SCHOLASTIC SURF SERIES
2022 MIDDLE SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
MAY 21 & 22, 2022 – 9TH STREET, HUNTINGTON BEACH
The Scholastic Surf Series a Division of the WSA completed its Middle School Surfing Season with the Middle School State Championships that was held at 9th Street in Huntington Beach. Twenty-Five (25) Middle School Surf Teams from San Diego to Santa Cruz traveled to HB in search of a State Championship Title. We had a range of challenging surf and windy conditions but in the end it was a great event that culminated with crowning SSS 2022 State Champions in 5 Divisions and an Overall Team Champion. Shorecliffs Middle School from San Clemente clinched their 11thSSS State Title in Overall Team, followed by Valley Middle School from Carlsbad with a second place in the Overall Team.
We are thankful to have the support of Tom Gibbons in awarding two SSS surfers with a Scholastic/Sportsmanship award which included a check for $300 each and a plaque as well as two Service Awards. Tom Gibbons was the Founder and first President of the NSSA, Founding Director of the HB International Surfing Museum and Founding Director of the United States Surfing Federation. It is an honor to have his support for our Scholastic Surf Series Program.
We also want to thank our sponsors for their support of the SSS: Sharp Eye Surfboards, Standard Graphics, Sticky Bumps Surf Wax, Surface Sun Systems, Oceanside Longboard Surfing Club and the WSA. Below are the individual results and the top 10 Overall Teams. A full list of placings will be posted on the SSS webpage at: www.surfsss.org.
Scholastic/Sportsmanship Award by Tom Gibbons:
Victoria Duprat and Jett Maughan, Oak Crest Middle School
Service Awards by Tom Gibbons:
Bob Edwards, Valley Middle School / Dave Hennings, Shorecliffs Middle School
TEAM RESULTS
Overall Team/Points
- Shorecliffs 306
- Valley 234
- Oak Crest 233
- Cabrillo 160
- Aviara Oaks 142
- Bernice Ayer 134
- Mission Hill 117
- Oceanside 113
- Correia 94
Malibu 94
Team – Boys Shortboard
Shorecliffs
Team – Boys Longboard
Valley
Team – Girls Shortboard
Shorecliffs
Team – Girls Longboard
Shorecliffs
Team – Coed Bodyboard
Oak Crest
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Boys Shortboard
- Luke Macbeth, Valley
- Sutton Tudor, Oak Crest
- Laird Lavik, Shorecliffs
- Chase Niemann, Shorecliffs
- Westley Young, Bernice Ayer
- Nash Price, Shorecliffs
Boys Longboard
- Noah Hogle, Valley
- Slater Todd, Aviara Oaks
- Chase Matheson, Bernice Ayer
- Shayne Davis, Cabrillo
- Brayden Fisk, Muirlands
- Parker Thompson, Shorecliffs
Girls Shortboard
- Avery McDonald, Shorecliffs
- Remy Todd, Shorecliffs
- Gwyneth Lyon, Vista Del Mar
- Victoria Duprat, Oak Crest
- Hana Bakker, Shorecliffs
- Astrid Egan, Muirlands
Girls Longboard
- Victoria Duprat, Oak Crest
- Madelyn Skaar, Cabrillo
- Astrid Egan, Muirlands
- Ava Damitio, Shorecliffs
- Ellie Heinrich, Shorecliffs
- Gwyneth Lyon, Vista Del Mar
Coed Bodyboard
- Jonah Soderberg, Aviara Oaks
- Tayden Fowler, Oak Crest
- Grant Parsons, Shorecliffs
- Fisher Rosette, Valley
- Calvin Petkus, Malibu
- YuYu Chan, Oak Crest