Friday morning, around a dozen young girls were eager to hit the waves in Oceanside and surf with their idols.

They were participants in the run by the World Surf League. It's a chance for young surfers to learn from the pros.

"It was really exciting," said Tate Archambault, who was participating in the program for the first time.

"I asked, 'Do they always want to be a professional surfer?'" she said. "They said they knew, like when they were just 11, that they wanted to keep doing that."

That's also Archambault's dream — to be a professional surfer. On Friday, she was being mentored by Encinitas native Alyssa Spencer, a .

"It's pretty amazing for us as mentors to the younger girls to, like, inspire the next generation," Spencer said.

It's her way of giving back. She was once in Arch

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