LBHS Surf Opens League with Big Win

Kayla Coscino, Tess Booth, Jade Howsen and Claire Kelly

LBHS Surf Opens League with Big Win Over Newport Harbor

The Laguna Beach High School Surf Team came out of the gates firing against Newport Harbor High School for the league opener Win 94 to 75. Friday’s League event was held at 56^th St in Newport and our surfers led the way in several of the divisions. The surf had been flat for several weeks causing a couple of the Non League events to be cancelled, but Friday fortunately the event was able to get underway. The conditions with the swell increase were tricky with a lot of close out waves, however there were a number of memorable performances.

The first heat of the day was a Boys Shortboard heat and our boys came out energized taking a clean sweep. Travis Booth found his way in and out of a thick backside barrel to take the win, while Kiko Nelsen and Jett North did great as well finishing in 2^nd and 3rd. A few heats later Sam Nelsen and Liam McCue were surfing very nicely and took 2^nd and 3^rd. Later on Jake Levine and Freshman Tyson Lockhart found barrels of their own and both secured wins. Meanwhile Nate Madigan surfed his way into a 2^nd. Trey Lockhart and Jeremy Shutts finished in 4^th.

Our Girls continued to look as strong as they did last year and were led once again by Kayla Coscino. She was unstoppable in both her Shortboard and Longboard heats securing some excellent scores to take the Wins. Meanwhile Kalohe Danbara took a 2^ndin shortboard, new comer Kelly Smith took a 4^th and Freshman Jade Howsen competing in her first ever school Longboard heat finished 4^th.

Boys Bodyboard, saw Travis Booth do double duty and come up in 2^nd, while Jameson Roller had some nice rides in Longboard and took 3^rdand Freshman Zac Henderson took 4th.

A big thank you to the families, friends and team mates who showed up to support the Team.

Our next events will be on home turf at Thalia on Tuesday October 10 against San Clemente and Thursday, October 12 again against Newport.

We also have the first Scholastic event Oct 22. For those interested and available sign online form at surfsss.organd the team fees to LBHS Surf Team Boosters and turned in with Team mom Lori Levine.

From your Coaches Scott Finn and Alisa Cairns