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The National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to encourage and assist its members in their interest to learn and develop the fundamentals and skills of surfing competition while competing in structured and quality events. The NSSA promotes the qualities of discipline and competitive excellence while supporting the merits of academic achievement to young surfers. The NSSA strives to provide a fun surfing experience for all of its members.

The NSSA is one of the few national youth sports organizations that require its participants to maintain academic standards in order to compete. Since 1978, the NSSA program philosophy has been that athletics and scholastics go hand in hand. More than 80 NSSA events are run nationwide that culminate with the annual National Championships which is regarded as the highest profile youth surfing event in America.

Surfer of the Week - 5/21/2018

MATTY PIERCE

Age:	17
Hometown:	Santa Barbara, California
School:	Santa Barbara High School; 12th grade
Sponsors:	Channel Islands Surfboards, Sanuk Footwear, Avasol Suncare, Mesa Burger, Alki Chiropractics, WNG surf team
Equipment:	5’7" Channel Islands OG Flyer
Claim to Fame:	For most of Matty’s amateur career, he has been somewhat of an underground competitor. The kid who calls himself Chunky_Slabs mainly stuck to his roots up in the Gold Coast territory. But this year, the Santa Barbara High School senior set higher goals for himself and traveled up to the Northwest Conference where he went on a competitive roll right off the bat winning the first two events in both the Open Mens and Explorer Juniors divisions. Staying focused and consistent by stringing together consecutive finals appearances in every event, he sealed not one but two conference crowns. With a strong work ethic and solid ability, Matty etched his name into the NSSA history books. But he will tell you himself that it was something he couldn’t have imagined. “When I was 10-years-old doing my first NSSA comps, it didn’t seem like winning a conference title would ever be possible.” he said. "But practice does make perfect and I couldn’t be more stoked to finally get one!” Favorite thing about the waves in Norcal: I like the diversity in the waves and how different each spot is. You can have a right point break and on the other side have a perfect left wedge. I’m used to surfing rights at home so I definitely like that too. Local surf spot: Rincon or Sandbar. Age you started surfing: I was around 4 or 5. I went to Surf Happens Surf Camp when I was about 10 and got really into it. Favorite surfers: Mason Ho and Conner Coffin. Mason because he has a cool style and has a very different way of approaching waves. His trick list is very diverse. Conner because his surfing is flawless and looks like a paintbrush on a canvas. Surf crew: All the local Rincon guys and a bunch of the little CI groms. Fantasy superpower: To breathe underwater. Dream wave: A slow roll in into a slabbing double up, get spit out at the very end and probably do a huge slob grab. Who has pushed your surfing? Sam Coffey. He’s been one of my good buddies for a while but whenever I surf with him I feel like I push myself and that helps my surfing. Goals for the upcoming Regionals and Nationals: I’d like to make finals at Regionals and just surf as well as I can at Nationals. Thank yous: I’d definitely like to thank my parents for always driving me to comps and paying for them because I’ve never really had a sponsor to do that. I’m thankful they’ve stuck with me after all the early years of not doing very well in contests!

 

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