The Ritz Carlton-Laguna Niquel’s Annual Surfing Santa Competition is Saturday November 19 2016.
The Surfing Santa Contest will be at Salt Creek Beach Park in Dana Point California.
The surfing starts at 8:00am.
Awards will be given out at 3:50pm.
The public is encouraged to attend and enjoy this free Dana Point event.
This is a benefit for Surfers Healing.
The concept for the Surfing Santa Competition was developed by The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel’s General Manager Bruce Brainerd as a benefit for Surfers Healing.
The Competition is a one-day surf contest where competitors dress like Santa or other holiday-inspired characters and surf the waves at Salt Creek Beach.
The competition is held every year the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
The Holiday Surfboard Auction kicks off that same day and runs through December 31.
The collection of donated surfboards is auctioned off online and over the years has highlighted boards from well-known artists like Wyland, Art Brewer, Dana Louise Kirkpatrick, and Sage Vaughn, musicians such as Donavon Frankenreiter and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and personal boards from surf legends including Greg Long, Shawn Dollar, Laird Hamilton, Garrett McNamara and Kelly Slater, to name a few.
Surfers Healing is a foundation for autism that hosts free surf camps that introduce children with autism and their families to the therapeutic properties of surfing.
Last year, Surfers Healing took more than 4,000 children surfing during surf camps held across the country from Malibu and Doheny Beach in California to Wrightsville Beach, NC and Toronto, Canada.
Since the conception of both events, The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel has raised more than $210,000 for Surfers Healing.
The Ritz Carlton Sunday Holiday Tree Lighting is Sunday November 20 2016 where local residents and resort guests kick off the holiday season.
Surfing Santa Competition Schedule
Salt Creek Beach Parking
Salt Creek Beach Park located at 33333 South Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point.
The Ritz Carlton is located at 1 Ritz Carlton Drive in Dana Point.
Salt Creek Beach has a Pay Parking lot.
