BRIEFLY IN SPORTS

Victoria Skimboards event includes barbecue, clinics

Victoria Skimboards will host a one-day skimboard celebration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Victoria Skimboards headquarters, located at 2955 Laguna Canyon Road, No. 1.

Planned activities for the day are as follows:

?10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: How to choose a skimboard clinic

?10:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.: Premiere of the first Victoria Skimboard DVD release, “Dayz.”

?11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.: Skimboard safety clinic

?11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Barbecue fundraiser for Surfrider Foundation

In addition, skimboards will be available for purchase throughout the event.

For more information, call Victoria Skimboards at (949) 494-0059.

Summer football camps debut in June

Local youth and high school-aged players will have the opportunity to develop their game during upcoming summer football camps staged under the direction of head football coach Jonathan Todd and his staff at Laguna Beach High.

All camps will be at Guyer Field on the Laguna Beach High campus.

Youth Football Skills Camps are two no-contact camps designed to teach players blocking and tackling forms as well as offensive, defensive and special teams position skills. Each day’s camp will culminate with no-contact flag football scrimmages.

Campers are asked to bring athletic shorts, mouth guard and cleats in addition to snacks and sufficient water each day. Each camper will receive a Laguna Beach football T-shirt.

The five-day camp is open to youth who will enter grades third through eighth in the fall, and the cost is $210 per camper. This camp will run June 25 to 27 from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

A three-day “mini camp” that will follow July 14 to 16 is open from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Youngsters grades three through eight are welcome, and the cost for this camp is $128 per player.

In addition to the youth camps, a high school summer football camp also is being offered beginning June 23. The camp includes weight training, speed and agility training and individual position and team training. All passing league games also are included.

Players will receive a sport pack of shorts and a T-shirt.

The cost is $341 per player, and the camp is open to incoming frosh/soph and varsity players.

The high school camp will run through Aug. 8 but no instruction will take place July 3 and 4 due to the Fourth of July.

For more information on all three camps, e-mail Coach Todd at jtodd@lbusd.org.

Swimming instruction offered at high school

Junior Guard prep classes are currently underway through Laguna Beach High.

The classes, open to youth ages 7 and older, are from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Coach Chad Beeler and staff will offer instruction in backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle and butterfly as well as help youngsters develop speed and endurance.

The cost is $55 per session.

For more information, e-mail lagunah2ocoach@earthlink.net.

In other swimming news, youngsters ages 5 and older can learn strokes and prepare for swim team competition with Coach Chad Beeler from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Monday and Wednesday.

Caps and goggles are required, and the cost is $55 per session.

For more information, e-mail lagunah2ocoach@earthlink.net.