Italo Ferreira, in white hat, hugs Filipe Toledo before a press conference for the World Surf League finals at the pier in San Clemente, CA on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. The finals will take place at Lower Trestles between September 8-16, 2022. Kanoa Igarashi (photo 2) of Huntington Beach could end up being the top surfer in the world. The group of ten, 5 men and 5 women, will battle it out in a one-day contest at Lower Trestles. . Photos by #OCRegister photographer Paul Bersebach @pbersebach #wsl @filipeToledo #surfing @KanoaIgarashi #SanClemente @ItaloFerreira #Lowertrestles #ItaloFerreira #FilipeToledo #KanoaIgarashi . . . Follow the Register staff photographers at... @rightmiremark @mindy.schauer @jgritchenphoto @pbersebach @leonardortiz.ocreg