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By Alisa Cairns, Special to the Independent   The Laguna Beach High School surf team made the most of three-foot waves to win 67-43 against St. Margaret’s during a Scholastic Surf Series contest in Huntington Beach on Sunday, Feb. 21. We started out the day with Team...

The Laguna Beach High School surf team took the overall win at Southside Huntington Beach Pier at the third Scholastic Surf Series on Sunday, Jan. 24. Laguna team members surfed well in the six-foot swell pushed by plenty of current and earned slots in the individual competition...

The Laguna Beach High School surf team took the overall win at South Jetty in Oceanside in the second event of the Scholastic Surf Series, according to coaches Scott Finn and Alisa Cairns. Four of the six boys in shortboard made it to the finals. Travis Booth was the champion...

The Laguna Beach High School surf team enjoyed their first big win against J Serra Catholic High School in the Scholastic Surf Series at Ninth Street in Huntington Beach last month. Four out of the six boys in short board made it to the finals. Jake Levine took the win with Trey...

Top surfers from Laguna Beach went up against those from San Clemente, Dana Hills and Newport Harbor during the individual league final surfing championships held at Upper Trestles in San Clemente on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 18-19. In boys short board, four Laguna boys made it...

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...