Joe Surf: Local surfer representing on World Junior Tour

The Standup World Tour completed its Huntington Beach Pro event last week, the first time the standup paddleboard tour has held an event on the U.S. Mainland. It was the fourth stop on a six-event tour.

Though the tour is dominated by Hawaiians and French, Huntington Beach local Daniel Hughes, 18, entered the event and competed against 67 others in the trials in an effort to qualify for the main draw.

Hughes not only qualified for the main draw, he went on to place seventh, higher than four of the Standup Tour's top 10 overall competitors.

Antoine Delpero of France won the Huntington event, and Kai Lenny of Hawaii is the tour leader going into the final two tour stops.

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We are the World

ASP World Tour update: The men are currently competing in the Quiksilver Pro France, the eighth stop of the 11-event World Tour series. Kelly Slater, fresh off his win at the Hurley Pro at Trestles a couple weeks ago, maintains his overall lead in a quest for an unprecedented 11th ASP world title.

Australia's Owen Wright, who has faced Slater in the finals in each of the last three World Tour events, is in second place, followed by Joel Parkinson in third. Huntington's Brett Simpson is in 20th place.

JOE HAAKENSON is an Orange County-based sports writer and editor. He may be reached at joe@juvecreative.com.