Blood, sweat, tears - and a whole lotta heart. The @encinitasboardriders are officially your United States Board Riders National Champions!  @usboardriders @west_coast_board_riders This victory belongs to our entire community: To the surfers who laid it all on the line. To the coaches Rusty @rustyrepeat, Trevor Christ @trevor_daniel_christ, and Darrell Goodrum @goodrumdiaries, whose leadership and belief drove this team. To the volunteers, [...]

The waves at Ponto were better than expected, as the forecast was predicting knee high waves with a howling onshore south wind ahead of an approaching storm front coming in that evening, but we arrived to clean and glassy waist high wedges with only a minor onshore seabreeze coming up around mid morning and keeping [...]