The 2028 Olympic surfing competition will be held at a famed break south of San Clemente, according to an announcement came with the reveal of nearly all of the remaining Olympic venues earlier this ...

Tragedy nearly struck the world-famous Lower Trestles surf spot in Southern California on Friday afternoon, after a boater plowed directly through a crowd of surfers, nearly hitting multiple people.

It wasn’t long ago that the local surfers competing on the world stage this week were just young groms on the sand, watching in awe as their favorite surfers battled it out at Lower Trestles. Now ...

Lower Trestles may not be the surf spot where the next world championship is decided, but it will be a stop on next year’s World Surf League World Tour. After four years of hosting the tour’s finals, ...

World champion surfer Kelly Slater has a storied history at the famed surf spot just south of San Clemente. In 1990, the Florida surfer would win his first big career title at Lower Trestles, the surf ...

Along a sliver of sandy beach between the cobblestone-lined ocean and a dense shrub habitat, a mini beach festival appeared, built in just a few days to welcome the world’s best surfers. Scaffolding ...

Mateus Herdy free surfing before the Vans US Open of Surfing at Lowers, Trestles, San Clemente on July 29, 2022. Sean Evans / Red Bull Contact Pool Trestles is now part of the plan for the 2028 Los ...

The Lexus WSL Finals were held at Lower Trestles in 2024 featuring five finalists and a crowd of almost 6,000 (Photo credit: World Surf League/Tony Heff) It’s official – surf’s up in Orange County as ...

Lower Trestles has been the choice four-years straight as the salt-water stage for the surfing world championships. But that’s going to change next year, with the World Surf League on Monday, June 17, ...

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