Laguna surfers ride high in Brooks Street Classic

Pro-am champion Ryah Arthur goes high off the lip of a wave during in the 55th Brooks Street Classic surfing contest in Laguna Beach on Sunday.

Travis Booth, winner of the junior men’s division (ages 14-17), drops into a wave during the 55th Brooks Street Classic surfing contest in Laguna Beach over the weekend.

Boys 13-and younger winner Zack Van Meter performs a backside off the top of a wave in the Brooks Street Classic surfing contest in Laguna Beach on Sunday.

Senior masters division winner Hans Hagen performs a “foam climb” on Sunday during the Brooks Street Classic surfing contest in Laguna Beach.

Chad Gibbs, third-place finisher in the grand masters division, goes off the lip during the 55th Brooks Street Classic surf contest in Laguna Beach.

Jeff Booth surfs in the pro-am division final during in the 55th Brooks Street Classic surfing contest in Laguna Beach on Sunday.

Trey Lockhart performs in the junior men’s division of Laguna Beach’s Brooks Street Classic surfing contest on Sunday.

Michael Chapman, winner of the men’s division (ages 18-23), carves a turn during the 55th Brooks Street Classic surf contest in Laguna Beach on Sunday.

A surfer rides the barrel during the Brooks Street Classic in Laguna Beach.

Porter Hogan sends a sheet of water out the back of a wave en route to winning the senior men’s division (ages 24-29) in the 55th Brooks Street Classic surfing contest in Laguna Beach on Sunday.

Matt Flotho surfs with a rose in his mouth to honor Brooks Street surfing regular Richard Carlson, who died this year, during Flotho’s grand masters heat Sunday in the 55th Brooks Street Classic surfing contest in Laguna Beach.