It wasn’t long ago that the local surfers competing on the world stage this week were just young groms on the sand, watching in awe as their favorite surfers battled it out at Lower Trestles. Now ...

Lower Trestles has been the choice four-years straight as the salt-water stage for the surfing world championships. But that’s going to change next year, with the World Surf League on Monday, June 17, ...

World champion surfer Kelly Slater has a storied history at the famed surf spot just south of San Clemente. In 1990, the Florida surfer would win his first big career title at Lower Trestles, the surf ...

Almost to an obnoxious extent, Lower Trestles has become synonymous with “high-performance” surfing. But for every worn-out cliché, there’s evidence to back it up. WATCH: Check out the Live Lowers Cam ...

The world’s most recognizable surfer slipped through the beach crowd incognito, his hooded sweater draped over his clean-shaved head, hiding his tanned face. A few heads turned as he passed, their ...

"Great Expectations" might have been the theme this past week for legendary surfer Kelly Slater, who was making a widely anticipated wild-card return to the World Surf League, and on a familiar wave ...

The 2028 Olympic surfing competition will be held at a famed break south of San Clemente, according to an announcement came with the reveal of nearly all of the remaining Olympic venues earlier this ...

The perfect, peeling waves just south of San Clemente, wedged between Orange County and San Diego, have long been a crown jewel of mainland America surfing – and now, Lower Trestles is set to be the ...

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