“Touch” – Photographs of artists by Jim McHugh at ESMoA

The Big Picture ESMoA features the artist portraits of photographer Jim McHugh It’s a big job, massive in fact and never ending, but someone’s got to do it. Someone’s got to photograph the visual artists who have made Los Angeles a tier one contender for Art Capital of the World, and right now it seems […]

El Nino 2016 swell at Torrance Burnout, El Segundo Jetty photos

Photographer Brad Jacobson met the first solid swell of 2016 at Torrance Beach’s Burnout, the moved north to the El Segundo. At Burnout he caught newly emerging South Bay chargers Conor Beatty and Angel Luhrsen. At Hammerland, he caught another new charger Noah Collins, as well as old guard surfers Tyler Hatzikian, Chris Wells, John Gillmore, Matt Mohagen, Matt Pagan and Damien Fahrenfort.

El Nino 2016 at the Redondo Breakwater photos by Balzer

Photographer Mike Balzer stationed himself at the Redondo Breakwater when the first solid swell of El Nino 2016 lit up Southern California Beaches on January 6 and 7. Balzer is president of the South Bay Boardriders Association, which sponsors the South Bay Big Wave Challenge. The contest honors surfers who ride the biggest South Bay waves of the the winter. For more information about the contest visit SouthBayBoardriders.com