Paula Fernandez
Paula Fernandez
News mentions
Westcliff’s Spanish surfing sensation, freshman Silke Martinez, called them the worst conditions in which she’d ever surfed a contest. Huntington Beach was tidal, windy, swell-less mess over the weekend for the NSSA’s Southwestern Conference contest, and it brought major headaches — especially for the Warriors’ men’s teams — as Westcliff finished a disappointing fourth overall. But for Martinez, who has been a heavy-hitter for the Warriors since stepping off the plane from Spain and taking second overall at Black’s in La Jolla, Surf City USA was just another beach to tame, and she did just that, making history as Westcliff’s first-ever female NSSA first-place finisher.