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A friendly sea monster rescues micro grom Leo Kiely from getting sucked over the falls during the Dive N’ Surf/SB Boardriders contest in Manhattan Beach. Coach Dave Schaefer. Photo by Steve Gaffney (SteveGaffney.com)
Read MoreShaun Burrell once again showed the difference between a pro surfer, even a recently retired one, and just really good local surfers during Saturday’s ET Surf/South Bay Boardriders contest at 26th Street in Manhattan Beach.
Read MoreWhen the South Bay Boardriders Club was founded in 2009 its stated goal was to develop competitive surfers.
Read More“There was a rumor on the beach of a Dennis Jarvis sighting” Lack of surf forced the postponement of the sixth and final South Bay Boardriders Club contest, which had been scheduled for last May. But as it turned, out moving the contest to last Saturday at the Manhattan Beach pier worked out better than…
Read MoreKing Harbor’s main channel looked as if a tsunami warning had been issued Sunday morning. Slips emptied. Power boats, sailboats and skiffs swelled the main channel on their way out to sea. Just south of the harbor mouth, on the north side of Topaz jetty, over 1,000 surfers and paddlers made their way from the…
Read MoreConsistency best describes El Porto. Its large, submarine canyon sucks swell from every which way, concentrating the ocean energy onto a variety of sandbars that can offer the most insane barrel ever and/or slow lethargic mushballs (most likely on the same wave.) Chaotic is another good description that comes to mind. The 105 freeway a…
Read MorePhotos by Ken Pagliaro Photos by Dave Gregerson Photos by Steve Gaffney Conditions cooperated and competitors took full advantage of the opportunity at the Feb. 23 Dive N’ Surf/South Bay Boardriders Club contest at 45th street in Manhattan Beach. Pro surfer Dane Zaun was so dominant in a loaded men’s finals that the judges didn’t even need…
Read MoreSketchy conditions turned optimum during the early hours of the ET Surf/South Bay Boardriders Surf Series Contest Saturday at 26th Street in Manhattan Beach. The rain gave way to burning sun, the tide backed off and consistent head high waves began from breaking outside to the beach. And then, as the finals heats were about…
Read MoreOlympians and professional stars weren’t the only local athletes to make news in 2012. Following are month-by-month highlights of sports stories in the world of sports and the issue dates they appeared in the Easy Reader. January 12 – Mira Costa’s boys water polo team handed Palos Verdes its first league loss since 2007 to…
Read MoreSome predictable results, some surprises and plenty of enthusiasm carried over from the previous two seasons marked the start of the 2012-13 South Bay Boardriders Contest Series on Saturday. The contest was sponsored by Spyder Surf at the Hermosa Beach pier. The surf was a consistent, two-to three foot with smooth conditions throughout the day.…
Read More[scrollGallery id = 468] Photos by David Powdrell, Kevin Cody The motto for the Beach Decathlon is part Churchill (“Nevah give up) and part Peter Pan (“Never grow up”). All 10 events are challenging, and slightly tweaked, explained Derek Levy. He and his brother Mark and dad Sol have staged the event at Neptune Street…
Read More[scrollGallery id = 467] In a finals match that underscored both sportsmanship how much more exciting beach volleyball is with side-out rather than rally scoring, Bishop Montgomery volleyball coach Kevin Norman led his team to a 19 to 17 victory in the 55th Annual 17th Street Labor Day Weekend Volleyball tournament on Sunday. The former…
Read More[scrollGallery id = 456] Story and photos by Alan Clift (SmartShotImages.com) Lew Abramson, Brixton’s new operations manager, has injected new energy into the Redondo pier’s Brixton South Bay, judging from the line-up and capacity crowd on Friday night. Dale Bozzio’s Missing Persons, the headline act, reminded old fans and demonstrated to new fans why her…
Read More[scrollGallery id = 371]Photos by Ken Pagliaro (KPSurf.com) If anyone deserved to win two tickets toFiji aboard Air Pacific, presented Friday night at American Junkie during the South Bay Boardriders awards party, it was Natalie Anzivino. After a fourth place finish at a Pipeline pro contest early in the year, Anzivino returned to the South…
Read MoreDan Connell was just looking for a place to paddle out on the day he won the South Bay Board Riders Big Wave Challenge.
Read More[scrollGallery id = 329] After nearly three decades away from competitive surfing, and two hip replacements, former top ranked pro surfer Mike Purpus returned to the podium on Saturday by winning the legends division (50 and over) at the Dive N’ Surf South Bay Boardriders Club contest at 45th Street in Manhattan Beach. Purpus nailed…
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