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SLIDESHOW: Ocean Festival Kicks Off Weekend

Saturday's competitions and events were just the start of the two-day festival at the San Clemente Pier.

The San Clemente Ocean Festival, billed as the "Greatest Show on Surf," kicked off the 35th year of the event Saturday morning with competitions, an art show, and a classic woody car display at the municipal pier. 

Organizers say the festival attracts more than 50,000 visitors annually from all over Southern California to Hawaii and Australia.

The festival continues Sunday with a sand sculpture contest, mermaid parade and the California Waterman and Waterwoman championships.

Free parking and shuttle service to the festival is available at San Clemente High School.  

Oliver Yu July 17, 2011 at 09:19 pm
Wow...these are great photos John! I really love how you captured the moments in many of the pictures.
Definitely the toughest one I think was the reflection in the window of stickers! Great snap!
John Schreiber July 17, 2011 at 11:15 pm
Thanks Oliver... It was a fun event to shoot!
Oliver Yu July 17, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Definitely! I got to cover the sand castle building contest for the OC Register 2 years ago.
michelle candice July 18, 2011 at 04:44 am
I paid $32.67 for a XBOX 360 and my mom got a 17 inch Toshiba laptop for $94.83 being delivered to our house tomorrow by Fedex. I will never again pay expensive retail prices at stores.I even sold a 46 inch HDTV to my boss for $650 and it only cost me $52.78 to get. Here is the website we using to get all this stuff, http://BuzzSave.com

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