British Longboard Union (BLU)

General info:

Description: Organisers of the BLU Tour.

Category: surfing

Type: National

About:

Association info: In 1994 Robert 'Minnow' Green was asked to run a Prestigious Longboard only 2 day event for Oxbow to coincide with the launch of the clothing brand in Europe to be held at Fistral beach, Newquay.
The contest attracted some important names to Britain’s shores with surfing professionals Nat Young and his son Beau from Australia plus Joel Tudor and Duane Desoto from Hawaii in attendance.
Following the event a number of British Longboarders felt it would be a beneficial step for the sport to have more events like it, so in 1995 we worked on how to produce a tour. In 1996 the British Longboard Union was launched with backing from Oxbow U.K.

Twenty years on, the B.L.U Tour continues to grow with surfers competing from the Channel Isles, wales and Scotland alongside our English loggers.
Longboarding continues to evolve due to a large resurgence of interest & through the inclusion of progressive surfing combined with traditional nose-riding disciplines.