Scholastic Surf Series LA-Santa Barbara Middle School - Ventura Fairgrounds (December 2026)

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The Scholastic Surf Series brings its 2026-27 Los Angeles-Santa Barbara Middle School schedule to the Ventura Fairgrounds surf zone on Saturday, December 12, 2026. SSS is the school-team division of Western Surfing Association. The middle-school program uses individual advancement heats while maintaining both individual and team season rankings. The current team-entry packet allocates 14 competition spots per LA-Santa Barbara middle-school team: six boys shortboard, three boys longboard, two girls shortboard, two girls longboard and one bodyboard. Competitors must be full-time students in grades 6-8 at the school they represent, maintain at least a 2.0 GPA and complete the student registration, waiver and emergency-medical process after coach approval. Registration for the 2026-27 season opened August 1; division forms and fees are due September 21. The organizer lists an $85 student membership and a $2,600 LA-Santa Barbara Middle School team fee, while each team sets the amount charged to individual surfers and may add processing or team costs, so families should confirm their final price and roster status with the coach. The carryover SSS judging guide describes 15-minute heats, up to eight ridden waves and the best two wave scores counting, with WSL-style judging criteria and WSA rules filling any gaps. Regular-season individual finalists receive medals, while end-of-season individual and team finalists receive plaques. The official schedule confirms the December 12 date and Ventura Fairgrounds venue label, but it has not published the exact contest tower, competition peak, check-in time, first heat, division heat times or contestant roster. The Fairgrounds sits beside Ventura's Surfers' Point and C-Street coastline, but that context does not identify a particular contest peak or check-in point. City sources identify beach-area parking at Surfers Point Park, Shoreline Drive beside the Fairgrounds and the Harbor Boulevard/California Street structure. SSS has not assigned an event lot or published parking validation, accessibility or spectator-zone details, so use the current official schedule and coach instructions before travel.

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