The sand and surf are San Clemente’s seaside playground – but this weekend, it also transforms into a competitive arena. The famed Ocean Festival set around the beach town’s wooden pier brought out ...

Along a sliver of sandy beach between the cobblestone-lined ocean and a dense shrub habitat, a mini beach festival appeared, built in just a few days to welcome the world’s best surfers. Scaffolding ...

A mini city on the beach is being built on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier in anticipation of summer’s biggest action-sports beach festival, the Lexus US Open of Surfing, an event that has ...