Gale force winds challenge SBBC surfers

Photos by Steve Gaffney (SteveGaffney.com) Gale force winds, approaching 20 miles per hour during the South Bay Boardriders/El Porto Surf Shop in El Porto contest two Saturdays ago left announcer Mark Cole at a loss for words.  “I’ve said, ‘Challenging conditions’ a hundred times already. I need a new word,” he apologized   over the…

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Manhattan/El Segundo big wave bombs

Photos by Steve Gaffney (SteveGaffney.com) Los Angeles County Lifeguards Matty Mohagen and Shane Gallas pushed the limits of paddling into big waves at the Manhattan-El Segundo border about 7:30 a.m. on January 6. The shore pound was 10 feet. The outside waves, breaking past the end of the jetty, were two to three times that…

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Surf photographer Steve Gaffney advice: Stay low, keep moving

Steve Gaffney is a fine arts photographer who finds inspiration in surfing, and returns it. When surfers see him running up and down at the waterline, their surfing ratchets up a notch.  Gaffney has been photographing South Bay Boardriders contests every winter since 2012.  The contests are held six times a year, generally in North…

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