Tag: dana point grom

By Jake Howard When last we checked in with Marlo Harris, it was right before the pandemic hit and she’d ...

By Jake Howard “Stay psyched”—that is Kingston Buchhagen’s advice. A barrel-hunting 5-year-old from Dana Point, the stoke is real for ...

By Jake Howard From the mountains to the sea, Sunny Walder loves it all. The 11-year-old Dana Point rising star ...

By Jake Howard “I’ve surfed ever since I can remember,” says Dana Point shredder Logan Harris. That basically means the ...

By Jake Howard It’s hard to miss Kai Thompson, one of the newest members of the Dana Point Surf Club, ...

By Jake Howard The year 2016 ended with a flurry of success for San Clemente’s brightest rising surf stars. Leading ...

By Jake Howard With the holidays comes a respite in the pursuit of NSSA, WSA and all the other grom ...

By Jake Howard “Frigid water, heavy currents and huge” is how NSSA Director Janice Aragon described the conditions at Steamer ...

By Jake Howard Legends aren’t born, they’re made, and 11-year-old Carson Kropfl is well on his way. Showing up at ...

See Hagan Johnson on the beach and the first thing you notice is the 13-year-old’s impeccable style. Blond mop quaffed ...

Photo: NSSA/Kurt Steinmetz By Jake Howard Kicking off her National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) campaign with a little pop and ...

By Erin Hawkins Surfing has always been a family affair for Sophie Vollebregt. As the second youngest child of nine ...

Indie Hoffman, 9, of Capistrano Beach is the Grom of the Week. By Matt Cortina For Indie Hoffman, 9, of Capistrano ...

Brennan Lee, 9, of Dana Point in the "grompound." Photo: Kristina Pritchett By Matt Cortina Dana Point’s Brennan Lee has ...