Huntington Beach highlight
U.S. Open of Surfing
The Lexus US Open of Surfing Presented by Pacifico is an annual August professional surfing competition held in Huntington Beach, drawing competitors and spectators from around the world.
The U.S. Open of Surfing has become the marquee event on Huntington Beach's annual calendar, drawing professional surfers, competitors, and spectators from across the globe each August. Officially known as the Lexus US Open of Surfing Presented by Pacifico, the competition is held on the World Surf League Championship Tour, which means it carries significant ranking points for elite surfers. The event features both men's and women's shortboard divisions and a prestigious longboard competition, with recent editions recognized as among the best in the event's modern history.
The competition transforms Huntington Beach for several weeks, with athletes training in the mornings and evening heats, spectators lining the beach and pier, and the city hosting the infrastructure of a professional sporting event. The influx of visitors, the global media attention, and the presence of world-champion surfers make it one of the largest annual events in Orange County. For the city and its businesses, the Open is both an economic driver and a cultural touchstone that reinforces Huntington Beach's identity.
For working families and business owners in Huntington Beach, the busy season around the Open—and the year-round activities that draw people to a beach town—requires careful planning about financial security. If income is disrupted by illness or loss, a term policy provides a predictable way to protect the household's stability through the mortgage, childcare and education years ahead.