Surfrider Goes to Washington
More than 150 Surfrider Foundation members and supporters headed to Washington, D.C. earlier this month to bring the message of...
SC SURF
Scoop on the Local Surf Community
Groms of the Week: Eden and Zion Walla
This week’s featured groms are San Clemente aqua warriors Eden and Zion Walla, who just inked deals with Rip Curl...
Read more
Think Blue This Spring
If you’re looking for a reason to get outside and be inspired by the world around you, this Friday, March...
Grom of the Week: Tanner Sandvig
This week’s featured grom is Tanner Sandvig, a surfer’s surfer. The San Clemente goofy-footer and anchor for the Shorecliffs Middle...
Grom of the Week: Cali Beutler
This week’s featured grom is Cali Beutler, a key member of the talent-rich Shorecliffs Middle School surf team. The niece...
Hobie And Velzy: Together Again Two of the most iconic surfboard labels in the world have something special in the works
Hobie Alter and Dale Velzy had long been in competition, setting up a local surf shop rivalry for the ages....
Read more
Grom of the Week: Happy Sager
This week’s featured grom is Happy Sager, who has a lot to be, well, happy about. She’s been on a...
Tritons Rule the High School Waves
In his latest surf column, Jake Howard reports on several exciting developments and good news coming out of the local...
Kneeboards and Stampedes: Local surfers shine in a weekend of wild surf contests up and down the Golden State
Winning both the Open and Pro Junior divisions during the 2023 Kneeboard Surfing USA Titles and Kneeboard Festival, 24-year-old Kevin...
Groms of the Week: Shorecliffs Middle School
This week’s featured groms are the members of the Shorecliffs Middle School surf team, who recently dominated the podium during...
Read more
Grom of the Week: Audrey Denos
This week’s featured grom is Audrey Denos, a hard-charging regular-footer who surfs for San Clemente High and helped lead the...
Local Surfers Shine at Sunset Beach
The 2023 WSL Championship Tour season is in full swing, and with two events in the books, local surfers have...
Better with Age: The incomparable Kelly Slater just turned 51, and he shows no signs of slowing down
This week, Kelly Slater—occasional San Clemente resident and undisputed most dominant competitive surfer of all time—turned a spry 51 years...
Grom of the Week: Noah Lavik
This week’s featured grom is San Clemente’s Noah Lavik, who has risen to the occasion at multiple high-stakes grom competitions...
Should Trestles and San Onofre Be the Next World Surfing Reserve? A case for protecting one of California’s most vital wave resources
The environmental organization Save The Waves has recently opened the application process to select its next World Surfing Reserve. With...
Read more