USA Surfing Prime West Stop #3 — Huntington Beach 2026
About this event
USA Surfing Prime West Stop #3 ran February 7-8, 2026 at the Huntington Beach Pier in Huntington Beach, California, the third West Coast stop of the 2025/26 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, and it is invitation-only: only top-ranked American surfers earn a spot. 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 was contested across six age divisions (Boys and Girls U14, U16, and U18), with heats run and judged on USA Surfing's official Liveheats scoring platform. Division winners: King Nicol (Boys U14, 17.50), Isla Pinto (Girls U14, 14.10), Tanner Sandvig (Boys U16, 13.80), Happy Sager (Girls U16, 12.00), Brody Price (Boys U18, 9.83), and Eden Walla (Girls U18, 15.27). Results feed USA Surfing 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 break in the heart of Orange County's Surf City USA, so beach spectating is open to everyone. This is a completed event: entry was closed (invitation-only) and no active registration or ticket sale applies. Exact per-heat times and full round-by-round scores are published on the official Liveheats event page.
At a glance
Open only to invited USA Surfing athletes in the contested age brackets. Surfers competed in their eligible division (Boys or Girls, U14/U16/U18) with USA Surfing membership and standard competitor requirements.
closed completed
Huntington Beach Pier
Online on USA Surfing / Liveheats (live scoring; USA Surfing Prime stops have featured live broadcasts). Live heat scores and results remain archived on the Liveheats event page.
Event links
Official results & heat draws (USA Surfing Liveheats event page)
USA Surfing Prime Series schedule & standings (Liveheats)
USA Surfing season schedule & Prime Series info
USA Surfing (national governing body)
Surf City USA — Huntington Beach visitor info
City of Huntington Beach
Western Surfing Association (regional amateur pathway)
Huntington Beach Pier on Google Maps
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