Two County Surfers Will Compete at Op Wintersurf Pro

San Clemente’s Mike Parsons and Vince De La Pena of Laguna Niguel will be among the 32 surfers and snowboarders competing in the $10,000 Op Wintersurf Pro championships this weekend at the Huntington Beach Pier and Bear Mountain.

Parsons and De La Pena are among 16 surfers in the two-day event, which is in its third year. Surfer Gary Elkerton of Mooloolaba, Australia, who won the inaugural event in 1991, and defending champion Kevin Delaney, a snowboarder from Boulder, Colo., are not scheduled to compete.

Scores from Saturday’s surfing event, which starts at 6:30 a.m. at the Huntington Beach Pier, will be added to Sunday’s snowboarding results to determine the overall champion.

Also scheduled to compete are surfers Gary Clisby of Huntington Beach, Chuy Reyna of Oceanside, Ted Robinson of Manhattan Beach and snowboarder Damian Sanders of Huntington Beach.

The snowboarding competition is scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday. ESPN will televise the event March 10 at 9:30 p.m.