Celebrating Summer from Salt Creek to San Clemente
Local Surf Contests Raise the Stoke By Jake Howard From Salt Creek to T-Street, there’s been no shortage of good...
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Caring for Our Blue Planet
Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman wants to save the world’s oceans By Jake Howard In one of my first columns of...
Olympics-Bound: USA Surfing’s Greg Cruse Prepares for Hopeful Summer in Japan
By Jake Howard For San Clemente’s Greg Cruse, 2020 was supposed to be the culmination of a life’s work. He...
Pro Surfing Returns to California
San Clemente’s Filipe Toledo and Coco Ho win the WSL’s Rumble at the Ranch By Jake Howard It had been...
That Winning Feeling: Crosby Colapinto, Alessa Quizon Kick Off WSL Season with Statement Wins
By Jake Howard After a brief offseason this winter, the wheels of the World Surf League are grinding back to...
Groms of the Week: Bella and Loyal Kenworthy
By Jake Howard Truth be told, I’ve known the day would come when the Kenworthy kids would storm the NSSA...
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Grom of the Week: Carson Carr
By Jake Howard Getting fired up in the local waters, the NSSA Southwest Division landed at Salt Creek last weekend,...
San Clemente’s Kirra Pinkerton Wins WSL Junior Championship in Taiwan
San Clemente Times Kirra Pinkerton of San Clemente won the 2018 World Surf League (WSL) Junior Championship at the Taiwan...
A Serious Note about Ocean Safety
After a death at Trestles last weekend, the issue of water safety and emergency response is more important than ever....
Grom of the Week: Rilynn Baker
By Jake Howard Grom on a log. This week we’re shining some light on the beautiful surfing of Dana Point’s...
Open Intrigue: U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach Offers Local Interest for San Clemente/Dana Point Surfers
By Jake Howard It’s that time again. The U.S. Open of Surfing is here. Kicking off in Huntington Beach this...
Op-Ed: What’s Next for SONGS? A Surfer’s Perspective from Inside the Offline Nuclear Power Plant
By Jake Howard At the start of summer, exactly the time the first south swell was hitting, I headed down...
Another Weekend, Another Win: Kevin Schulz and Ian Crane Go 1-2 at the Jack’s Pro in Huntington Beach
By Jake Howard In surfing circles, the World Surf League’s Qualifying Series (QS) is often referred to as “the grind”...
Grom of the Week: Shay Diamond
By Jake Howard “To me, surfing doesn’t involve everything competitive,” said 12-year-old Shay Diamond. “I mean, I love contests, but...
A Golden Opportunity: Local Longboarders Lead Team USA to Gold at ISA World Longboard Surfing Championship in China
By Jake Howard The United States national surf team is celebrating its first-ever team gold medal after running the table...
