The Mira Costa Surf Team is the South Bay's finest high school surf program, consistently dominating the Bay League. The team is coed.
The team consists of approximately forty-five dedicated student athletes who train year round. The official surf season runs from September through March, but during the school year, the team surfs every Monday through Thursday at 6:30 am at 26th Street in Manhattan Beach as well as twice a week after school strength and agility training. Most competitions are held weekdays between 6:30 and 8:30 a
06/16/2019
https://easyreadernews.com/depth-and-dedication-help-mustangs-ride-a-decade-long-streak-of-success/
Ten for 10: Depth and dedication help Mira Costa surfers ride a decade-long streak of success Last year’s inaugural South Bay Paddle was dominated by San Diego paddlers. San Diego was again well represented again this year, but the tide swung. Saturday’s three fastest times, and six of the top 10 times were by South Bay Paddlers.…
05/30/2019
The SBSSA 2018-2019 contest season concluded with Men's finals day in the All-Stars competition. All six of Costa's entries in the All-Stars had made it through an earlier round the week before, and Zach Rosenberg and Alex Fry won their Round 2 heats on this day to go right through to the final, where they ultimately placed 2nd and 3rd.
We finally got a scholastic contest in during some thumping swell - but who would have guessed it would have taken place in mid-May? It has been a strange school year for waves and weather, and this was probably a fitting conclusion. Powerful head high south swell had enough west in it to deliver the goods to 26th St. The shape was pretty good, the rides fun, but the paddling was brutal, with current constantly sweeping competitors north out of the contest zone. Parker Browning nabbed a buzzer be**er in his quarterfinal heat to make it through to the repercharge, and he just barely got out that. But by the time he got to the final, he had the kinks worked out and was on fire, taking the win. Costa's Zach Rosenberg and Alex Frey finished 2nd and 3rd.
05/30/2019
We finally got a scholastic contest in during some thumping swell - but who would have guessed it would have taken place in mid-May? It has been a strange school year for waves and weather, and this was probably a fitting conclusion. Powerful head high south swell had enough west in it to deliver the goods to 26th St. The shape was pretty good, the rides fun, but the paddling was brutal, with current constantly sweeping competitors north out of the contest zone. Parker Browning nabbed a buzzer be**er in his quarterfinal heat to make it through to the repercharge, and he just barely got out that. But by the time he got to the final, he had the kinks worked out and was on fire, taking the win. Costa's Zach Rosenberg and Alex Frey finished 2nd and 3rd.
05/30/2019
Just catching up on the editing for May. Here is Day 2 of the All-Stars competition, including the quarters, semis and finals for the Women! These and many more photos can be found here:
https://stevegaffney.smugmug.com/organize/Mira-Costa-Surf-Team-2018-2019
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The continuation of the All-Stars event, with quarters, semis and finals run for the Women as well as Men's Round 1. Swell was 2-3'+, winds were onshore, and the ocean was a bit of a mess, but it was consistent enough to be contestable. Congrats to Ashley Weaver for winning the women's crown!
05/30/2019
The continuation of the All-Stars event, with quarters, semis and finals run for the Women as well as Men's Round 1. Swell was 2-3'+, winds were onshore, and the ocean was a bit of a mess, but it was consistent enough to be contestable. Congrats to Ashley Weaver for winning the women's crown!
05/26/2019
The surf team's riders of the year. Men's Longboard - Coco Vergnolle. Women's Longboard - Kenna Hawkes. Men's Shortboard - Alex Fry. Women's Longboard - Megan Seth.
05/26/2019
A fun night at the team banquet, graciously hosted by Subaru Pacific.
05/22/2019
Congratulations to the seniors on the team.
05/06/2019
Fun morning for the team at the Huntington Pier, with solid chest to head high sets rolling through. In the end, Huntington just nipped us, 75 -72, on their home turf, but the Mustangs surfed brilliantly. The kids outpointed HB in 4 of the 7 heats, and Coco, Carly, Alex and Chad all had individual heat wins. I missed most of the first heat as it unfortunately started 13 minutes early, but there's good coverage of the rest. Many more photos here:
https://stevegaffney.smugmug.com/Mira-Costa-Surf-Team-2018-2019/5219-MCHS-vs-Huntington/
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05/03/2019
With the winter weather and swell wreaking havoc with the schedule, SBSSA wasn't able to run the annual All-Stars event on a Saturday this year, and it instead got underway before school on Wednesday with the Longboard portion of the contest. Quarters, Semis and the Finals were held for both women and men at 26th St. The south swell wasn't a direct hit, but enough got into the South Bay to make it very contestable, and the sun came out for the first time in what seemed like weeks to make for a beautiful and fun morning.
Downloadable hi-res files can be purchased here:
https://stevegaffney.smugmug.com/Mira-Costa-Surf-Team-2018-2019
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