CNN CNN Newsroom July 29, 2013 13:06:00
Complete chaos and near anarchy as the u.s. open of surfing, a skate and surf event held in huntington beach, california, turned into madness. after a large crowd gathered at the conclusion of the competition began rampaging through the streets of the mellow beach town fighting. >> it started like with a fight and then it just broke out and then the cops started to move in and they were throwing tear gas at everyone and everyone plugging their nose and coughing and dodging into stores and everyone just running down main street. >> reporter: damaging public property. >> all i'm trying to do is ...