Sun – check. Fawning crowd – check. Good surf – check. Could life be any better for Team Dragon at Huntington Beach Pier at the Nike US Open of Surfing. I could think of worse ways to spend a day.

Some of the best young surfers around battled it out at the Nike US Open of Surfing 2011 on Sunday in peaky 2-4 ft waves at Huntington Beach Pier. Check out the highlights of Day 1.