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Last Saturday, Tourmaline State Park hosted the Tenth Annual Summer Longboard Classic, a contest organized by the Pacific Beach Surf Club. Travis Long (club president), Richard Steadham (newsletter editor) and other club members worked diligently and around the clock to ensure the event’s success.

Their work paid off. Surfers from all over SoCal and from various different clubs showed up at Tourmaline to catch a few rides and exchange some laughter. Tony, Gary, and ‘The Professor’ from the Swamis Surf Club banded together and went out on an almost all Swamis heat, virtually dominating the wave count. And Lorraine, the team leader of the La Jolla Shores Surf Club, had quite a spurt of excitement when her raffle ticket was picked for a Travis Long longboard, painted by artist extraordinaire Wade Koniakowsky. These and numerous other clubs put on the jersey and left their footprint at this year’s Tourmaline Longboard Classic.

And the surf (although not epic) came a long way from last year, which was borderline flat and blown out. This year, waves were in the knee-high range, but had enough push to deliver some enjoyable rides; the winds were blowing hard from the NW, but PB point did a great job sheltering Tourmaline and keeping it from blowing out. These conditions and the high-spirited crowd of surfers from all over SoCal made this year's Longboard Classic quite a remarkable event.