Oil City Showdown

The first West Coast Surfing Championships were held in 1959 at Huntington Beach Pier. Four years later the meet was upgraded to become the United States Surfing Championships, and it was the only West Coast surf event where spectators had a real presence: hundreds came out for the debut event, and turnout during the mid-'60s often hit ten-thousand or more. The contest took place in September, whi...

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