Surfing

Young Joey Samuelian

Grateful grandma Dear ER: Thank you, thank you to the wonderful team of people who rescued my dear surfing grandson

The kid had a look on his face that said, “Oh my God. I just killed Mike Purpus.” I said “It wasn’t your fault. But I need you to paddle as fast as you can to George, whose on the big red surfboard and wearing a hat. He’s a paramedic.”

Ten days ago, Redondo Beach District 2 Councilman Bill Brand developed a swollen, red spot on the front of his leg. Had he treated it as if it were a simple spider-bite, he may very well have lost his leg. Or worse.

Andy Prunauer is a young local shaper who is making waves with his progressive designs, “Proper Surfboards.”

You can’t put Chris Barela on The Hermosa Beach Surfer’s Walk of Fame without Mike Benavidez at the same time.

No one embodies the spirit of surfing more fully than Derek Levy, who will be inducted into the Hermosa Beach Surfer’s Walk of Fame this Saturday, April 4 at the Hermosa Beach pier.

Groms, weather, slip and slide add to the stoke of South Bay Boardrider contest

“I had a vision and plan of where I wanted to be in five years,” Spyder Surf founder Dennis Jarvis said. “I wanted to continue the surfing lifestyle and feed myself.”

Richard Podgurski, as he’s otherwise known, has had a busy year.

Despite battling pancreatic cancer, lifelong surfer and local surf icon David “Big Wave Dave” Hamilton Elliot made the pilgrimage to the one place he’d always wanted to visit, the North Shore.

“Other people can argue oil drilling is bad for the environment and property values and that oil companies are evil. To me, it’s all about volume and prices,” said Measure O opponent Tom Morley.

Jimmy Young and Jeff and Greg Browning shammed friends into surfing bare back for the 8th consecutive winter on Sunday, February 15 at 16th Street in Hermosa Beach. Fortunately, the air was warm and the waves decent so there were fewer than usual complaints.

“It became an endurance contest,” said third place legend division finisher Mike Purpus, “The riptide was like inside pipeline when you are scratching to get to the inside while stuck in the impact zone. The current was like paddling against the Colorado River, and the sets were like surfing a stormy day at 2nd Reef Pipeline.”

Redondo vs. PV Surf Contest Video

Surfing: The South Bay Boardriders continues its South Bay Surf Series on Saturdays. The series features all age groups, from