One of the biggest showdowns in amateur surfing is happening later this month.  The NSSA National Scholastic Surfing Association 2009 National Championships are taking place at Salt Creek in Dana Point and Lower Trestles in San Clemente.

A couple hundred of the best amateur surfers from all over the United States will be battling it out at the prestigious contest.  Some of the top talent from Orange County representing the Men’s division include Huntington Beach’s Christian Saenz and San Clemente’s Riley Metcalf.

Some of the standout Junior contenders are Newport Beach twins Jared and Taylor Thorne and San Clemente’s Kolohe Andino. One of the hottest Women surfers is Santa Ana’s Courtney Conlogue and holding it down in the Boy’s is Huntington Beach’s Kanoa Igarashi.

When and where: The big event runs from June 17-20 at Salt Creek and then continues down to Lower Trestles June 23-27.  You can watch all the live action the final three days of competition at nssalive.com.

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