April 26 & 27, 2025 - Huntington Beach Pier, South Side
This is an invitation only event. Invitations will go out on Monday, April 14, to all those who qualified by competing in 6 or more events.
Schedule & Heat Draws can be downloaded HERE
Hi Competitors!
Here are the schedule and heat draws for the WSA West Coast Championships along with the ISA and WSL Rules for Priority. We will have 4 person 15 minute heats with a water start along with computer scoring and for U12 and older division, computer priority. There will be a 20 - 30 second delay between heats. All finals will be 20 minutes. You can download the STACT app to follow live scoring or go to this website . For West Coast Season Champion titles this event is worth 2500 points for 1st. Please see attached points scale the last page of attachment. Season Champions will be named based on their top 6 (top 4 for Adaptive divisions) regular season events plus their West Coast Championships scores
As we stated before, all divisions can run two days. Please check the schedule closely and make sure you are there Saturday if your division starts on Saturday.
We are expecting a south swell with surf up to 6 foot. Please make sure to paddle out outside of the contest area and avoid those surfers that are in their heats. For the south area paddle out south of tower 3. For north area, paddle out north of the pier and cross over once outside. Please listen to beach marshal’s instruction when checking in. Our WSL priority judges will be at the beach marshal at 6:30 each morning to explain priority and answer questions.
Make sure to bring your canteen (Hydroflask, Yeti, Stanley, etc.) to fill up at our H2O Depot filtered water hydration station. No bottled water will be handed out. Lunch will be provided to competitors only courtesy of Sessions West Coast Deli. Got Milk? will be at the beach providing white and chocolate milk and some cool giveaways. SunBum will provide sunscreen and, of course, Sticky Bumps will be there with the wax! Salt Life will be hosting a beach clean up with the chance to win a new custom Surf Prescription Surfboard! Thanks to Jack’s Surfboards for providing the ADA walkway!
Competitors, please remember to pick up your Rick Erkeneff designed event T-shirt. If we have extras, we will make them available to parents and siblings (before awards).
Here are head judge Pat Downey’s competitor notes:
It looks like there will be a sizable swell in the ocean this weekend offering opportunities for high performance surfing. Possible inclement weather Saturday morning.
“Judging will be focused on the surfers who can find and execute quality combinations. Some heats may have more opportunities than others with the large playing field of which Huntington Beach is known for. We will also be rewarding single MAJOR powerful and progressive maneuvers if performed in the most critical of sections. As always we are looking for clean execution with, speed, power and good timing/flow between these moments. These will be the comparison points.”
Longboard criteria:
The Surfer must perform controlled maneuvers in the critical section of the wave utilizing the entire board and wave using traditional longboard surfing. The surfer who performs this to the highest degree of difficulty with the most style flow, and grace will receive the highest score for a ride.
Key elements for judges to consider: Nose riding in the critical section of the wave, variety of maneuvers, speed and power, control, commitment, control and foot work!
Push-In and Adaptive Divisions criteria - please view page 5 of the WSA Rulebook “Fundamental Surfing"
Please remember for maneuvers to be deemed complete, the surfer must show control and ride out in front of the white wash. Any loss of control will hinder the score of that ride.
*** Also please note, if you surf beyond the flag and the outside the competition area, you risk not being seen clearly ***
Good luck and have a great weekend everyone. 🍀
See you on the beach!
WSA