Old Mission Beach Athletic Club To Host OMSurf 26th Annual Classic Longboard Surfing Contest

The Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC) is calling all surfers to grab their vintage longboards and paddle out for a nostalgic competition at the 26th Annual Classic Longboard Surfing Contest!

The competition is an opportunity for surfers and spectators to gather and pay homage to the “Golden Age” of surfing. All contestants must surf on longboards made in 1969 or older, nine feet or longer, with no leash. The two divisions include the Open Division for men and women ages 17 and up and the “Menehune” Division for men and women 16 years of age and younger.

Old Mission Beach Athletic Club To Host OMSurf 26th Annual Classic Longboard Surfing Contest

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Prevent Drowning Foundation (PDF) of San Diego, previously known as the San Diego Junior Lifeguard Foundation.

PDF, whose mission since 2009 has been to save lives by funding swim lessons for underserved youth and providing aquatic safety education for all, has impacted tens of thousands of young people in San Diego County including John Cofield, a 15-year old San Diego native who learned to surf through the foundation. The program provides more than just swim lessons; it provides a community.

Old Mission Beach Athletic Club To Host OMSurf 26th Annual Classic Longboard Surfing Contest

“I love to surf, and I wouldn’t know how to if it hadn’t been for Junior Lifeguards,” says Cofield, the three-year veteran to the program and recipient of the JG Scholarship. “I couldn’t imagine my summer without this annual tradition that brings friends together on the beach and teaches us the importance of ocean safety and education.”

The foundation also provides scholarships to underserved youth like Cofield, who without the help of the PDF, might not have known how to swim. Now he gives back to his community by lifeguarding at his neighborhood pool.

Old Mission Beach Athletic Club To Host OMSurf 26th Annual Classic Longboard Surfing Contest

See you there!

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