In the Open Juniors, Griffin Colapinto scored 11.94 in his two rides, finishing second behind Santa Cruz's Nic Hdez, who scored 12.74.
Other champions included: Dagan Stagg of Carlsbad (Open Mini-Groms), Kulia Doherty of Rancho Santa Fe (Open Women), Frankie Harrer of Malibu (Open Girls), Taylor Mathiesen of Carlsbad (Explorer Men's), Thelen Worrell of Malibu (Explorer Juniors), Colapinto (Explorer Boys), Mel (Explorer Menehuene), Nick Marshall of Encinitas (Explorer Mini Groms), Doherty (Explorer Women's), Harrer (Explorer Girls), Rick Takahashi of San Diego (Explorer Masters), Takahashi (Explorer Seniors), Mike Glevy of San Diego (Explorer Super Seniors), Rick "Rockin' Fig" Fignetti of Huntington Beach (Explorer Duke), Austin Sonnier of San Diego (Explorer Longboard) and Taylor Clark of Encintas (West Coast Airshow).
The Open divisions are open to students only, while the Explorer divisions have different age categories and include some non-student categories.
The NSSA West Coast Regional Championships were the fifth event on the 2012 NSSA Championship Series. The final event is the NSSA National Interscholastic Championships at Salt Creek from June 16-18 and the H.B. Pier from June 26 to July 3.
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The Surfing Heritage Foundation has announced its next scheduled exhibit at its museum in San Clemente.
The exhibit, "The Happy Beach Bums from San Onofre," will be on display from Aug. 5 to Oct. 28.
The recent discovery of a collection of 150 black and white Polaroid photographs taken of families at San Onofre in the early 1960s is the basis for the exhibit.
During the early- to mid-1960s, Don Davis, an avid surfer and Belmont Shore architect, purchased a Polaroid camera and began using it to chronicle San Onofre surf families.
