NSSA - National Scholastic Surfing Association

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.


Location Change for Open Season Event #6

Tuesday, February 03, 2026 | Written by Gayline Clifford

Open Season #6 Location Change

The Open Season event #6 site location has been moved to Oceanside Pier.

The reason is the State Parks had a 25 year lease (I believe it was that long) with the  Military to be able to give beach permits for the surfing events at Uppers, Lowers and Church.  That was up I believe 2 years ago.  It took the Military that long to figure out what they were going to do.  So, they decided to give the State Beach another lease and sent it to Sacramento for approval and to sign it.  Unfortunately, that was a long process, and it has not been cleared yet by the officials in Sacramento.  The State Beach is still confirming the proper and required protocol, etc.  So, for this reason we had to move the event again this season.  We are hoping this gets cleared up asap so we can resume going back to Church for events.

In addition, we were required to notify the City of Oceanside yesterday if we were going forward with the backup permit for Oceanside Pier.

Sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. 

Please email gclifford@nssa.org if you have any questions.