O.C. surfers seeking national scholastic titles

During a lull between waves Saturday, NSSA collegiate division spectators carry on a friendly conversation.

2011 NSSA national men's collegiate champion Brent Reilly, left, congratulates Mra Costa College teammate Dayton Silva on his victory Saturday in the National Scholastic Surfing Association's men's collegiate final. Reilly was runner-up.

Something exceptional must've happened on that wave.

Mira Costa College's Brent Reilly was the 2011 NSSA national men's collegiate champion, and this year he was runner-up to teammate Dayton Silva.

CBS Sports Network filmed Saturday's NSSA national collegiate surfing championships as part of the 2012 Alt Games. The surfing is set to air at 9 p.m. Eastern on Friday, July 13. The Alt Games also include wakeboarding, volleyball and skateboarding.

Teammates Kelly Zaun, left, and Dayton Silva get amped as they hit the water Friday for the men's collegiate final. Mira Costa surfers placed 1-2-3-4 in the six-man final with Silva taking the title.

UC San Diego's Shaun Burrell powers a cutback in Saturday's NSSA men's collegiate final.

Supporters carry the University of North Carolina's Tony Silvagni up the beach Saturday following his victory in the NSSA's national collegiate longboard final.

USC's Kaleigh Gilchrist, from Newport Beach, jams off the top Saturday at Salt Creek during the NSSA collegiate women's final. She placed fifth.

Surf fans like what they see.

Amy Nicholl from the University of Central Florida whacks a frontside section Saturday, achieving her second NSSA national collegiate women's title.

UCLA's Taylor Pitz, from Laguna Beach, slashes a cutback Saturday en route to third place in the national collegiate women's final at Salt Creek.

UCLA's Chandler Parr, from Malibu, attacks a section Saturday en route to a second-place finish in the NSSA's national collegiate women's final.

Spectators and a CBS film crew catch the action Saturday at the National Scholastic Surfing Association's collegiate finals at Dana Point's Salt Creek Beach.

San Clemente High grad Dennis White, surfing for Saddleback College, finished No. 3 in the NSSA national collegiate longboard competition Saturday at Salt Creek Beach.

Three of the six finalists in Saturday's NSSA national collegiate women's final were from Orange County, Kaleigh Gilchrist (orange), Marissa Shaw (black) and Taylor Pitz (yellow). Amy Nicholl, in white, from Florida, took the win.

Derrick Disney of Mira Costa College launches Saturday at Salt Creek.

San Diego State's Marissa Shaw, from San Clemente, smacks a section under the lip Saturday during the NSSA national collegiate women's final. She placed fourth.

A little intercollegiate horseplay on the beach.

Tony Silvagni from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington combo'd the field Saturday, winning the NSSA national collegiate longboard title.

Amy Nicholl from the University of Central Florida celebrates her victory Saturday in the NSSA women's collegiate championship final.

This is the form that carried Mira Costa College's Dayton Silva to the NSSA national men's collegiate surfing title Saturday at Dana Point's Salt Creek Beach.