Dwight Crum Pier-To-Pier Swim
The swimmers aim for the Manhattan Beach Pier. Photo by Olivia Kastin.
International Surfing Championships
Noah Collins does an impressive cut back during his heat. Photo by Olivia Kastin.
LA County Lifeguard Championships
Photo by Olivia Kastin
Charlie Saikley 6-Man Volleyball Tournament
Velzy-Stevens Paddleboard Race, Surf Festival 2010
Hogan Inscore, 17, of Redondo Beach, signaled his arrival in competitive paddling by finishing second in the 2010 Velzy-Stevens Paddleboard Race. PHoto by Olivia Kastin
Taplin Bell Relay, Dwight Crum Swim Surf Festival 2010
Central Section Captain John Douglass celebrates his teams victory in the Taplin Bell Relay. Photo
For whom the bell tolls
How the Taplin Bell was won, and lost, in the one of the greatest lifeguard races of all time If there was any doubts what the South Bay Section was up against, they were dispelled in the waves off Avenue C on Friday night by a swimmer named Kicker. The Bud Stevenson Lifeguard Intracrew Medley […]
City, participants deem Six Man a success
Six-Man crowds and alcohol are reduced as enforcement and barricades are increased.
Reality TV becomes vehicle for Hermosa’s Rajun Cajun
The Creole charisma of Stephen Domingue, the indefatigable owner of Rajun Cajun Café on Pier Avenue, will be on display in the reality TV show “The Great Food Truck Race,” set to premier on Food Network Aug. 15.
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
They spent a decade in exile, moving from camp to camp. Now they travel the world, playing songs of loss, hope, peace, and love. They are the true rolling stones.
‘Day after’ race a challenge for dorymen
Despite helping Central section win Saturday night’s Taplin Bell Relay doryman David Cartlidge wasn’t about to celebrate with his teammates. Sunday morning, he and fellow doryman John Van Duinwyck were scheduled to compete in the Surf Festival Doryman’s Relay. “Everyone calls this the hangover race because everyone stays out late celebrating Taplin,” Cartlidge said as […]
Teenage Sex and Boner
Tall Cans and Teenage Sex, Boner Machine, WorkHorse and Smart Patrol put on a killer show Saturday night at Kilkenny’s on the Redondo Beach pier.
City faces harbor zoning conundrum
The City Council has a difficult determination to make in the wake of the city’s loss in court to Building a Better Redondo over a public vote on harbor zoning: figuring out what exactly the current zoning is.
Venice swimmers build lead in Bud Stevenson relay
The 49th Annual International Surf Festival competition kicked off Friday night with the Los Angeles County Lifeguard Championships at Avenue C in Redondo Beach. Prior to the competitions, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter coordinated with a lifeguard Bay Watch to demonstrate how victims rescued by the lifeguards can be lifted into the helicopter for transport […]
Sand Dune reopens with many changes
Bill Hory showed up Monday to morning to claim the first reservation time-slot issued for adult exercise on the city’s controversial sand dune at Sand Dune Park since it was closed a year ago.
Letters-August 5, 2010
Re-inventing ones store means they needed to change. Good for Spyder. Jack’s will dominate the area as they have proven with their other locations. People want good selection and decent prices. They really could care less if your shop is “hard core” or even “more hard core”