Editing Huntington Beach, California (section)

==Sports==
[[Image:Huntingtonbeach-waves.JPG|thumb|right|Huntington Beach]]

===Surfing===
Huntington Beach is the site of the world [[surfing]] championships, held annually in the summer. The city is often referred to as "Surf City" and the "Surfing Capital of the World".{{cn|date=May 2025}} In 1914, [[George Freeth]] was the first person to surf in Huntington Beach.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Moser |first=Patrick |title=Surf and Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture |date=2022 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-04444-1 |series=Sport and society |location=Urbana}}</ref> [[Duke Kahanamoku]] started surfing in Huntington Beach in 1925 and helped popularize the sport. The first surfboard shop, located underneath the [[Huntington Beach Pier]], opened in 1956.<ref name=100years>{{cite news|last1=Connelly|first1=Laylan|title=100 Years of Surf|work=Huntington Beach Wave|publisher=[[Orange County Register]]|pages=A1–A3| date=June 19, 2014}}</ref>