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Conditions couldn’t have been much worse for the 2011 Velzey-Stevens Paddleboard Championships held Sunday morning in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary International Surf Festival.
But a south wind and bumpy water didn’t deter over 150 prone and stand-up paddlers from lining up off the end of theManhattan Beach pier and sprinting the 1.6 miles to the beach on the south side of the Hermosa Beach pier.
