Pacific Beach Surf Club, San Diego, California

Message from the President - August 2, 2020

If you are reading this, then you made your way to the Club's website. Thank you!!!

Crazy times! The water is Cold for summer, and the novel Covid 19 pandemic appears to be hitting us hard for a second time this year - like the lower ocean temps. Oh The Humanity! The pandemic has prevented us from having our regular monthly meetings, and Coalition and non-Coalition contest events have been cancelled as well. Our own events - the 22nd Annual Summer Longboard Classic in June, and the 11th Annual TCC (Tourmaline Club Challenge) in October have been cancelled.

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The Pacific Beach Surf Club, originally founded in 1957 and then reborn in 1994, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the celebration of the Hawaiian sport of kings, surfing.

The club fulfills its mission by spreading aloha in all its endeavors, whether it be in friendly competition with rival clubs, respecting the environment through annual beach cleanups, teaching beginners and novices the skills and surf etiquette they will need through regular surf clinics, and passing on our knowledge and skills to the next generation of surfers.

The club is also a proud member of the Coalition of Surfing Clubs, and we participate in their annual series of surfing competitions up and down the California coast and sometimes even Baja, Mexico!

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Board Members

We would not have achieved decades of positive influence on surfing in Pacific Beach without the dedicated efforts of our members, and our Board of Directors truly exemplify this spirit.

Ron Greene, President and Founding Member

Ron Greene is a longtime Pacific Beach inhabitant who can be considered a local treasure not only for his role as PBSC's President (his second stint), but for his excellence at surf photography and top level surfing skills.

Celia Hoffman, Vice President and Team Captain

An avid surfer since her childhood days in Laguna Beach, Celia has been a member of PBSC since the late 1990's. Her enduring and endearing stoke and enthusiasm is the glue that holds the club together.

Kris Volk, Dept. of Treasury and Printing

When you send in your money for membership, contest fees, etc., Kris is the guy who takes those grubby dollar bills to the bank to keep the club's various operations going without a hitch.

Vince Bodie, Secretary & Chief Technical Officer

A fourth generation San Diegan, Vince started surfing in the mid '90s at Tourmaline Surfing Park and has become a local fixture both in and out of the water as the club's technical guru and webmaster.

Monthly Meetings

First Thursday of Every Month

VFW Hall

853 Turquoise Street
San Diego, CA 92109

Our Sponsors

Without our generous sponsors we would not be able to do all of the fun things we do to benefit our local surfing community.

Please support these good people, they help make it all happen!

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