RAW: Skimboarding small, PERFECT waves with Austin Keen and Blair Conklin

It is not often I have the chance to skim with Austin outside of a skimboarding contest, but this month we ended up at the same place at the same time for two incredible sessions of free skimming. Thanks to Adam Hayward, who runs the KZbin channel @thisismov , for providing all the footage shot from land that I used in this edit. Both of our channels will be collaborating on the edits that we put together from our recent trip to Mexico. We shall be posting those videos some time net week and couldn't be more excited share them with you all. Additional skimboarders in this edit are Morgan Just and Paddy Mack.

[@markmerto198]

Damn! my two idol skim together ? ❤️🏄🏽‍♂️🔥

[@_RyanLee]

It looks amazing when 2 people go for a wave & can see how different they ride it.

[@Volleyball_Vagabond7]

Yup and if I rode next to one of them I would even look worse😕

[@singermanz]

“We ‘shall’ be posting some time this week.” Well you, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar!

[@xan9654]

The GoPro shot of you going out to a wave is so satisfying. Keep up the great work❤️

[@SkidKids]

Thanks! glad to hear you enjoyed. Its people like you that keep us skidding

[@nottherealChickenJoe]

Wow so many epic moments... Hang Five on a skimboard ? The stylish wraps ? Just insane 😱😱😱

[@marcobalducci5727]

The very best of the skimboarding in the world!!

[@hanniballectormd5569]

Love seeing you and Austin skim together outside of contest you both are my favorites to watch in skimboarding!

[@briangolo5337]

my two idol play skim together? wow amazing .. im wishing have a board like that .

[@andols1078]

Absolute loved the two different perspectives of the same run! Love what you guys are doing!👌

[@DanielSantos-jm7to]

Two monsters together... Um abraço do Brazil 🇧🇷

[@peterfleischhauer6786]

I am locked on Sylt/Germany and suffer Corona-Winterdepression - since two weeks I am watching everyday your Skimboardvideos - it is a great Antidepressivum.

[@SkidKids]

Glad we could help you get through the tough times my friend. There are better days a head that is for certain

[@drewval5733]

I could watch you guys for hours

[@Jasonkess305]

First time I actually see a POV from a skimboard and im loving it! Great stuff...

[@SkidKids]

Glad you found us and enjoyed!

[@danielcain2308]

...and now the drones?! ....perspective has struck off scale...

[@tonepoet]

Great footage, guys. 2 of the best skimboarders shredding harmoniously, couldn't be better.

[@onlyridersnowboardacademy868]

Excellent session 🤙🏼🌈 so fun watching you guys 💥

[@lucasdeharoartacho8430]

Incredibel staff keep going

[@SkidKids]

Thanks! We are doing our best with our one man team over here haha

[@MrSakopat]

nice to see morgan ... i didnt see him fot a while

[@MarleyOrdonezPOV]

Soo psyched you uploaded today!! Awesome video Blair!!🤙🏼🔥🔥

[@SkidKids]

Thanks Marley! Hope you have been scoring waves in Cabo area

[@MarleyOrdonezPOV]

Skid Kids thanks!! It’s been pretty good down here, but had to take a break from skimming because i sliced my fingers with the rail almost to the tendon!! And the surf has been pumping!!!!🔥🔥

[@MarleyOrdonezPOV]

Skid Kids by the way what settings do you use on your GoPro to get that sick footage??

[@SkidKids]

@@MarleyOrdonezPOV I am using 2.7K 60fps in Superview on the GoPro 8

[@MarleyOrdonezPOV]

Skid Kids thanks!!🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@joelparker6560]

Sick camera shots🔥🔥🤙🤙🏄‍♂️

[@leonardomayurbina1417]

Wow men you’re incredible, I just started on this cause I saw a ig Video of u, I just bought a wood n fiber glass board. Saludos desde Cancún México🇲🇽.

[@mayartotounji]

honestly i love your videos so much like they always make my mood a million times better :)

[@thequalitysquad4305]

Sick

[@ontheedge33371]

Those rebound waves are a sick feature ! Nice video !

[@HoodboizLegacyVLogs]

its good to see my two favorite skimboarders out there having some fun.. wew!

[@SkidKids]

Oh yeah! thats what it is all about for me. Might be done with contests forever haha

[@tradepro]

awesome vid, these types are my favorites

[@BEEFSTV]

sicckkkk

[@SkidKids]

Thank you Mr. Beef

[@davepassaro7133]

crazy how much Blair's skimming stands out against everyone else's

[@butterslice1053]

That is sick!!!

[@nathanwilkinson4614]

Absolutely love the videos, keep this up Blair

[@SkidKids]

thanks! glad my shitty editing isn't making them unwatchable haha

[@Diffusion8]

Sick lil ones lads! Closing in on 60k too... Shweet! 🤙🏼

[@SkidKids]

Thanks Skidcrew! You have been with us for a while and we appreciate the heck out of it

[@Diffusion8]

@@SkidKids And I appreciate the great content, so no worries, keep em coming! Yew! Nice new board too Blair! 🤙🏼👍🏻👏🏼😊🏄🏼‍♂️

[@danielcain2308]

This makes me so happy! Is that Frankie O?! ...crushing it? This vid is a perfect way to explain how to choose your wave - its crazy because many might say the wave chooses you (XD) but you guys really show how apply your own forces on a turbulent environment! I was pretty stoked to see Blair, casually jog into a clean step for nice rip into a nugget! Makes this old man think he might could do something!! (XD) -FaceplantDan

[@nottherealChickenJoe]

Amazing video again. Keep it up 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@hii3836]

Sick as

[@AdEkIcewatch]

Siiiiicccckk 😍 can't wait to come back

[@olivercarnew9731]

love the raw edit fellas

[@kalebholland7342]

Nice dude good luck

[@Ninja-iw5zp]

Whatttt??? Mo skiming with Geo, Blair & Austin, wooooo!!!

[@SkidKids]

Pretty solid group of people showed up to play this day

[@lukahildebrand2531]

Watching from Australia HUGE fan!!!

[@SkidKids]

I hope to make it out there soon! Skim scene seems like it is up and coming out there

[@lukahildebrand2531]

@@SkidKids it is! Me and my mates are going out this weekend and watching this in class

[@noysone1470]

It's so awesome 😲😱

[@silasvandermaas4588]

Awesome!! Can’t wait for my posters! 🤙🏄‍♂️

[@SkidKids]

Been sick buddy, will get them out to you soon

[@am-qr1og]

This is so cool omg. I wish I could do this haha

[@Rulo709]

Awesome RAW Footage!, What lense on that camera Buddy?

[@Xenovita88]

Good skill and good job

[@supremecreativity5092]

hell yea dawgies, love it!

[@GHerro]

lets go baby🔥🔥🔥

[@ashvlogz_8049]

I dream of one day being able to skim on the West Coast 😂. Everything looks so much better than Florida

[@RmfDiz]

I wish we had these kinds of wave conditions more often in the gulf. I've been straight up destroying myself practicing for when we do get some better surf.

[@danielcain2308]

...which gulf?! The gulf of 'merica?

[@RmfDiz]

@@danielcain2308 yes, that is the exact one.

[@zechariahrainer9998]

What kind of boardS are they ridding?

[@thisismov]

yyyyeww. whatup fam

[@thisismov]

@@doubtfulclock9827 soon enough

[@drabzyt8037]

Love videos bro great content

[@SkidKids]

Thank Drabber! Stoked on whats to come!

[@drewking5240]

Very cool

[@loveforthe90s]

So dope

[@richarcoricharco]

Epic sessions!!!

[@SkidKids]

Yeww! glad you enjoyed!

[@Astrotamtv]

great video. man you all make it look so easy, why do i constantly keep sinking when im trying to skim on water? i can't even go 5 feet without sinking into the water.

[@af3453]

Let’s rock and roll!

[@colinelliot1619]

Very nice

[@floridaboy9641]

Who do you think is the fastest-running skimboarder? I’ve seen Gerardo Valencia skim in person and it’s crazy how fast he is.

[@SkidKids]

Ive always wondered this too. would be cool to have the Pros do a sprint contest in the sand next time we are all together for a skim contest.

[@andreabrantes]

Skid Kids I’m in!!! 👌

[@GHerro]

skim 🐐’s

[@SkidKids]

Thanks! Austin is definitely a GOAT

[@rodneysmart9774]

This is better than a lot of things.

[@SkidKids]

Hahaha, stoked you think so!

[@tomc3213]

love that POV

[@SkidKids]

risking my teeth for the Tube haha

[@veronicahughes3045]

🔥🔥🔥🏄🏼‍♀️

[@jonog5632]

Bro i sound like a cave man but I never knew that ya could do this on a skim board . Sick would need a good sore brake

[@matthewsorensen671]

This guys a level 35 skimboarder

[@Toddschonland]

JUST !

[@core_3409]

First Bettttt

[@SkidKids]

you are on it!

[@fuzzycho0d3]

Whoever down voted this are just a sad sad human beings. So epic. Need to come back down to Seal again, we do get great waves every now an then.

[@SkidKids]

That you do! Love that place

[@alandervich7620]

Best

[@boogieheads]

I saw all of these wedges on the cam, it was torture 😹😹🤙

[@SkidKids]

That new cam makes it too easy to tell if it is good down there

[@DominicciSkycam]

imagine small waves like this empty sunny day ... sheesh....

[@colevandenheuvel4806]

#FIRST BTW

[@juanpablofernandez6938]

Which beach is this one ?? Tide and swell ?? 😱

[@BeachBumsk8]

Dude more AK vlogs pls and Tim G ripsss

[@vanhendrickpetel7988]

Morgan just! I'ts been a while. 👌🏼

[@SkidKids]

he's still got it

[@JaimeCorral]

👍👍👍

[@ericcopple169]

Aren't you thankful to be a skimmer/surfer in SoCal? I love Hawaii and Fiji, anywhere else that is beautiful but there is no place like our home beaches🤙

[@SkidKids]

Would agree! not to many places on the planet are as good for skimboarding either

[@ericcopple169]

@@SkidKids totally

[@HuskyHB]

Wish me and my green dude cruise could be there

[@SkidKids]

The dude cruise would have liked those waves for sure

[@HuskyHB]

One day I’m taking a trip out there and riding those waves

[@iwannagofast3]

How do you go so far out and catch a wave before sinking because whenever I go out to catch a wave I sink before I get there

[@baileyart3649]

DerekTheDirtbag really late but i believe it’s because they have fibreglass skimboards that float much better compared to others like wooden.

[@iwannagofast3]

oooooh ok 👌 That makes sense!

[@eltonjohnazarcon7086]

Swabing galawan idol.

[@cameronrohde8697]

Are the redish rails on the blairacuda just cosmetic?

[@SkidKids]

yeah, just a special paint job.

[@byben_2930]

Wich board du you juse

[@diegomatiasnorambuenagonza7295]

cómo se llaman esas tablas

[@K1ckRocks]

Do you prefer any skim board company?

[@jax4778]

You should go to Makaha at Oahu there is huge shorebreaks

[@jax4778]

Sometimes The shorebreaks don’t show up when you get there

[@SkidKids]

I have explored on that side of the island before. The skim can get really good around there

[@kevinm5564]

I want to see some pro skimboarders race collegiate track athletes or football players! These guys are hauling ass

[@SkidKids]

I think we might have a shot against them in short distance sprints

[@ericbergstrom1]

nice sand angles cameraman lol

[@nathannguyen3214]

Mo still got it! And still no wetsuit lol

[@SkidKids]

The guy is a mad man. Love to see him back on the skimboard

[@MrRizon83]

This is the sort of shit you do when your 11-12 years old before you learn to get out back 😂😂😂

[@colevandenheuvel4806]

Do skid kids replie back to comments

[@SkidKids]

They do their best haha

[@colevandenheuvel4806]

Skid Kids...... WAIT WHAT!!! They actually responded to me.... Is this Blair

[@ricardofranca6752]

12:22 is ridiculous

[@elevatedsounds11]

4:57 = Highest skim ollie?

[@danielpalumbo6113]

Do a fails comp

[@SkidKids]

I like the idea! thanks

[@OXSEnterprises]

How come there's never loads of skimmers when it's like this?

[@SkidKids]

Because skimmers are lazy and sleep in. its too cold in the winter mornings to be sprinting your ass off. might pull a hammy haha

[@julioitaliano8162]

4

[@andersonbrock2366]

1:55

[@ERNESTOSKIMVLOG]

5:47 where's that sider at man???

[@ERNESTOSKIMVLOG]

Is it Aliso? Because with all that amount of sand it looks so different

[@DaisyHead666]

damn if these are considered small waves, my states beach has microscopic waves wtf.

[@alwaystrue1237]

An "thumb down".... 😆!!!

[@SkidKids]

Hope it wasnt you haha

[@hii3836]

Hi

[@SkidKids]

Yeah Rando! this aint rando at all haha

[@williamwoody7607]

I need to watch stuff like this to take my mind off how fucked up the world is.

[@yosoygabrix1652]

Like si eres español pero aunque no entiendas nada lo ves

[@chrisallbright5540]

Cool they’re good at something no one cares about