If you’re stuck in the office today and didn’t get a chance to check out the surf, I was out at Salt Creek and pulled together a slideshow of the action.
Waves were fun, and word is there’s more on the way - so you might want to start developing a cough to convince your boss you need to be out of the office for a bit. Here’s some snaps from earlier today, and check out the full slideshow here.
If you want a good excuse to hit the beach and do something good tomorrow, join the growing effort of International Surfing Day - where surfers get together to help pick up trash, then go out for a surf session.
The day started five years ago by the folks at Surfing Magazine, and by teaming up with the Surfrider Foundation, the quasi holiday has blown up. More than 100 clean ups around the world happen, including three here on Orange County beaches.
Here’s some details of local events:
Bolsa Chica State Beach:
This event is put on by Quiksilver and the Bolsa Chica Wetlands Conservancy. They’ll have free lunch from Taco Bell, Surftech demo boards and smoothies for participants. Parking is free if you show up between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.
When: Clean up starts at 7 a.m., and the surf session at 9 a.m.
Where: Meet at the farthest south parking lot at Bolsa Chica State Beach.
Activities: Beach cleanup, Nalu’s Island Grille plate lunch for volunteers and participants, Shave Ice sponsored by Gidget Worldwide, Softboard demos from INT Surfboards, Surfboard demos by T. Patterson Surfboards, Official Welcome to the Algolita JunkRide in South Orange County (approx. 5-6 p.m.)
Raffle and contest challenge winner prizes & giveaways.
When: 11:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (in tandem with the NSSA contest)
Where: Salt Creek Beach, Dana Point, CA
Contact: Denise Erkeneff @ denisedd@cox.net
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Huntington Beach / Seal Beach - Santa Ana River Mouth
Activities: Join the Huntington, Seal and Newport Beach Surfrider Chapters for a beach cleanup, paddle out, free monster beverages, Surfing Magazines, Surfboard shaping, Polynesian dancing, music, give aways and more!
When: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Huntington State Beach at the mouth of the Santa Ana River, south of Brookhurst off of PCH (Enter at Brookhurst Street and go south to the end)
Contact: Tony Soriano @ aosacs2@aol.com
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Register reporter Fred Swegles was out shooting photos at the NSSA contest down at Salt Creek in Dana Point.
Here’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.
Diane Edmonds, photographer for Eppicsurf.com, was out shooting photos of last weekend’s swell and caught these nice snaps of young girl surfers ripping down at Salt Creek on Saturday.
Among the surfers she captured on film was 16-year-old Lani Doherty, warming up for next week’s NSSA Nationals.
“She caused quite a stir ‘trunking it’ in her bikini in So Cal’s frigid water, which has to be about 20 degrees colder than her Maui homebreak,” wrote Edmonds.
Also featured is local stand out Taylor Pitz, who is a strong contender (with nearly 24,000 votes so far) for this year’s OC Surfer of the year. Check out the slideshow here, or click on the image above.
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