Blockbuster finish to US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach as Kanoa Igarashi battles Jake Marshall

Blockbuster finish to US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach as Kanoa Igarashi battles Jake Marshall

The Lexus US Open of Surfing ended with an all-Southern California showdown as Huntington Beach's Kanoa Igarashi looked for his third title while Encinitas' Jake Marshall chased his first championship.

CT Surfers Ate 80% Of The US Open’s Semifinal Points

The Challenger Series exists to put surfers on the Championship Tour. At Huntington, the men’s event mostly handed points to surfers who are already there. Jake Marshall beat Kanoa Igarashi in the final, Griffin Colapinto finished equal-third and Hayden Rodgers was the only member of the final four not currently on the CT. Together, Marshall, Igarashi and Colapinto collected 23,885 of the 29,970 points available across the four semifinal positio…