San Clemente’s Rip Curl Finals Will Decide 2023’s Best Surfer

San Clemente’s Rip Curl Finals Will Decide 2023’s Best Surfer
Surfers ride waves in front of the staging area of the Rip Curl WSL Finals of Lower Trestles in San Clemente, Calif., on Sept. 8, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—“It’s so fun out there today!” an elementary school-aged surfer with bleached hair told his dad while he sat under a beach umbrella at Lower Trestles beach Sept. 8.

“Do we have time to go back out there again?” he implored.

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John Fredricks is a California-based journalist for The Epoch Times. His reportage and photojournalism features have been published in a variety of award-winning publications around the world.
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