US Open of Surfing
Generally held on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier, the U.S. Open is part of the qualification process for the World Surf League and is a WSL QS 10,000 event.
On the final day of the event, as the crowds left the contest area and filled Main Street, a civil disturbance erupted, resulting in property damage and several arrests and some injuries.
[10] 1959: Jack Haley, Linda Benson 1960: Mike Haley, Linda Benson 1961: Ron Sizemore, Linda Benson 1962: Ilima Kalama, Gudie Wilkie 1963: LJ Richards, Candy Calhoun 1964: Jim Craig, Linda Benson 1965: Mark Martinson, Joyce Hoffman 1966: Corky Carroll, Joyce Hoffman 1967: Corky Carroll, Joyce Hoffman 1968: David Nuuhiwa, Linda Benson 1969: Corky Carroll, Sharron Weber 1970: David Nuuhiwa, Joyce Hoffman 1971: Brad McCaul, Jericho Poppler 1972: Dale Dobson, Mary Setterholm 1982: Cheyne Horan, Becky Benson 1983: Tom Curren, Kim Mearig 1984: Tom Curren, Frieda Zamba 1985: Mark Occhilupo, Jodie Cooper 1986: Mark Occhilupo, Frieda Zamba 1987: Barton Lynch, Wendy Botha 1988: Tom Curren, Jorja Smith 1989: Richie Collins, Frieda Zamba 1990: Todd Holland, Frieda Zamba 1991: Barton Lynch, Frieda Zamba 1992: Team USA (Kelly Slater, Richie Collins, Todd Holland, Mike Parsons, Alisa Schwarzstein) 1993: Sunny Garcia, Kim Mearig 1994: Shane Beschen, Lisa Andersen 1995: Rob Machado, Neridah Falconer 1996: Kelly Slater, Layne Beachley 1997: Beau Emerton, Rochelle Ballard 1998: Andy Irons, Layne Beachley 1999: Shea Lopez, Keala Kennelly 2000: Sunny Garcia, Tita Tavares 2001: Rob Machado, Pauline Menczer 2002: Kalani Robb, Pauline Menczer 2003: Cory Lopez, Chelsea Georgeson 2004: Taj Burrow, Chelsea Georgeson 2005: Andy Irons, Julia Christian 2006: Rob Machado, Sofia Mulanovich 2007: C.J.
Hobgood, Stephanie Gilmore 2008: Nathaniel Curran, Malia Manuel[11] 2009: Brett Simpson, Courtney Conlogue[12] 2010: Brett Simpson, Carissa Moore[13] 2011: Kelly Slater, Sally Fitzgibbons 2012: Julian Wilson, Lakey Peterson[14] 2013: Alejo Muniz, Carissa Moore[15] 2014: Filipe Toledo, Tyler Wright[16] 2015: Hiroto Ohhara, Johanne Defay[17] 2016: Filipe Toledo, Tatiana Weston-Webb[18] 2017: Kanoa Igarashi, Sage Erickson[19] 2018: Kanoa Igarashi, Courtney Conlogue 2019: Yago Dora, Sage Erickson[20] 2020: Cancelled 2021: Griffin Colapinto, Caitlin Simmers 2022: Ezekiel Lau, Bettylou Sakura Johnson 2023: Eli Hanneman, Sawyer Lindblad[21] 2024: Alan Cleland, Sally Fitzgibbons[22] Notable people are inducted into Surfing Walk of Fame and Surfers' Hall of Fame each year during the U.S. Open.
Each are located across the street from one another and across Pacific Coast Highway from the Huntington Beach Pier.
