Terrible surf, great surfing at ISF 50th Anniversary contest
It was a stormy two foot, sloppy, onshore windy drizzly morning for the 50th Anniversary International Surf Festival Surf Contest on the south side of the Hermosa Beach Pier on Saturday. “I almost called it off. But then I noticed there was enough surf to survive the high tide and started the contest,” director John […]
Congresswoman Janice Hahn votes against debt ceiling deal
Congresswoman Janice Hahn today cast her vote against the deal to raise the debt ceiling. Hahn, a Democrat sworn in only 13 days ago after winning the July 12 special election to replace Jane Harman as District 36 representative, said in a statement that she felt the deal was unbalanced. “This was a very difficult […]
Conditions challenge Velzy-Stevens Pier to Pier paddlers
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 the Manhattan Beach pier and sprinting the 1.6 miles […]
2011 Velzy Stevens Paddleboard Race [PHOTOS]
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 English Beat packs Hermosa Beach [PHOTOS]
Dave Wakeling’s English Beat packed the beach from the Hermosa Pier to 8th Street Sunday evening for a free concert produced by Saint Rocke’s Allen Sanford. Opening for the legendary English ska band were the Huntington Beach-based Originalites. Next Sunday, The Mother Hips, with special guest Brian Wright, will perform at the Hermosa pier, at […]
Kostich challenged by 18-year-old Diaz in Surf Fest Pier to Pier Swim, Spivey clocked, then clocks win
The greatest individual rivalry in the 50-year history of the International Surf Festival continued into its second decade Sunday morning in the Dwight Crum Pier to Pier Swim. And a potential new rivalry emerged. For the 10th time in the past 16 years, Alex Kostich, 41, won the two mile race from theHermosa Beachto theManhattan […]