Toyota USA Surfing Championships Moving Day: The Field Narrows

USA Surfing to Carry Finals Action Live

San Clemente, California (June 24, 2021) – After three days of epic Lowers, mother nature delivered more challenging conditions just in time for “Moving Day” – the elimination heats that determine which surfers move on to tomorrow’s finals in the Toyota USA Surfing Championships presented by Got Milk? 
 
USA Surfing Championship is the season finale of Prime Series events on both coasts, and other qualifiers across the Mainland and Hawaii. The event gathers the best under 18 surfers in the nation to compete for national titles and positions on USA Surfing’s elite junior teams. 
 
Usasurfing.org broadcast the finals action live today and will again tomorrow with instant replay and analysis. 
 
The level of competition is intense in every age division. The day started with a perfect 10 in the Girls U12 division, after Hawaii’s Chesney Guinotte reeled off a series of critical frontside turns.  Ten-year-old Alana Lopez surfed well beyond her years to earn a 9.5. 
 
18-year-old Alyssa Spencer’s sizzling backhand scored a 9.6 in the girls U18 quarterfinals. Hawaii’s Shion Crawford had a pair of 9s in the Boys U18 round three. 
 
The field of elite surfers is now narrowed to the eight best surfers in each age division. The remaining surfers will battle it out to clinch USA Surfing Championship titles. 
 
The USA Surfing Championship titles earned through the history of the event have gone on to the World Surf League Championship Tour and now the Olympic Games this summer.  Read A Front Row Seat to the Future of USA Surfing. 
 
Girls U12
Alana Lopez, Ponce Inlet, Fla. 
Kadyn Persidok, Encinitas, Calif. 
Reid Van Wagoner, Carlsbad, Calif. 
Eden Walla, San Clemente, Calif. 
 
Chesney Guinotte, Hawaii
Marlo Leigh Harris, Dana Point, Calif. 
Skai Suitt, Oahu, Hawaii
Kaia Howard, San Clemente, Calif. 
 
Girls U14
Kylie Pulcini, Melbourne Beach, Fla. 
Sawyer Dimick, San Clemente, Calif.
Chrislyn Simpson Kate, Maui, Hawaii
Mia Mcleish, San Clemente, Calif.  
 
Vaihiti Mahana Inso, Oahu, Hawaii
Vela Mattive, Santa Barbara
Oaka Wong, Wahiawa, Hawaii
Avery McDonald, San Clemente, Calif. 
 
 
Girls U16
Sawyer Lindblad, San Clemente, Calif
Sara Freyre, Huntington Beach, Calif. 
Caitlin Simmers, Oceanside, Calif. 
Bella Kenworthy, San Clemente, Calif.
 
Betty Lou Sakura Johnson, Oahu, Hawaii
Zoe Benedetto, Palm City, Fla. 
Ewe Wong, Wahiawa, Hawaii
Puamakame Desoto, Honolulu, Hawaii
 
Girls U18
Alyssa Spencer, Carlsbad, Calif. 
Betty Lou Sakura Johnson, Oahu, Hawaii
Caitlin Simmers, Oceanside, Calif. 
Vaihiti Mahana Inso, Oahu, Hawaii
 
Sawyer Lindblad, San Clemente, Calif.
Nora Liotta, Maui, Hawaii
Ewe Wong, Wahiawa, Hawaii
Lilie Kulber, Los Angeles, Calif. 
 
Boys U12
Kai Nelson, Maui, Hawaii
Tanner Sandvig, San Clement, Calif. 
Merrick Mochkatel, Hawaii
 
Finn McCarty, San Clemente, Calif. 
Chase Matheson, Kennebunkport, Maine
Brody Price, Soquel, Calif. 
 
Boys U14
Quaid Fahrion, Huntington Beack, Calif.
Max St. Denis, Santa Cruz, Calif. 
Rex Hennings, San Clemente, Calif. 
Chase Burnes, Paia, Hawaii
 
Vance Weyandt, Tequesta, Fla. 
Charlie Stevens, San Clemente, Calif. 
Lucas Senkbeil Cassity, San Juan Capistrano, Calif. 
Roran Mullen, Maui, Hawaii
 
Boys U16
Cole McCaffray, Cardiff, Calif. 
Rylan Beavers, Kilauea, Hawaii
Oliver Zietz, Kauai, Hawaii
 
Jak Ziets, Santa Barbara, Calif. 
Shion Crawford, Oahu, Hawaii
Lucas Owston, Oceanside Calif. 
 
Boys U18
Taj Lindblad, San Clemente, Calif. 
Levi Young, Maui, Hawaii
Shion Crawford, Oahu, Hawaii
 
Makana Franzmann, Oahu, Hawaii
Brodi Sale, Hawaii
Ryan Huckabee, Flagler Beach, Fla. 
 
A special thank you to the sponsors of Toyota USA Surfing Championships: 
Toyota, Sun Bum, GoGoSqueeZ BlastZ, Carver Skateboards, Got Milk?, Hot Shoppe Designs, HydroFlask, Blue Diamond Almonds, Jacuzzi, Rise Brewing Company, DSC Performance, DJO Global, Oakley, Oura Ring, Vessel Health, Murf Electric Bikes, American Optometric Association and AirBnB
 
 
 
Contact: becky (at) usasurfing (dot) org
 
USA Surfing is the National Governing Body for surfing in the United States, recognized by the International Surfing Association (ISA) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). USA Surfing’s mission is to promote and grow the sport of surfing and support United States athletes of all backgrounds to achieve sustained competitive excellence in Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American and Parapan American competition. USA Surfing will oversee and support America’s Olympic team as surfing makes its debut in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and surfing and stand-up paddleboarding athletes compete in the 2019 Pan American Games.