Scholastic Surf Series LA–Santa Barbara High School — Ventura Fairgrounds (November 2026)

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The Scholastic Surf Series brings its 2026–27 Los Angeles–Santa Barbara High School schedule to the Ventura Fairgrounds surf zone on Sunday, November 1, 2026. SSS is the school-team division of Western Surfing Association, and the regional stop begins with team-versus-team heats before individual competition. The current team-entry packet allocates 14 competition spots per LA–Santa Barbara high-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 9–12 at the school they represent, maintain at least a 2.0 GPA and complete the required student registration, waiver and emergency-information process after coach approval. Registration for the 2026–27 season opened August 1; current division forms and fees are due September 21. The organizer lists an $85 student membership and a $2,600 LA–Santa Barbara High School team fee, while each school sets the amount collected from its surfers and may add processing or team costs, so athletes should confirm their actual price and roster status with their 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 criteria and WSA rules filling any gaps. The official schedule confirms the Ventura Fairgrounds venue label and November 1 date, but it has not yet published the exact contest tower, check-in time, first heat, team draw, individual heat times or contestant roster. The Fairgrounds sits beside Ventura’s Surfers’ Point/C-Street coastline, but that geographic context does not identify the competition peak or check-in point; use the official schedule, roster page and coach instructions before travel. City sources identify beach-area parking at Surfers Point Park, Shoreline Drive beside the Fairgrounds and the Harbor/California Street structure, but SSS has not assigned an event lot or published validation, accessibility or spectator-zone details.

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