A riot broke out in Huntington Beach following the final of the US Open of Surfing, which was contested by Californian Kolohe Andino and Brazil’s Alejo Muniz.
The riot started with a row of porta-loos getting vandalised (see video), before escalating into a full-on mess that ended up with shops getting looted and the authorities needing to call in re-inforcements.
Mainstream media was of course quick to label the rioters ‘surf fans’, but with the US Open of Surfing surrounded by a full schedule of side shows – like music gigs and skateboarding events – maybe it was the skateboarders? Or the Rock fans? Maybe even Al Qaeda?
Or maybe it’s because of the fact that surf fans have a history of riots in Huntington Beach – the 1986 US Open also ending with a loud bang, when rioters overturned police vehicles and ransacked a lifeguard tower.
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