Julian Williams and Sahara Faye of Oahu win longboard titles in California
On October 10 at A Great Day in the Stoke in Huntington Beach, two Oahu surfers took the longboard titles.
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On October 10 at A Great Day in the Stoke in Huntington Beach, two Oahu surfers took the longboard titles.
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On October 10 at Kedokubama Beach on Tokunoshima, Sumomo Sato and Joh Azuchi won the Tokunoshima Town Pro, a QS 2,000.
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Brisa Hennessy of Costa Rica won the EDP Ericeira Pro on October 12 at Ribeira d’Ilhas. She posted 13.17. Lucy Darragh was second at 10.30. Sierra Kerr was t...
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Sierra Kerr is 19, from Coolangatta. On October 12 she finished third at the EDP Ericeira Pro in Portugal and locked a spot on the 2027 Championship Tour. Sh...
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On October 11 at Pismo Beach, Chloe Coleman and Cole Robbins won the Surfing For Hope Longboard Classic, the first stop of the North America longboard season.
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Annie Goldsmith is a student at St Peter’s Girls School in Adelaide. She has cerebral palsy and has spent most of her life in a wheelchair. She cannot walk w...
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Isla Hardy is 16, from Aptos, California. On Sunday she won Girls U18 at USA Surfing Prime Series West Stop No. 1, in 1- to 3-foot surf at Steamer Lane. It w...
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Ryan Kainalo is 20, from Ubatuba. On October 3 he won the Banco do Brasil São Sebastião Pro at Maresias, on his own coast.
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On October 12, Ocean Springs beat Brandon 3–2 in the MHSAA 7A South State title game. It was a rematch of last year’s South State match.
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Jesse Carson is No. 25 in North Carolina. On October 14 the Cougars swept rival South Rowan 3–0 (25–17, 25–10, 25–23) to win the South Piedmont Conference to...
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Somersworth High School is in New Hampshire. The Hilltoppers came into Wednesday unbeaten. Kingswood came in at 7–1. Somersworth swept them 25–21, 25–23, 25–...
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Lower Valley Little League in Springdale, Pennsylvania, showed up this spring and the Williams Street field was gone. The backstop was down. Gear they had st...
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Kinley Rasmus is 12, from Phenix City, Alabama. At the Little League World Series she was the 25th girl to play in the tournament, and she did not hide.
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Bayonne Little League had never been to Williamsport in 75 years. This 12-year-old All-Star team got there in 2026 — New Jersey champs, Metro Region, two win...
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Sanyia Randolph is 15. At the 7th annual VyStar Emerald Trail Race in Jacksonville’s LaVilla neighborhood she was the first female finisher in the 5K. More t...
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While Panama played on Little League’s biggest stage in 2026, Ian Del Cid’s story was also what he does when the lights are off. Same kid on the field and in...
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