The Redondo Beach Mermaid in Fiji: Swimming with Sharks
photos and words by Tessa Ptacek As one of the many perks of working for the best company in the world, Dive N’ Surf and Body Glove, recently I was able to check one of my bucket trips off my list when I was able to go to Fiji for 17 days. I went to […]
Pipeline: West and Beck Adler [PHOTOS]
In this year’s South Bay Boardriders Surf Contest season, Beck Adler had total control over the Grom Division and was a consistent finalist in the Boy’s Division. Beck’s older brother West was in every Longboard Division Final. I met the Adler brother’s dad, Gary, at the SBBC “King of the South Bay” contest and told […]
Canadian women stun top seeded team at NVL West Coast Championships
Seasoned professional beach volleyball players Priscilla Piantadosi-Lima and Kristen Batt-Rohr were shocked Sunday when the top-seeded team lost twice to a pair of 18-year-old Canadians at the National Volleyball League West Coast Championships held in Hermosa Beach. It was quite a weekend for twin sisters Megan and Nicole McNamara, of Delta, British Columbia, Canada who, […]
A dog, a bike and their human: Bixby and Mike Minnick roll through Redondo Beach
It’s about 4 in the afternoon at Catalina Coffee Company, and for the last few hours, a black and white lab-looking mutt has been hanging out on the patio, offering everyone a stick, or a twig, or a chewed up bit of flower. It’s always the same: She finds a new friend and stares […]