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🏄🏼‍♀️ Oceanside's Caitlin Simmers, 18, won the World Surf League championship in a showdown against Olympic gold medalist Caroline Marks last week. (Union-Tribune)

She is the youngest to ever claim the title, which has a complicated history. 

⛺ San Diego is poised to lose hundreds of shelter beds soon, and officials haven't said how they'll replace them. (Voice of San Diego)

The Lineup: Youngest surf champ

Caitlin Simmers of the United States after winning the 2024 World Title ]at the Lexus WSL Finals

Caitlin Simmers after winning the 2024 World Title after at the Lexus WSL Finals in San Clemente. Photo: Pat Nolan/World Surf League via Getty Images

🏄🏼‍♀️ Oceanside&#x27;s Caitlin Simmers, 18, won the World Surf League championship in a showdown against Olympic gold medalist Caroline Marks last week. (<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Union-Tribune" data-vars-click-url="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/09/06/on-the-most-amazing-day-ever-oceansides-caitlin-simmers-crowned-youngest-world-surfing-champ/" data-vars-content-id="c9dce0f6-9690-4088-94aa-814793d07cd8" data-vars-headline="The Lineup: 🏆 Youngest surf champ" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/09/06/on-the-most-amazing-day-ever-oceansides-caitlin-simmers-crowned-youngest-world-surfing-champ/" target="_blank">Union-Tribune</a>)<ul><li>She is the youngest to ever claim the title, which has a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="complicated history" data-vars-click-url="https://www.surfer.com/news/world-surf-league/who-is-surfings-youngest-world-champion" data-vars-content-id="c9dce0f6-9690-4088-94aa-814793d07cd8" data-vars-headline="The Lineup: 🏆 Youngest surf champ" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.surfer.com/news/world-surf-league/who-is-surfings-youngest-world-champion" target="_blank">complicated history</a>. </li></ul>⛺ San Diego is poised to lose hundreds of shelter beds soon, and officials haven&#x27;t said how they&#x27;ll replace them. (<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Voice of San Diego" data-vars-click-url="https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/09/10/how-the-citys-responding-to-the-loss-of-hundreds-of-shelter-beds/" data-vars-content-id="c9dce0f6-9690-4088-94aa-814793d07cd8" data-vars-headline="The Lineup: 🏆 Youngest surf champ" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/09/10/how-the-citys-responding-to-the-loss-of-hundreds-of-shelter-beds/" target="_blank">Voice of San Diego</a>)

The Lineup: Youngest surf champ

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