Six of the South Bay’s best surfers met under the most challenging conditions the South Bay has to offer on Saturday in El Porto for the Spyder/South Bay Boardriders contest. At stake was the SBBC Open Mens series title and a trip for two to Fiji, courtesy of Air Fiji.
April started out slow in North LA, but by mid month the south swells started to fill in and the month closed out with the first solid south of the season. The “Pulse of the Month” came during the last swell of the month, which was groomed by strong offshore winds. Chad Marshall and few buddies decided it would be a good idea to paddle out on single fin longboards at a pumping beach break. Chad paddled right out and into a set wave, set his line, and pig-dogged his way through a perfect drainer as if he was on a shortboard. He did this over and over as shortboarders around him struggled to make the drops.
After scoring on a surf trip to Nicaragua in 2012, pro surfer Matt Pagan and his brother Mike wanted a place where they could showcase highlights of their trip. With the norm of surf professionalism including a self-indulgent “pump-up” site, the Pagan’s felt there was more to a simple collection of clips and sponsor thank you’s.
“We thought about it and realized we didn’t want to just be another brand or self promoting website,” Matt said. “We wanted to start a movement.”
Sunny skies kissed the salty breeze that greeted the thousands of spectators enjoying the Seventh Annual Spyder Surf Fest on Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach April 5th.
After months of mounting tension between Manhattan Beach Unified School District administrators and the teachers union, the two parties have
