Spring also pointed to wider benefits, including more than £700,000 distributed through the Boardmasters Foundation and efforts to showcase Cornwall.
He said the festival should be “a platform for Cornwall, for Cornish talent, for Cornish arts, culture, surfing”.
“I look forward to the thing that got me into this career, which is seeing 44,000 people come together to feel that sense of freedom, be in the moment, connect with each other and connect with the artists.”
Spring said listening to locals would shape what comes next, adding organisers wanted to “keep on speaking to the local community to see how we can be better neighbours”.