51st Surf Festival kicks off with 6-man volleyball tournament in Manhattan Beach
The Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim has produced numerous heated battles at the Manhattan Beach Pier finish line. Photo The International Surf Festival begins its second half-century of competition today when the 51st edition of the event kicks off with the Charlie Saikley 6-man beach volleyball tournament on Tuesday and Wednesday in Manhattan Beach. Manhattan Beach city officials decided to move the popular beach volleyball tournament from the weekend to midweek in hopes of attracting fewer unruly partiers who comprised part of the 60,000 spectators drawn to the longstanding event each year. The Surf Festival continues Friday at 7 p.m. at the Hermosa Beach Pier with the L.A. County Lifeguard Championships, U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter & L.A. County Lifeguard Rescue Demo, 6-Lifeguard Run Relay, Lifeguard events and Bud Stevenson Intracrew Medley Relay. The Venice lifeguard team will be aiming for its sixth consecutive championship in the Bud Stevenson Intracrew Medley Relay. Stevenson served as Los Angeles County’s Chief lifeguard in 1950s and was instrumental in changing Hollywood’s “beach boy” image of lifeguards by developing the rigorous and comprehensive training programs that…
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