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Archive for the 'Lower Trestles' Tag

Best surfers in the world coming to Trestles for Hurley Pro

September 1st, 2009, 12:40 pm by Laylan Connelly, staff writer

boost.p0912.sz.12The only North America stop for the ASP World Tour will be happening starting on Sept. 13 down at Lower Trestles.

If you can’t get down to the event, there will be live streaming frm their website or on Facebook.

Here’s more from the announcement:

Following an epic Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing, the Hurley Pro moves from the stadium to the stage, where the world’s best will be competing at the ultimate high-performance event.

Stop number six (6) on the ASP’s elite grand prix circuit, the Hurley Pro at Lower Trestles pushes the top surfers to redefine the possibilities on a perfect, head-high wave.   The Hurley Pro comes at a critical point on the year-long tour where world title contenders either finish the job or lose steam…and virtually every minute of it will be available online for the world to see.

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Top pros soon to take over Trestles

August 13th, 2009, 5:25 pm by Jeff Malanca, contributing writer

lower-trestlesIf you’re heading down to Lower Trestles in the next couple of weeks don’t be surprised if you spot some superstars in the lineup.

In less than a month the sixth stop of the ASP World Championship Tour will be making a stop at the famous point break.

The Hurley Pro formerly known as the Boost Mobile Pro contest will bring out the best 45 surfers from around the globe along with a couple of wildcards.

Currently sitting in the lead in the WCT ratings is Aussie Joel Parkinson followed by Florida’s CJ Hobgood who’s in second place.

It looks like 9-time World Champion Kelly Slater will be in attendance at Lowers this year.  Slater was off to a bad start at the beginning of 2009 with three 17ths, a win and a ninth place finish.  He’s now moved up into 8th place in the ratings and is looking for a tenth world title.

The Hurley Pro official waiting period begins on Sunday September 13 and runs through Wednesday September 19. Watch the live webcast here.

Posted in: ASP News • Beach news • Competitions • Events • Latest surf news • More things to do on the coast • Surf Junkie Jeff • Surfing • • • • • | 1 Comment »

NSSA surf contest continues Tuesday at Trestles

June 22nd, 2009, 10:34 am by Laylan Connelly, staff writer

nssa11OC Register reporter Fred Swegles has the low-down on this week’s NSSA Nationals, held Tuesday through Saturday at Lower Trestles. Here’s what he wrote:

Hundreds of America’s premier high school, middle school and elementary school surfers will hit the water Tuesday through Saturday at Lower Trestles, south of San Clemente, in search of national titles.

Check out a slideshow of the NSSA contest last week.

This is week 2 of the National Scholastic Surfing Association’s 31st annual National Championships.

Trestles will host five days of age-group competition. The first week, held at Salt Creek Beach Park in Dana Point, focused on team competition.

The NSSA will announce winners in all divisions Sunday during an awards banquet at the Huntington Beach Hyatt. Surf fans can watch this week’s competition from the beach or view the final stages Thursday through Saturday via a live webcast.

When: June 23-27.

Where: Lower Trestles, San Clemente.

Admission: Is free, except for parking fees ($10 per car) charged by San Onofre State Beach.

Find out more about the upcoming NSSA contest.

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Snapshots of NSSA

June 18th, 2009, 3:50 pm by Laylan Connelly, staff writer

Register reporter Fred Swegles was out shooting photos at the NSSA contest down at Salt Creek in Dana Point.

nssa_slideHere’s what he wrote:

“As the national scholastic surfing championships continue this week at Salt Creek Beach Park in Dana Point, Tustin’s Marty Weinstein, San Clemente’s Kevin Osborne and San Clemente’s Chris Smith have reached the pinnacle of collegiate surfing.

Weinstein, who attends UC San Diego, captured the National Scholastic Surfing Association’s 2009 men’s collegiate title Wednesday.

Osborne, surfing for Saddleback College, took the NSSA collegiate longboard title. Smith, competing for Cal State San Marcos, was a two-division finalist and helped lead San Marcos to its first NSSA national team title…”

More info on NSSA Nationals

Salt Creek: Competition continues through Saturday. Saturday features high school and middle school finals.

Trestles: June 23-27, the NSSA’s top regional surfers vie for national titles. The final 3 days at Lower Trestles will be webcasted here.

Click here for schedules and directions.

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Surfline features Lower Trestles

June 3rd, 2009, 11:41 am by Laylan Connelly, staff writer

If you’re sitting behind your desk bored at work today, put on your headphones and check out this really cool feature Surfline.com pulled together on Lower Trestles.

The feature - pulled together by Marcus Sanders and Mike Cianciulli - gives a photo slideshow and audio of what they call “So Cal’s best summertime high-performance wave.”

“It makes average surfers feel like badass shredders, and good surfers turn into rock stars,” it reads.

The feature was narrated by San Clemente’s Gudauskas brothers.

Check it out here or click on the image below.

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