| The United Skim Tour
is the worlds only international professional skimboard tour.
It exists as a sanctioning body for skimboarding events on both
coasts of the United States and abroad. The UST Board of
Directors determines which events will count, how they will count
and what to do if something goes wrong. They do this with the
goal of promoting the growth and legitimacy of professional
skimboarding, and the sport itself. The UST concept was first
developed in 2000 as a way to unify existing events into a cohesive
tour. At that time, meetings between industry figureheads and
professional riders took place on both the East and the West coast,
and a general framework for the tour was decided upon.
However, a governing body was never put in place to make critical
decisions as issues arose, and by the end of the 2005 season it was
clear that something needed to be done.
In January 2006 the owners and operators of three major skimboard
companies (Zap, Victoria & Exile) began working together on a way to
re-tool the UST and help it reach its full potential.
Basic rules for the competitive season were decided upon, such as
which contests count, how they count, and what to do in several
"what if" scenarios. This basic framework can be found in the
UST Rulebook on the website.
At the same time a separate organizational rulebook was developed
that will allow the UST Directors to vote on critical decisions and
deal with future challenges.
In 2012 corporate co-founders Zap and Victoria took a step back
from the UST resigning their Director and Officer positions and
withdrawing financial support of the tour. In their absence,
new Directors Matthieu Thibaud, Jason Wilson and Paulo Prietto were
appointed to join Aaron Peluso as the four seat UST Board of
Directors.
The UST continues to promote the growth and legitimacy of
professional skimboarding, and the sport of skimboarding in general.
The United Skim Tour is the vehicle that can take skimboarding to
the next level.
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