NSSA - National Scholastic Surfing Association

This Web site is for anyone who is interested in the sport of surfing. We've organized the National Scholastic Surfing Association into categories on the top of the page so you can jump easily into areas of interest. Many areas of the site will be updated on a regular basis. So, make sure to visit us as often as you like.

Southwest Explorer Menehuene
#	Surfer	Points
1	Makai Castle	6000
2	Nico Panichella	3930
3	Tyler Knatz	2940
4	Brody Buck	2450
5	Tommy Zahalka	2440
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Southwest Explorer Duke
#	Surfer	Points
1	Daren Collins	5250
1	Gary Tachell	5250
3	James Ferguson	2550
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Northwest Open Longboard
#	Surfer	Points
1	Harper King	3000
2	Leah Murphy	2250
3	Logan Harris	1680
4	Jonathan de Grandpre	1260
4	Healey Skelton	1260
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Gold Coast Explorer Girls
#	Surfer	Points
1	Madyson Stone	0
1	Eloise Grewe	0
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Southwest Open Mini-Grom
#	Surfer	Points
1	Tanner Sandvig	6000
2	Bodhi Aguilar	3830
3	Brody Buck	3510
4	Sawyer Abing	2940
5	Gerrit Bakker	2480
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Northwest Explorer Mens
#	Surfer	Points
1	Jackson Taylor	3000
2	Kai Kushner	2250
3	Justin Khan	1680
4	Elijah Nielsen	1580
5	Stephen -Marcus Palau	1260
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Northwest Open Super Girls
#	Surfer	Points
1	Marlo Leigh Harris	3000
2	Kaikora Nauenberg	2250
3	Ava Saffell	1680
4	Layne Anderson	1580
5	Kirra Huntress	1260
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Northwest Explorer Girls
#	Surfer	Points
1	Vela Mattive	3000
2	Olivia Storrer	2250
3	Camille Cortazzo	1680
4	Healey Skelton	1580
5	Saga Espeland	1260
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Northwest Open U10 Boys
#	Surfer	Points
1	Moses Hennings	3000
2	Cruz Vavuris-Verduzco	2250
3	Henry Goldstein	1680
4	Clay Huntley	1580
5	Lyla Honegger	1260
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Southwest Open U10 Girls
#	Surfer	Points
1	Teagan Meza	6000
2	Peeta Kenworthy	4500
3	Satya Aguilar	1680
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Northwest Open Women
#	Surfer	Points
1	Zoe Chait	3000
2	Maddie Storrer	2250
3	Marlo Leigh Harris	1680
4	Jessie Engel	1580
5	Skye Davies	1260
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Southwest Explorer Super Groms
#	Surfer	Points
1	Luciano Locatelli	6000
2	Wyatt Yount	4500
3	Finn Castle	3360
4	A.J. Iredell	3160
5	Nixon Bray	2520
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Gold Coast Explorer Juniors
#	Surfer	Points
1	Owen Neth	0
1	Sebastian Bluhm	0
1	Kainoa Queenan	0
1	Jackson Meyer	0
1	Kai Kushner	0
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Northwest Open Juniors
#	Surfer	Points
1	Adam Bartlett	3000
2	James Daniel	2250
3	Kai Kushner	1680
4	Ethan Hollander	1580
5	Jackson Taylor	1260
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Northwest Open Mini-Grom
#	Surfer	Points
1	Ronin Castorino	3000
2	Maddox Keet	2250
3	Marcel Vincent	1680
4	Dominic Arce	1580
5	Brady Meyer	1260
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Gold Coast Super Seniors
#	Surfer	Points
1	Curt Harper	0
1	Bill MacLeod	0
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Northwest Explorer Women
#	Surfer	Points
1	Keanna Miller	3000
2	Zoe Chait	2250
3	Skye Davies	1680
4	Madalyn Price	1580
5	Maddie Storrer	1260
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Southwest Explorer Super Girls (12 & under)
#	Surfer	Points
1	Kaydn Persidok	4680
2	Ava Saffell	3510
3	London Meza	3000
4	Maxima Resano	2500
5	Teagan Meza	2250
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Northwest Explorer Super Groms
#	Surfer	Points
1	Maddox Keet	3000
2	Koby Wachter	2250
3	Wyatt Yount	1680
4	Marcel Vincent	1580
5	Jett Reynolds	1260
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Northwest Explorer Boys
#	Surfer	Points
1	Dylan Sloan	3000
2	Brody Price	2250
3	Adam Bartlett	1680
4	Stryder Stelck	1580
5	Ethan Hollander	1260
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Southwest Open Mens
#	Surfer	Points
1	David OKeefe	5250
2	Dane Matson	4180
3	Kai Kushner	3510
4	Gavin Lusby	2580
5	Henry Rothey	2480
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Gold Coast Explorer Super Girls (12 & under)
#	Surfer	Points
1	Eloise Grewe	0
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Northwest Explorer Super Girls (12 & under)
#	Surfer	Points
1	Olivia Storrer	3000
2	Layne Anderson	2250
3	Kaikora Nauenberg	1680
4	Camille Cortazzo	1580
5	Sienna Cook	1260
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Gold Coast Explorer Boys
#	Surfer	Points
1	Fynn Neth	0
1	Kainoa Queenan	0
1	Santiago Greenberg	0
1	Dominic Arce	0
1	Matthew Matuszak	0
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Gold Coast Explorer Menehuene
#	Surfer	Points
1	Makai Castle	0
1	Tristan Day	0
1	Kody Grunig	0
1	Santiago Greenberg	0
1	Dominic Arce	0
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Southwest Explorer Boys
#	Surfer	Points
1	Luke MacBeth	5250
2	Eeli Timperi	4580
3	Henry Rothey	3260
4	Dylan Sloan	3135
5	Reef Persidok	2860
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Northeast Explorer Menehuene
#	Surfer	Points
1	Brody Price	3000
2	Brady Meyer	1680
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Gold Coast Explorer Super Groms
#	Surfer	Points
1	Finn Castle	0
1	Koby Wachter	0
1	Troyden Frontino	0
1	Dashiel Eichar	0
1	Maddox Keet	0
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Southwest Explorer Women
#	Surfer	Points
1	Maddie Stanton	6000
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Southwest Explorer Juniors
#	Surfer	Points
1	Greyson Grant	4260
2	Wheeler Hasburgh	3830
3	Ethan Hollander	3510
4	Bryse Celaya	3000
5	Timothy Fandey	2940
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Southwest Open Women
#	Surfer	Points
1	Bella Kenworthy	6000
2	Sara Freyre	3930
3	Sierra Downer	3430
4	Talia Swindal	2940
5	Mara Morales	2420
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Northwest Explorer Juniors
#	Surfer	Points
1	Kai Kushner	3000
2	Adam Bartlett	2250
3	James Daniel	1680
4	Ethan Hollander	1580
5	Stryder Stelck	1260
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Gold Coast Explorer Women
#	Surfer	Points
1	Vanessa Clarke	0
1	Madyson Stone	0
1	Talia Swindal	0
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Northwest Open U10 Girls
#	Surfer	Points
1	Lyla Honegger	3000
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Southwest Explorer Super Seniors
#	Surfer	Points
1	Gavin Haughey	5250
2	Roger Matzke	3930
3	Jon Moyer	3870
4	Douglas Jones	870
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Southwest Open Boys
#	Surfer	Points
1	Petey Romaniuk	3000
2	Lucas Senkbeil	2250
3	Quaid Fahrion	1680
4	Alberto Barzan	1580
5	Fynn Neth	1260
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Gold Coast Explorer Mens
#	Surfer	Points
1	Sebastian Bluhm	0
1	Nathan Asaro	0
1	Jackson Meyer	0
1	Kai Kushner	0
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Northwest Open Girls
#	Surfer	Points
1	Vela Mattive	3000
2	Zoe Chait	2250
3	Maddie Storrer	1680
4	Hana Bakker	1580
5	Jessie Engel	1260
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Southwest Open Girls
#	Surfer	Points
1	Bella Kenworthy	3000
2	Sara Freyre	2250
3	Avery McDonald	1680
4	Niyah Rosen	1580
5	Reid Van Wagoner	1260
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Southwest Explorer Longboard
#	Surfer	Points
1	Liv Stokes	6000
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Southwest Open U10 Boys
#	Surfer	Points
1	Moses Hennings	5250
1	Cruz Freyre	5250
3	Henry Goldstein	3360
4	Brett Gregorius	0
4	Dane Gregorius	0
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Southwest Open Mini-Grom Girls
#	Surfer	Points
1	Ruby Stringfellow	4680
2	Teagan Meza	3930
3	ZoÃ« Panettiere	3830
4	Zoey Kaina	3000
5	Tyler Stanton	1260
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Northeast Explorer Mens
#	Surfer	Points
1	Tyler Chin	100
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Southwest Explorer Mens
#	Surfer	Points
1	Makai Bray	6000
2	Wheeler Hasburgh	4500
3	Maddox Bray	2860
4	Luke Rebensdorf	2580
5	Hudson Saunders	1580
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Northwest Explorer Menehuene
#	Surfer	Points
1	Sawyer Abing	2250
2	Tristan Day	1580
3	Olai Beckman-Moon	1260
3	Dane Grochowski	1260
5	Levi Hall	1180
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Southwest Explorer Girls
#	Surfer	Points
1	Kaydn Persidok	4680
2	Maddie Stanton	3470
3	Shea Sherman	3000
4	Maya Saunders	2860
5	Caiya McAlister	2840
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Northwest Open Mini-Grom Girls
#	Surfer	Points
1	Kirra Huntress	3000
2	Lyla Honegger	2250
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Southwest Open Juniors
#	Surfer	Points
1	Kai Kushner	3000
2	Gavin Lusby	2250
3	Makai Bray	1680
4	Lucas Senkbeil	1580
5	Rex Hennings	1220
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Northwest Open Mens
#	Surfer	Points
1	Tanner Vodraska	3000
2	Dylan Sloan	2250
3	Kai Kushner	1680
4	Adam Bartlett	1580
5	Cooper Shank	1260
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Northeast Open Super Girls
#	Surfer	Points
1	Zoe Roth	1180
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Northwest Open Boys
#	Surfer	Points
1	Jesse Rapp	3000
2	Brody Price	2250
3	Stryder Stelck	1680
4	Kainoa Queenan	1580
5	Ronin Castorino	1260
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Southwest Open Super Girls
#	Surfer	Points
1	Sawyer Dimick	3000
2	Kaia Howard	2250
3	London Meza	1680
4	Brynley Beckman	1580
5	Ava Saffell	1260
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NSSA members celebrating birthdays this week:
#	Surfer Name	Birthday
1.	Delaney Spruill	10/24/2021
2.	Taylor Stacy	10/24/2021
3.	Collin McCarty	10/24/2021
4.	Pax Tybuszewski	10/24/2021
5.	Thomas Kunz	10/25/2021
6.	Casey Lavin	10/25/2021
7.	Brayden Gratzer	10/25/2021
8.	Charlie Gallo	10/25/2021
9.	Avery McDonald	10/26/2021
10.	Giancarlo Valverde Barriga	10/26/2021
11.	Zack Sjuggerud	10/27/2021
12.	Wyatt Yount	10/27/2021
13.	Sophie Falzone	10/28/2021
14.	Tallon Gordon	10/28/2021
15.	Tyko Tran	10/28/2021
16.	Inti Gutierrez	10/29/2021
17.	Sterling Stewart	10/29/2021
18.	Ava Lavender	10/30/2021
19.	Stephen Peterson	10/30/2021

The National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to encourage and assist its members in their interest to learn and develop the fundamentals and skills of surfing competition while competing in structured and quality events. The NSSA promotes the qualities of discipline and competitive excellence while supporting the merits of academic achievement to young surfers. The NSSA strives to provide a fun surfing experience for all of its members.

The NSSA is one of the few national youth sports organizations that require its participants to maintain academic standards in order to compete. Since 1978, the NSSA program philosophy has been that athletics and scholastics go hand in hand. More than 80 NSSA events are run nationwide that culminate with the annual National Championships which is regarded as the highest profile youth surfing event in America.

To view the 2021 NSSA Championship Dates, click here.

Surfer of the Week - 10/25/2021

DANE MATSON

Age:	16
Hometown:	San Clemente, California
School:	San Clemente High School: 11th grade. Favorite subject: English
Sponsors:	Hurley, Sunbum, FCS and Lost Surfboards
Equipment:	Lost Surfboards Driver 2.0 5'11"
Claim to Fame:	The 2021/22 Southwest Conference Open got underway at Ventura Harbor on September 25-26 and Dane kicked off the new season with a dominant win in the Mens final. It was an impressive all-around performance for the 16-year-old from San Clemente securing the victory with two big scores of 8.67 and 7.60. Dane found his rhythm in the solid 3–4-foot lefts utilizing his powerful approach. The goofy-footer’s formula of hammering big frontside maneuvers out the back and finishing with big explosive hits on the inside was the perfect strategy for the steep, running lefts that were on offer. Dane was on a winning tear the entire event taking firsts in all his preliminary rounds proving that his competitive game is clicking. The talent has always been there. With the 2021 National Championships coming up in a few weeks, the San Clemente High School Junior wants nothing more than to keep that momentum going. He will be competing for both the Open Juniors and Open Mens titles. His goal is to take at least one of those. His brother Kade took the Open Juniors in 2018, and Dane could by all means follow in his footsteps. On an even higher level and an even bigger test, he will also contend for the Open Mens, a title that his favorite surfers Andy and Bruce Irons both won with their ferocious and radical ability. Performances that hold up to today’s standards. Dane’s surfing influences come for the Irons brothers because in his words “I like how they surf because I like big turns more than airs”. With his personal brand of power-based surfing and a mix of innovation, Dane could pulverize HB’s peaky walls and join his heroes on the elite champions list. Stay tuned! ### WHAT DID YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT THE WAVES AT VENTURA HARBOR? I liked that there were lefts! AGE YOU STARTED SURFING: My dad taught me when I was around 5 years old. SURF CREW: Tyrone, Hayden, Bryse, Luke, Ben and more. LOCAL SPOT: Lowers. WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT LIVING IN SAN CLEMENTE? Lowers and T Street. It’s always fun here. LOCAL HEROES: Griffin Colapinto, Kolohe Andino and my brother Kade. They live in San Clemente, and I see them surfing all the time. FAVORITE PRO SURFERS: Andy Irons, Bruce Irons and Chris Ward. I like the way they surf. I like turns more than airs. HOBBIES OTHER THAN SURFING: Basketball and I play guitar. IF YOU COULD SURF LIKE ANYONE IN THE WORLD, WHO WOULD IT BE? Andy or Bruce Irons because they are very good. FANTASY SUPERPOWER: I would want super strength. SOMETHING PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU: I love music. DREAM WAVE: Any left in Indo. BARRELS OR AIRS: Barrels. WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT SURFING NSSA CONTESTS? I love the people at NSSA. They are all amazing 😊 WHO HAS PUSHED YOUR SURFING THE MOST? Probably my friends. Surfing with them every day makes me want to surf better than them and do better in contests. GOALS THIS YEAR: To win the Nationals. THANK YOUS: To my family!