Boardmasters 2024

Lukas Skinner | Then And Now

🌊 One for the history books!

A huge congratulations to Lukas Skinner - ‘Then and Now’ from UK Pro Surf tour to Boardmasters Mens Open Champion 2024.

From an early age on the #UKProSurfTour you could see moments of power and flair far beyond his years, and with a history-making performance at just 16 years old, Lukas became the first British #Boardmasters WQS champion since Russell Winter 22 years ago. Not only that, but Lukas also won the Boardmasters Junior Boys title to complete the double!

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Boardmasters Open 2024 | Day Five Highlights

Day five saw the FINALS of the Boardmasters Open and what a result it was. 🏆️⁠
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With great swell and waves all week, the level of talent on display was spectacular. Double podium winner Lukas Skinner made history, battling Patrick Langdon-Dark in an all British men’s final for the first time in history.👏⁠
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In the Wild West Jerky Longboard series Edouard Delpero and Alice Lemoigne retained their titles as winners in a closely matched heat against their fellow finalists.🏄‍♂️⁠
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A huge congratulations to all the athletes across the competition and to all the team and sponsors that helped to bring the competition to life. Once again, another action-packed week at the home of UK surfing. 🌊⁠

Boardmasters Open 2024 | Day Three Highlights

Day three at Boardmasters provided us with some great action in the Wild West Jerky Longboard and BYD Pro series.

Chunky sets saw the female longboarders enter the water in the morning with great performances from Mali Harbour, Lola Bleakely, Emilie Currie and Beth Leighfield which saw them go through to the semi finals. Meanwhile, in the Mens Longboard, Arthur Randell progressed into the quarter finals with the seeded round for day four.

The women's QS saw amazing surfing from Annette Gonzalez Etxabarri and Tya Zebrowski (who is 14 and the current under 16 European Champion) seeing them through to the semi finals.

The Open Men's QS followed the women who both surfed twice today. The competition saw outstanding performances from Patrick Langdon-Dark which comfortably saw him progres through to the Quarter Finals. Arran Strong got pipped to the post leaving Lukas Skinner and Noah Capps in Heat 4 to fight for the final places in the Quarter finals. Lukas Skinner then put on an amazing performance in the final heat of the day in the Quarters seeing him through to the semis tomorrow.

Today promises more action-packed surfing as we head into the final heats of the Boardmasters Open 2024. See you at the beach.

More information and results: https://boardmasters.com/surfing/

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Boardmasters Open 2024 | Day Two Highlights

Day two at Fistral saw the start of the Wild West Jerky Longboard Pro and the Boardmasters Junior Open.

The day started with action with the women's longboarders entering the water. Great performances from the LQWS notably, the smooth style of Lola Bleakley. Another great performance in the men's longboard came from Arthur Randell who is competing in all three divisions here at Boardmasters. Jack Gregorius and Louis Thomas-Hudson were the other Brits that have progressed and we'll see in the next round.

In the juniors, the Local boys Lukas Skinner and Arthur Randell both sailed through their heats along with Douwe Robroch and Finley Donavon who were also both high scorers. The Junior girls closed out the day with Lila Skinner getting through to the next round along with Belle Betteridge and Georgie-May Hicks who were the highest scorers of the round.

Bring on day 3!

Track the results live via https://boardmasters.com/surfing/

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Boardmasters Open 2024 | Day One Highlights

The first day of the Boardmasters Open saw a long day of surfing down at Fistral beach with strong conditions with a solid 4-6 foot swell.

We kicked things off with the Men's BYD Pro with great performances from the British contingency with 8 British surfers progressing including Lukas Skinner and Patrick Langdon-Dark.

With the best conditions of the day, the Women's BYD Pro followed with the pushing tide and lovely 4 foot glassy waves. Standards were high making full use of the conditions with Tya Zebrowski (current under 16 European Champion) taking the highest score of the day.

Day 2 of the Boardmasters Open is ON. The first Wild West Jerky Longboard Pro surfers in the water. Join us at Fistral beach to watch the action or keep up to date with the live results.

https://www.worldsurfleague.com/events/2024/qs/251/boardmasters-2024/main