...