WSA West Coast Championships, May 10 & 11!
The WSA/Hobie Hoppy Swarts Memorial West Coast Surfing Championships are coming to Church, San Onofre on Saturday and Sunday, May 10 & 11. This event is by invitation only to those surfers who surfed at least 5 regular season events in their division(s). If you qualified for West Coast Championsips and haven't received your invitation please email greg@surfwsa.org and we will check eligibility and forward an invitation to you. If you qualified go to Active.com to register before midnight on Wednesday.
We have lots of great stuff planned for this years championships:
The TransWorld Surf crew will be flipping pancakes from Pipes Cafe both mornings.
Nalu's Island Grill will be serving their delicious island style plate lunch both days.
iMainGo will be demonstrating their portable iPod speaker system and raffling off 24 of them to competitors on Saturday.
Trunq will be on hand showing off the new Trunq S.U.B. surf accessory organizer all weekend and will be giving away 16 to the top waves scores on Sunday.
AccesSurf Hawaii will be running two semi-finals and a final heat for Challenged Athletes on Sunday.
Season Champion Trophies will be awarded to the top competitor in each division based on the top 7 regular season results plus the West Coast Championships result (remember, surfers surfing up are not eligible for Season Champion titles).
Top 4 finishers in the West Coast Championships will receive trophies.
Top rated surfers based on their best 5 regular season results plus their West Coast Championships results will receive an invitation to the SIMA Surfing America USA Championships and Team Trials presented by PacSun at the Huntington Beach Pier, August 19 - 24.
Surfline will be onsite handing out all kinds of great swag.
TransWorld Surf will be documenting the event for a web feature on TransWorldSurf.com and article in the July issue of TransWorld Surf.
TransWorld Surf will be entertaining the crowd on the beach with all kinds of beach activities and give-ways.
Ocean Minded will be providing the pimped out Ocean Minded shuttle bus to ferry competitors and spectators from the parking lot to the beach.
IZZE Beverage Company, Arrowhead Water and Clif Bars will be providing goodies for everyone on the beach.
We know it's Mother's Day, that's why we have Nalu's serving lunch on Sunday and the WSA announcer will be reading the kids props to Mom over the PA system all day on Sunday. Mom's tell us it is one of the best Mother's Days ever spending the day at the beach with their families.
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Are You Ready for Prime Time?! 
You may have heard that the NSSA has decided to discontinue their membership in Surfing America. That means their surfers are no longer eligible for the Surfing America USA Championships or the Surfing America PacSun USA Surf Team. WSA viewed this as an opportunity to roll out a new program that is designed from the ground up to help develop west coast junior surfers for the US team and to successfully compete on the world stage at the ISA World Jr. Surfing Championships and the ISA Pan American Surfing Championships. With input from some of the top names in professional surfing and overwhelming support of the surf industry and Surfing America, WSA is proud to announce WSA Prime. WSA Prime will be for under 18 shortboarders (as of January 1, 2009) and will feature 4 person heats, certified judges and computer scoring. The inaugural season will start in September 2008 and will consist of 6 events the first year. We are finalizing the details and more announcements will be made soon. Go to WSA Prime and add your name to the interest list to be kept up to date.
WSA Gets More Slots in the Surfing America US Championships!
WSA lobbied Surfing America for more slots in the US Championships and we got 'em. Especially in over 18, Women's and longboard divisions. Now more of our competitors will qualify for the US Championships at the Huntington Beach Pier August 19 - 24. But remember, you must surf 5 regular season WSA events plus our West Coast Championships to be in the running for a slot.
New Sponsors and Goodies!
WSA is proud to announce new media partners! Surfline has upped their committment to WSA competitors by giving a free one year subscription to "Water" Magazine to each member. This is in addition to the subscription to Surfline Premium. Water is a beautiful quarterly publication published on heavy glossy paper stock. Surfline has also given us a 10 x 10 tent for our events offering more shelter for competitors. They also provide us with our offical surf forecasts. Check out Surfline.
TransWorld Surf will be providing free subscriptions to all of our competitors, too! Plus they will be at some of our events and begin coverage of WSA in the magazine and on their website TransWorldSurf.com
Check out the WSA profile on MundoRad.com WSA kids are invited to add their own profile with photos and videos. Check it out!
Mark Your Calendars-
The Surfing America US Championships will be held August 19 - 24 at the Huntington Beach Pier, Southside. Make sure you surf the required minimum of 5 events to be invited to our West Coast Championships. Top rated surfers from each division will be invited to compete at the US Championships.
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