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Tommy Coleman ducks into the green room. Photo: Courtesy of Wyatt Stark on Instagram

San Clemente’s Matt Biolos, founder of Lost Surfboards by Mayhem, is shown practicing his craft in the shaping bay. He was honored as Waterperson of the Year at the July 17 SIMA’s Waterman’s Ball in Laguna Beach. Photo: Courtesy of Facebook/Boardship.co.uk

Ocean rescues over the past week at Calafia State Beach are prompting renewed warnings from lifeguards as another round of large surf was expected to arrive this week.

San Clemente’s Cole Houshmand opened the World Surf League Challenger Series with a victory at the Ballito Pro in South Africa, giving the local standout an early boost in the

San Clemente’s Tommy Coleman (above) displays his championship form on the way to winning the Men’s Longboarding title in the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. Photo: Courtesy of Jim Collins San Clemente’s Hayden Rodgers is airborne during his semifinal heat in the U.S. Open of Surfing. Photo: Alan Gibby, for SC Times

San ClementeanEden Walla's official Instagram post with Natural Selection Surf announcing her as a competitor this year. Photo: Courtesy of Natural Selection Surf on Instagram

The repairs to Old Man's Shack in progress at San Onofre State Beach. Photo: Courtesy of Ann Marie Moneymaker/San Onofre Surfing Club

(From left) Seth Moniz, Kelly Slater and San Clemente’s Griffin Colapinto at the

San Clemente lifeguards watch from the iconic Old Man's tower at San Onofre. Photo: Courtesy of SC State Lifeguard Association on Instagram

For San Juan Capistrano surfboard shaper Garrett Teng, building boards began with a simple thought: why keep buying them when he could learn to make them himself?