USA Surfing Prime West Stop #3 returns to the Huntington Beach Pier in the heart of Orange County's Surf City USA on February 6-7, 2027 — the third West Coast stop of the 2026/27 USA Surfing Prime Series. The Prime Series is the elite amateur pathway run by USA Surfing, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee-recognized national governing body for the sport (recognized in turn by the International Surfing Association, the IOC's world authority for surfing). Prime is invitation-only: only the top-ranked American youth surfers earn a spot, and it is the proving ground for the country's next generation — Prime alumni include 2024 Olympic gold medalist Caroline Marks, WSL world champion Caity Simmers, and Olympians Griffin Colapinto and Kolohe Andino. This shortboard event is contested across six age divisions — Boys and Girls Under-14, Under-16 and Under-18 — with heats run and judged on USA Surfing's official Liveheats scoring platform. It is the third of four West Coast stops in the 2026/27 season (Stop #1 Santa Cruz, Oct 3-4 2026; Stop #2 Pismo Beach, Nov 21-22 2026; Stop #3 Huntington Beach, Feb 6-7 2027; Stop #4 Oceanside, Mar 6-7 2027), and results feed the Prime West season rankings that help decide invitations to the USA Surfing Championships and national-team selection. The Huntington Beach Pier is a free, fully public beach break, so spectating from the sand or the pier is open to everyone. This is an upcoming, invitation-only event: entry is set by USA Surfing ranking (not open public sign-up) and the entry window on Liveheats closes Saturday, January 30, 2027 at 11:55 PM PST. Exact daily start and finals times shift with tide, swell and heat progression and will be published on the official Liveheats event page.

Standard amateur surfing heat format run on USA Surfing's Liveheats platform: age-division heats progress through preliminary rounds/quarterfinals/semifinals to a Final, with a two-wave heat total (best two scoring waves) deciding placings. Prime West results contribute to the 2026/27 Prime West season rankings.

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Open only to invited USA Surfing athletes in the contested age brackets. Surfers compete in their eligible division (Boys or Girls, U14/U16/U18) with USA Surfing membership and standard competitor requirements.

Upcoming — results not yet available. Live heat scores, draws and final placings across all six divisions (Boys/Girls U14, U16, U18) will be published on USA Surfing's official Liveheats event page during and after the February 6-7, 2027 contest window.

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USA Surfing Prime West Stop #3 — Huntington Beach 2027