Birth of the Blue Zones: How Dan Buettner created a movement
by Mark McDermott Dan Buettner is a National Geographic Explorer, a vocation for which both wonder and wander are inherent. But he came of age at a time when the geographic wonders of the world had been thoroughly documented. So early in his career, Buettner wandered in ways nobody had before, making his mark as […]
RETURN OF THE HOTDOGGER: Longboard surf contest comes to Manhattan Beach
by Mark McDermott “Let the young hot-dogger have his fun in the shorebreak. A mature man will never remain a hot-dogger.” From “Hot-Dogging vs Classic Surfing,” SURFER, Sept. 1966, by Sam Reid, as preserved in the Encyclopedia of Surfing. “Most surfers agree that there are two predominant styles in surfing. The stylist concentrates on exactness […]
Baywatch Community Calendar 10-12-23
Pumpkins in the Park On Saturday, October 14. Show up in costume and march in the costume parade. Pick a pumpkin, decorate it, and take it home. Games, crafts, face painting, hot dogs, popcorn, and a fantastic puppet show. Edith Rodaway Friendship Park, 350 Prospect Ave., Hermosa Beach. 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Photo by […]
PSM to host Art auction For IA Arts
The former Jacobs Surf shop on Pacific Coast Highway in Hermosa Beach will be the site of ART 310, an auction featuring the works of a dozen local artists Saturday evening, October 21. The former surf shop is now the offices of marketing agency PSM Communications Arts. Proceeds will benefit the Indivisible Arts (IA) Creative […]
John John Florence drops in on local groms
Photos by Ken Pagliaro (KenPagliaro.com) Two time World Surf League Champion, and 2020 Tokyo Olympian John John Florence drew a capacity crowd Tuesday, October 3, at Gallery 208 in downtown Manhattan Beach. Florence was in town to promote a “pop up” sale of his surf apparel at the gallery, and to attend a screening of his […]