Heavy surf was the storyline of the ISF High School contest at Avalanche, OB over the weekend. Overhead-high sets, steep take offs, and a dumpy inside turned the contest into a challenge of who could get out, rather than who could surf. Having said that, however, a great number of competitors bravely took on the incessant wave machine and successfully made it to the outside. Of those, only a few were able to catch some makable waves and pull off one or two turns before the closeout section. But nevertheless, despite of the challenging conditions, high schoolers cheered one another and had a great deal of fun. Thus proving, after all, that it's not all about the waves.

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