The US Open of Surfing, sponsored by Hurley, arrived in Huntington Beach, California, aka Surf City, USA.
This week long event has been going on annually since 1959 & was initially called the "West Coast Surfing Championship." It has changed its name over the years & in 1964 became the "United States Surfing Championship". In 1982 it was known as the "OP Pro", named after the events sponsor Ocean Pacific. Finally becoming the US Open of Surfing in 1994.
The competition is held on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier & is a qualifying process for the ASP World Tour. A win at this event gives a whopping 6,500 ASP rating pts., giving a possible automatic 3rd place finish in a World Title Event.
This venue also plays host to everything from surfing, BMX, Skateboarding, Music Concerts & a Beach Fashion Show. This years purse is $250,00.00 for the men & $60,000.00 for the women.
At the end of the Mens event, local Huntington Beach native, Brett Simpson, won for the second straight year in a row. Carissa Moore of Hawaii took the Women's event. Men's Pro Jr. went to Evan Gelselman of Florida & Sage Erickson of Ventura won the Women's Pro Jr. event. The 2010 Longboarding champion was Taylor Jensen of Encinitas.
Various surfers/skateboarders practicing before the events.
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