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Photos by Mike Balzer Images of Jack Bark leaping to his feet and sticking the landing on his 19.5-inch-wide paddleboard after racing 32 miles from Two Harbors on Catalina Island to the Manhattan Beach Pier went viral on social media following the Sunday, August 25 Catalina Classic. Bark’s 4:54:45 channel crossing smashed Tim Gair’s 1999 […]
Photos by Kirill Umrikhin (@kirillumrikhin) [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2948″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”]by Kevin Cody Brother and sister Jack and Emily Bark have been at the Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race finish at the Manhattan Beach Pier every year since they were born. Their dad, Joe, competed in the race for 38 consecutive years, beginning in 1983. He won […]
By Garth Meyer New Redondo Beach Mayor Jim Light welcomed paddlers to the 2024 Catalina Classic Saturday morning, Feb. 24, at Seaside Lagoon, then went up to Veterans Park for a District 1 Community meeting featuring L.A. County Supervisor Holly Mitchell. It was day four of Light’s interim mayorship, taking over for the late Bill […]