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When people talk to me about the ‘good old days,’ I tell them, ‘The good old days’ are right now.’” — ET Surf shaper Pat Ryan

Photos by Ed Solt A Dewey Weber “Performer Model,” a Greg Noll “Da Cat Model,” a Rick “UFO,” a Bing “David Nuuhiwa Model,” and a Hap Jacobs Balsa as well as other local surf memorabilia adorn the ceilings and the walls of the Riviera Mexican Grill in the Riviera Village of Redondo Beach. While many restaurants […]

Hawaiian food hits the spot in the category of amazing after surf grinds. The Surf Hut in Torrance, a South Bay institution since 1972, offers Hawaiian plate lunches and well portioned breakfasts like “the Loco Moco.”

Local Torrance Beach surfer Candace Stalder keeps a 1965 Ford Country Squire in the family as her daily driver.

After a season starting with the most postponements due to enormous waves, rain, and/or gale force onshore winds in the five year history of the club, the SBBC wrapped up the 2015 season with the last couple of contests in favorable conditions making the year truly special. On Saturday, May 2nd, the league concluded with the “King of the South Bay” contest at Manhattan Beach Pier.

“Hotsauce of the Month” is a new feature in Drop Zone LA covering the local hot babes.

Drop Zone LA’s main man, Mr. Civic Couch Brad Jacobson captures just another spring morning at El Porto

Moving Pictures is a collection of surfing shots from the South Bay region of Los Angeles taken throughout the month of March.

March 18th brought a nice surprise of barrels to the South Bay. Not many offered exits but it was still a fun morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9pqRj_2Zm0&feature=youtu.be It’s been a dismal start to the winter surf season here in the South Bay. We received a small swell mid November which hung around for only a couple days. El Porto received the best size but the crowds were thick. Either way, Drop Zone LA’s Super Session PREVAILS! Filmed and Edited (who’s praying […]

Drop Zone LA’s Surf Sessions continues with our first small swell of the winter. Drop Zone LA caught up with Teddy Navarro, Tyler Hatzikian, Marcelo Malinco,Rich Silva, Scott Bredesen and others at El Porto in Manhattan Beach on a gloomy November morning.