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The Laguna Beach High School surf team battled hard Thursday, Oct. 22 against Dana Hills with impressive winning performances by Kayla Coscino in girls shortboard and Noah North and Jeremy Shutts in boys shortboard. Zach Levine helped get things started in the 3-4 foot waves at...

With a fresh crop of untested talent, this year’s middle school Scholastic Surf Series kicked off at San Onofre State Park with a solid southwest swell coached by Bobby Lockhart and Jeff Booth. Six county middle schools field a roster of short and long boarders and body boarders....

In a league event against Newport Harbor, the LBHS girls surf team were big winners though Laguna was six points shy of the win 81 to 87. In the shortboard Kayla Coscino placed first, Claire Kelly took second and Destiny Thompson was third. Lola Fisher took her first longboard...

Results for this past weekend’s locals-only surf contest: Winning in the Pro/Am division, Jeff Booth, Tyler Stanaland, Jason Watson and Ryah Arthur. Top four in the Grand Masters category, Chad Gibbs, Richard Carlson, Tex Haines and Gavin Heath. Senior Masters winners: Jeff...

With three to five foot waves and light offshore winds, the Laguna Beach High School surf team found some standout individual rides against the Dana Hills team at Salt Creek on Thursday, Oct. 8. Jake Levine was in the final heat of the day and scored the major win with a...

By Scott Finn and Alisa Cairns, Special to the Independent The Laguna Beach High School surf team can hold their head high after the season opener against powerhouse San Clemente at T-Street last week. For the second week in a row, the freshmen trio in girls shortboard owned....

Several of the Laguna Beach High School Surf Team members competed very well in a non-league scrimmage against Aliso Niguel at Salt Creek yesterday. Senior Zach Levine got things started with a win in heat 1 of Boys shortboard, Zach stayed busy catching lots of nice lefts both...

This past weekend, Thurston Middle School’s surf team took second place in the National Scholastic Surfing Association national championships at Salt Creek in Dana Point, which drew surfers from as far away as Hawaii. Five Thurston surfers made finals. Boys shortboard finalists...

Double overhead sets created challenging and exciting wave conditions during the National Scholastic Surf Association’s West Coast Regional Championships where two students from Laguna Beach won regional titles May 14-17. Thurston Surf Team rider Kayla Coscino took the title for...

The Laguna Beach High School surf team competed in the Scholastic Surf Series High School State Championships held at Church’s Beach (Trestles) earlier this month. Dante Madrigal and Jake Levine competed in the shortboard contest against San Diguito and Michael Chapman also did...

The Thurston Middle School Surf Team took second in the Scholastic Surf Series Middle School State Championships, its best results so far. Thirty middle schools from Santa Cruz to San Diego competed in the contest at Oceanside Harbor on April 18 and 19.   Individual results:...

Laguna Beach High School was the big standout in the Scholastic Surf Series fifth and final event of the season, held Saturday, March 21, at the Huntington Beach Pier. Students took wins in each division and almost every spot in the various division finals. The competition...

The Thurston Middle School Division 1 surf team took second place this past weekend at the National Scholastic Surfing Association state championship at Church Beach at San Onofre. This was the first time Thurston has entered a team, and their second place finish has qualified...

The Thurston Middle School surf team came in second place to San Clemente’s Shorecliffs team at the third Scholastic Surf Series contest at Oceanside Pier on Saturday, Feb. 21. Thirteen Thurston students made the finals. The highlight of the contest was in the girls...

Under cloudy skies with chilly temperatures, the competition ran in two to three foot surf at San Clemente’s T Street Beach last Saturday, Feb. 28. The series offers divisions for kids as young as 5 and 6 and several children from Camp Pendleton participated as well. “These...