Photos: Seal Beach’s massive, mutant waves put on a show
The mutant winter waves have woken from their slumber. Surf spots were firing on Friday, Jan. 13, across Southern California, with a break in the rain allowing expert riders to seek out big waves from the South Bay to San Clemente and beyond. Another round of big surf is hitting Southern California, not expected to […]
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Rare surf scene in Long Beach during tropical storm swell
There was a time when Long Beach was one of the best surf spots in Southern California, but then the breakwater was built decades ago blocking the wave action. Surfers have rarely shown up since. Except when just the right swell hits. While the tropical storm that blew into the region on Saturday, Sept. 10, […]
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Rare surf scene in Long Beach during tropical storm swell
There was a time when Long Beach was one of the best surf spots in Southern California, but then the breakwater was built decades ago blocking the wave action. Surfers have rarely shown up since. Except when just the right swell hits. While the tropical storm that blew into the region on Saturday, Sept. 10, […]
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Newport Beach’s Wedge goes wild with largest swell of summer season
A skilled surfer propelled down the face of a beastly wave, its toothy whitewash threatening to chomp down and swallow up the rider. But the surfer expertly navigated the wave’s watery face, claiming this wild ride as a victory, his body launching into the sky as he used the ocean’s force to somersault above the […]
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Olympic surf qualifying event coming to Southern California
Surfers will battle it out on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier later this summer to earn a slot into the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics, a “golden ticket’ to surf the world-famous Teahupoo in Tahiti for what will be the sport’s second Olympic appearance. The International Surfing Association announced this week Huntington Beach […]
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Surfing, skateboarding will officially ride into the LA28 Olympics
Surfing and skateboarding – two extreme sports with strong ties to Southern California – will officially be part of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The news comes after the International Olympic Committee met in China on Feb. 3 and decided on 28 approved sports that members felt put a “strong focus on youth,” […]
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Surfing, skateboarding will officially ride into the LA28 Olympics
Surfing and skateboarding – two extreme sports with strong ties to Southern California – will officially be part of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The news comes after the International Olympic Committee met in China on Feb. 3 and decided on 28 approved sports that members felt put a “strong focus on youth,” […]
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Surf resort in Palm Desert approved, man-made waves expected in two years
Tired of the crowds at your local surf spot? Soon, you’ll be able to catch waves in the desert, about two hours away from the salt-water ocean. The DSRT Surf Resort was recently approved by Palm Desert city leaders, bringing planners one step closer to developing Southern California’s first artificial, new-wave surfing getaway. The major […]
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Surf resort in Palm Desert approved, man-made waves expected in two years
Tired of the crowds at your local surf spot? Soon, you’ll be able to catch waves in the desert, about two hours away from the salt-water ocean. The DSRT Surf Resort was recently approved by Palm Desert city leaders, bringing planners one step closer to developing Southern California’s first artificial, new-wave surfing getaway. The major […]
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Hurley launches new apparel line with Black Girls Surf
If you can’t see it, you can’t be it. That’s a mantra Rhonda Harper, founder of Black Girls Surf, says often to convey the importance of cultural and gender diversity out in the ocean to inspire others to feel comfortable riding waves. One mega surf brand, Costa Mesa-based Hurley, is showing support for more inclusion […]
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