Ashland

The US Open of Surfing is one of the premier California beach sporting events, drawing an estimated 1 million visitors to a week long sports fest comprised of surfing competitions, skateboard, FMX and BMX bike demos, fashion shows, and the popular, annual Festival Surfers Village.  The Schedule is posted on-line and events begin daily at 8am July 18 through July 26 on the South side of Huntington Beach Pier (317 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA).

This event attracts the largest crowds to the beach that the location can handle. Parking and walking from miles around, the beaches are simply swamped with people on the closing days of this 6 star world qualifying series surfing event. While the star rating of the HB event is under scrutiny, merely from the fact that the waves typically are small and even flat, the power of the crowd alone makes it necessary to maintain the rank of this surfing competition, one of many around the globe, for importance to the 9-day surfing and beach games event that draws nearly a million people.  Sand madness might well describe this exciting beach vibe. But the crowds aren’t wild. They are simply packed…people and skin wall-to-wall.

This is another SoCal can’t miss event, that you have to attend to see for yourself!