Super Girl Surf Festival brings women’s QS 2,000 back to Jacksonville Beach
NXTbets Pro | Published On: November 6, 2026
Super Girl Festival
The sixth edition features a World Surf League women’s QS 2,000 at the Jacksonville Beach Pier in Florida, giving the event another high-level stage in a setting built around surfing and community. The festival is more than a contest, but the competition remains the anchor. Organizers are scheduled to meet at 8:30 a.m. EDT and are likely to call a 9 a.m. start, setting the tone for a weekend that should keep the focus on the water from the first heat. The pier gives the event a familiar home, and the local crowd will have a strong stake in the results with two Florida surfers carrying some of the most compelling storylines into the field.
The event also combines competition with a festival atmosphere. That combination gives the women’s QS 2,000 a platform beyond the surf lineup. The contest stands on its own as a World Surf League stop, while the surrounding schedule adds more reasons for fans to stay engaged. The format keeps the competition in focus while also bringing the event to an audience that can follow the action across the festival. Jacksonville Beach has become a setting where the surf contest, the crowd and the rest of the programming all feed into one another, and this year’s edition continues that formula at the pier.
Local contenders
Lanea Mons gives Jacksonville Beach its clearest homegrown angle. The Jacksonville Beach native comes in as one of the top local storylines at the event after winning the Atlantic Park Surf Pro Junior and then finishing runner-up at the La Marginal Surfing Pro QS 4,000. Those results moved Mons to No. 9 in the rankings, and that rise gives her added weight in a field where every heat can matter. Local support often follows a surfer who knows the break and the setting, and Mons now has both the hometown tie and recent results to back up the attention. Her profile makes her one of the names most closely linked to the event before the first ride.
Daytona Beach’s Alana Lopez adds another Florida presence near the top of the field. Lopez reached the semifinals in Puerto Rico and won the North America Pro Junior Regional title, results that pushed her to No. 5 in the rankings. That kind of form gives the event another strong domestic storyline and a second in-state surfer with a real claim on the spotlight. Mons and Lopez arrive from different corners of Florida, but both bring recent results that place them among the more relevant competitors in the draw. Their ranking positions show that the event is not just a local showcase. It is also a meeting point for surfers who are already producing at a level that carries real weight in the standings.
Festival lineup
The festival also stretches well beyond surfing, with organizers building the weekend around concerts, sporting events and activations that make the pier the center of a much larger gathering. That mix gives the event a broader public pull and turns the surf contest into part of a full festival schedule. The free format opens the door for families, fans and casual visitors to take part, and the additional programming helps create a more layered experience around the competition. In that sense, the surf event serves as the centerpiece, but it is not the only attraction.
The music lineup includes Switchfoot, Lupe Fiasco, B.O.B and Gym Class Heroes. Emily Zeck, McKenzi Brooke and Hello Sister are also scheduled to perform, giving the weekend a roster of scheduled acts. The combination of concerts and surf competition gives the event a distinct identity, one that brings athletic performance and live entertainment together. With the women’s QS 2,000 on the water and a full slate of festival programming around it, Jacksonville Beach is set up for a busy weekend that puts the surf field, the local contenders and the music schedule in the same spotlight.
