SOLANA BEACH — Forty-eight young, local surfers between 9 and 17 hit the waves at Fletcher Cove early Aug. 23 for the inaugural Grom-o-Rama surf contest sponsored by the Solana Beach Lifeguard Association. Winners were announced that evening during the city’s fourth annual Beach Blanket Movie Night, during which families gathered for picnics, raffle prizes and a showing of the surf flick “Step into Liquid.”

Contest winners:

Girls 9-11

Erin Barr

Tatum Clifton

Rachel McCarly

(tie) Alison Aguirre and Sierra Henderson

Girls 12-13

Sheli Swindel

Karly Kenyon

Wylie Schwartz

Stephanie McCarly

Michelle Meyers

Rachel Rankin

Girls 14-17

Kinsey Bettencourt

Tamara Kramer

Larissa Lambrou

Zoe Lawson

Kiernan Panish

Boys 9-11

Tony Moore

Brian Applegate

John Schade

Wesley Edgar

(tie) Ryan Shook and

Ryan Fazio

Boys 12-13

Kyle Timm

Jon Ramirez

Joel Btesh

Hakon Bream

Eric Schade

Zack Applegate

Boys 14-17

Eli Besser

Matt Meyers

Brennen Leftwick

Mason Levy

Emilio Jappelli

Michael Lieziert