CITYSCAPE ROUNDUP:

Huntington Beach-based Quiksilver Inc.’s third-quarter net income dropped by 78%, from $24.3 million the previous fiscal year to $5.3 million. The steep drop-off was blamed on its recent acquisition of Rossignol’s seasonal business cycle.

Quiksilver’s share price was down 7.6% in after-hours trading. French ski maker Rossignol, acquired by Quiksilver in 2005, has a positive effect on the company’s first and fourth quarters in terms of profits but has a negative effect in the second and third quarters, according to the company.

Chairman and Chief Executive Robert McKnight Jr. warned a weak golf market will affect the company’s fourth-quarter results.

Revenues from its recently acquired businesses of Rossignol and Cleveland Golf made up about $76.8 million of the total.

Its third-quarter revenues increased 41%, to $525.9 million from $373.8 million during the same period last year.

Coastal Cleanup Saturday

Care about the beach? Head down to the north side of the Huntington Beach Pier this Saturday for the California Coastal Cleanup Day.

Bags and gloves will be provided as well as free parking at the city beach parking lot at 1st Street and Pacific Coast Highway.

Event cosponsor Simple Green will be holding a raffle for volunteers. For more information, call Tim Dugan at (714) 536-5614. For other cleanup areas, call 1-800-COAST-4-U.

Town hall forum on Bolsa Chica

With the opening of the Bolsa Chica tidal inlet to the Pacific Ocean, the Amigos de Bolsa Chica are working on future management of the Bolsa Chica.

A town hall forum on Sept. 20 will have a presentation by Terri Stewart from the department of Fish & Game about the agency’s plans to take care of Bolsa Chica.

The meeting will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Huntington Beach Central Library.

The Bolsa Chica Land Trust will hold a separate town hall meeting at the Library on Oct. 3 about the restoration project as well as the Shea/Parkside property with local environmentalist Mark Bixby’s photographs.

Surf championships this weekend

About 180 local surfers have signed up for the 36th annual Huntington Beach Surfing Championships on Saturday and Sunday.

Only residents of the Huntington Beach Union High School District can participate in the event. The nine divisions include Super Masters (55 years and older), Grand Masters (45 through 54), Seniors (35 through 44), Masters (25 through 34), Men (18 through 24), Juniors (15 through 17), Boys (10 through 14), Women (10 and older) and Menehune (9 and under).

Trophies for all divisions will be awarded for first through sixth place.

The first dance made easy

If you have been dreading the first dance after getting married, a Bride and Groom’s First Dance class can help improve those with two left feet.

A Sept. 30 class at the Murdy Community Center (from 11 a.m. to noon) can help the bride and groom practice their steps before an October wedding.

The couple just have to get their own music, and trainer Kaylaa Fox will help do the rest for a fee of $25 per person.