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Redondo Breakwall reawakens in time for Big Wave Challenge
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Redondo Breakwall reawakens in time for Big Wave Challenge

Photos by Mike Balzer [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”3001″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”]by Kevin Cody On Sunday, December 29, just days after the South Bay Boardriders Club announced the opening of its 2024-25 Big Wave Challenge, a swell that promised to rival the swell that produced the 2023-24 Big Wave Challenge winners swept into the South Bay.  Unfortunately, the […]

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Bark sticks landing after 32 Mile Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race
Beach Magazine

Bark sticks landing after 32 Mile Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race

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 […]

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