“I wanted to be one of the boys. So I grabbed a board nobody was using and a pair of my brothers trunks. I was one of the first girls to wear trunks instead of a bathing suit.” — 2019 Hermosa Surfer Walk of Fame indicutee Liz Benavidez
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
RBEF to hold “rock’n” gala on Saturday The Rock’n RBEF Gala, benefitting the Redondo Beach Educational Foundation — and by
Surfboard shaper Pat Ryan, former pro surfers Liz Benavidez and Ronnie Garner, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The
Track Meet: The 5th Annual Mini Mustang Youth Track Meet takes place Sunday from 1-5 p.m. Kids from kindergarten through
Most all of the month of March was like a lamb as far as surfing is concerned, the surf was
Hap Jacobs, the last of Hermosa Beach’s legendary shapers from Surfing’s Golden Age, shaped his last surfboard last week.
Danno Carter isn’t given to nostalgia, much less to a sense of larger perspective. But even Carter must admit he’s
Roger Bacon learned the power of showmanship in his teen years at his father’s auto dealership, Les Bacon Ford, where he made a Southern California catchphrase of “Get off your couch and come on down to Les Bacon Ford.” He went on to become of Hermosa’s most influential and controversial businessman.
At 71, Corky Carroll is still the coolest surfer around. The three-time International Surfing Champion, his lovely wife Raquel, Blue
If the 2019 South Bay Big Wave Challenge was based on size of the surfer relative to the size of wave, then sisters Landon and Teagan Meza would be top contenders. (The award is presented by the South Bay Boardriders Club to the surfer who catches the biggest wave of the winter).
