Surf's up at Trestles for WSL Championship

Summer is getting underway, and we’re ready for it.

Seasonal fresh produce at the farmers markets, local music festivals, and longer beach days spent by the bonfire.

Yes, yes, and yes!

This weeks lineup:

• WSL is back at Lower Trestles for the 8th stop on the Championship Tour

• Hobie throwing a party for their brand new location at River Street Marketplace

• Show gratitude for our ocean with a local beach clean up and yoga session this weekend

• New menu items at a few local spots (Banh Mi pizza anyone?)

Let’s go!

WSL @ LOWER TRESTLES

Starting Monday June 9th through June 17th, the World Surfing League is back in San Clemente at local surfing hotspot Lower Trestles for the 2025 Championship Tour.

Lower Trestles is stop 8 of 12 events on the global tour this year, which includes legendary surf destinations around the world such as La Libertad, El Salvador, Gold Coast, Australia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. The tour ends in Cloudbreak, Fiji for the finals.

After the mid-season cut line, there are now 22 men and 10 women left to compete for the title of 2025 WSL Champion, currently held by John John Florence and Caitlin Simmers.

While we’re always rooting for the very best surfers to win, we’re particularly excited for San Clemente native Griffin Colapinto, who’s currently ranked 11th in the world.

There are so many amazing waves up and down the California, but Trestles is known to have some of the smoothest, most consistently long waves in California, making the waves, especially Lowers, any surfer’s paradise.

You can find all of the deets for watching the event live here (if you’re using Chrome and having trouble accessing the PDF, try Safari).

Get stoked, and go Griffin!

WEEKLY BULLETIN

Hobie grand opening party @ River Street Marketplace

Hobie surf is opening a brand spankin’ new location at River Street Marketplace in SJC this Thursday, and throwing an epic-sounding party. Live music, custom screen printing by Vissla, live board shaping, and an opportunity to meet John, Nathan & Ivan Florence. Deets here.

June 5th 6pm-8pm @ River Street Marketplace in SJC

Motel Minimarket

The minimarket is back! Celebrate the 1 yr anniversary this Sunday with local vendors, delicious snacks from Eat Swell Kitchen, mocktails from Drinks on Me, music from @kleinahexa and even tattoos from @Lizardskin_tattoo! More info here.

June 8th 10am-2pm 2415 S El Camino Real San Clemente

World Oceans Day

In beach communities like ours, we spend so much time in and around the ocean. Come out to Baby Beach this Sunday for free yoga, beach cleanup and learn about how we can all do our part to keep oceans cleaner.

Because we love our oceans, don’t you?

June 8th, 8am-11am Baby Beach and Ocean Institute in Dana Point

THE LINEUP

June 5th

• Hobie Surf Shop Grand Opening party @ River Street Marketplace in SJC - 6pm - 8pm. Join the party! Board shaping, custom screen printing, live music and more.

June 6th

• National Donut Day: do we need to say more? Head on into your favorite local donut shop for a tasty treat. We love JD Flannel in SJC, as they have some super unique flavors and even gluten-free.

• Surf into Summer party @ Catalyst at Bashams in SC - 6:30pm. Celebrate the grand opening of SUR Coffee at Bashams this Friday for a night of live music treats, coffee, and a whole lot more.

June 7th

• Barbells, Bikes & Brews @ Beach Cities Fitness in DP - 10am: get your weekend started on the right track with a challenging workout, followed by some refreshing brewskis.

• T-Street Zoo presents: Live Music night @ Gibroni’s in SC - 7pm: Get ready to get groovy with some coastal soul music supporting the T-Street Zoo music foundation. Pizza, cocktails, live music, good cause. We’re in.

June 8th

• World Oceans Day @ Baby Beach in DP - 8am - 11am: Help keep our local waters and beaches clean this Sunday. The ocean will thank you for it.

• Motel minimarket @ 2415 S El Camino Real San Clemente: Browse unique finds from local vendors, indulge in delicious treats, maybe treat yourself to that tattoo you’ve always wanted?

June 9th

• WSL @ Lower Trestles begins: The eighth stop on the world Championship Tour is at none other than Lowers, starting Monday June 9th through June 17th. Check it out live, deets here.

WATER CONDITIONS

Surf forecast - Lower Trestles

Tides - San Clemente

NEW MENU ITEMS

We’re suckers for new and interesting dishes whenever we see them, so we saved a few of these we saw for you all to checkout - hopefully soon!

Now we can’t say we’ve ever had a Bahn Mi-inspired pizza before, but now that you mention it.. that actually sounds pretty good.

The Banh Mi inspired “Banh Di” Detroit-style pizza from Gibroni’s is loaded with pork, hoisin sauce, cucumber, carrot, red onion, jalapeño, mint, and cilantro. Pair it with their Beer of the Month: Los Gibrinos, a strong pale ale by Los Molinos. Plus for every Bahn Di pizza and Los Gibrinos beer sold in June, $1 goes to their Charity of the Month, the Boys & Girls Club.

We’re always on the lookout for the absolutely delicious and unique seasonal drinks that High Tide Coffee in San Clemente crafts for us. And the summer menu they just announced is just that.

Summer menu:

Yuzu Matcha Soda
Staycation
Ube Bae
Yerba Breeze

We will for sure be stopping in to give these a try.

Thanks for reading & catch ya out there

— Hannah B