Photo Gallery: 500 surfers paddle out for a record-setting effort to promote Huntington Beach for the 2024 Olympics
More than 500 surfers gather for a record-breaking paddle-out off the Huntington Beach pier Tuesday to promote the International Surf Museum and a bid to be the host city for surfing in the 2024 Summer Games.
(Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )More than 500 surfers gather for a record-breaking paddle out off the Huntington Beach pier Tuesday to promote the International Surf Museum and a bid to be the host city for surfing in the 2024 Summer Games.
(Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )More than 500 surfers gather on the beach to take part in a record-breaking paddle-out Tuesday off the Huntington Beach pier to promote the International Surf Museum and a bid to be the host city for surfing in the 2024 Summer Games.
(Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )More than 500 surfers walk down Main Street in Huntington Beach on Tuesday to participate in a record-breaking paddle-out to promote the International Surf Museum and a bid to be the host city for surfing in the 2024 Summer Games.
(Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )More than 500 surfers head to the beach in Huntington Beach on Tuesday to participate in a record-breaking paddle-out to promote the International Surf Museum and a bid to be the host city for surfing in the 2024 Summer Games.
(Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )More than 500 surfers gather on the shore to take part in a record-breaking paddle-out Tuesday off the Huntington Beach pier to promote the International Surf Museum and a bid to be the host city for surfing in the 2024 Summer Games.
(Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )Jimmy Coggins with Guinness World Records counts surfers in a record-breaking paddle-out Tuesday to promote the International Surf Museum and a bid to be the host city for surfing in the 2024 Summer Games.
(Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )More than 500 surfers head to the beach in Huntington Beach to participate in a record-breaking paddle-out Tuesday to promote the International Surf Museum and a bid to be the host city for surfing in the 2024 Summer Games.
(Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )More than 500 surfers head to the beach in Huntington Beach to participate in a record-breaking paddle-out Tuesday to promote the International Surf Museum and a bid to be the host city for surfing in the 2024 Summer Games.
(Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )More than 500 surfers float offshore Tuesday in Huntington Beach as they participate in a record-breaking paddle-out to promote the International Surf Museum and a bid to be the host city for surfing in the 2024 Summer Games.
(Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )Spectators gather on the pier to watch Tuesday as more than 500 surfers attempt to set a record-breaking paddle-out to promote the International Surf Museum and a bid to be the host city for surfing in the 2024 Summer Games.
(Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )Kim Hamrock, left, and Cathy Young cheer to spectators on the Huntington Beach Pier on Tuesday during the effort to break a paddle-out record to promote the International Surf Museum and a bid to be the host city for surfing in the 2024 Summer Games.
(Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )Adam “Bushman” Orozco flshes a shaka to spectators on the crowd Tuesday at the Huntington Beach Pier. Over 500 surfers participated in record-breaking paddle-out to promote the International Surf Museum and a bid to be the host city for surfing in the 2024 Summer Games.
(Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )Ella Burchell with her dad, Bobby, right, prepares to join in a record-breaking paddle-out Tuesday in Huntington Beach to promote the International Surf Museum and a bid to be the host city for surfing in the 2024 Summer Games.
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