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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...

Under sunny skies with fun, shoulder high surf, the Soul Surf competitors were treated to a classic day of surfing at one of California’s legendary point breaks. The series offers divisions for kids as young as 5 to seniors. Several Camp Pendleton kids participated as...

The local Soul Surfing School will sends its team to compete Saturday, Jan. 21 at Church Beach, located at Camp Pendleton. Spectators and competitors are able to enter the military base and park in a designated area near the competition site, said the school’s Brandon Phillip...

The Orange County High School League saw rain, light winds and 3-4 foot waves at Ninth Street in Huntington Beach when the Laguna Beach High School team competed during the third Scholastic Surf competition on Saturday, Jan. 10. Laguna Beach went head to head against S...

  Thurston Middle School’s surf team came in second behind San Clemente during the Scholastic Surf Series at the Oceanside Harbor South Jetty last month. They achieved the best ever results in the team’s history with 16 of its surfers making finals. The Division I boys short...

Laguna Beach High School was once again the big standout, taking almost every top spot in the various divisions at the second event of the Scholastic Surf Series Orange County High School League held in Huntington Beach on Saturday, Dec. 20. The LBHS surf team competed with St....

By coaches Scott Finn and Alisa Cairns, Special to the Independent   The Laguna Beach High School Surf Team hosted San Clemente High School at Thalia Street Beach last week. Principal Chris Herzfeld, also a surfer, hit the sand and cheered the team on. In boys shortboard,...

The Individual League Finals Surfing Championships were held at T-Street in San Clemente last Thursday and Friday, Nov. 20-21, and the Laguna Beach High School Surf Team was well represented making nearly all of the division finals. Laguna went up against San Clemente, Dana Hills...