Photo We Love: Surfing Huntington Beach

Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 07.24.09 | 2:33 PM ET

REUTERS/Gene Blevins

Australian Taj Burrow at the recent X-Games finals in Huntington Beach, California.

One of surfing’s biggest events culminates at the Huntington Beach Pier this weekend: The Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing concludes Sunday. Forecasters are predicting some big, tasty waves thanks to a swell from the Southern Hemisphere.

Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.

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