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Santa Monica Pier 360 Beach Festival



June 24-25, 2023 - Santa Monica Pier 360: Paddle & SUP Races (and more)!

Santa Monica Pier 360 Beach Festival celebrates the best of beach life with an awesome, FREE, all ages festival! With ocean sports competitions, live music, food and drinks, interactive games, sampling by some of your favorite brands and so much more, Pier 360 offers a peek into iconic SoCal beach culture and brings together thousands of guests for a day of good vibes. Whether you're hanging with the family, competing on land or at sea or partying with your friends–Pier 360 has got it all!

Join us for an all-day, family friendly celebration of decades of surf, skate, paddleboard and lifeguard history.

The pier deck will also feature hula dancing, beer and spirits garden, live music and a surf history museum celebrating the history of lifeguarding, paddleboarding, surfing, and skateboarding around the Santa Monica Pier. POP SK8 Roller Rink will be popping up for this year’s annual kickoff summer event!



Come skate the mini-ramp and street course that will be set up on the pier. Skate Experience brings together legendary skaters from around Los Angeles for all-day shredding, clinics and competition. Attendees can watch skaters 360 over the Pacific, or get in on the action themselves with demos and workshops led by top local skaters. No advance registration necessary.



Join us on Sunday, June 25th for our first ever Santa Monica Pier 360 Sandcastle Competition! Compete with other fellow sand architects for a morning filled with sand, fun and sun! Click Here for the Sand Castle information.



The Museum of Beach Life celebrates the Pier's role in the formation of SoCal beach culture and tells the stories of some of the legendary personalities that pioneered active beach lifestyle at the Pier. The unique attraction features surf/paddle memorabilia curated by local legends and notable collectors (Rich Wilken, Jeff Ho, Cary Weiss, Mike Young) and exhibits celebrating the birth of mainland paddleboard racing, 2-person beach volleyball, the original Muscle Beach and so much more!

From SUP Yoga clinics with YOGAqua, to demos from the top pros and youth clinics, the Pool brings the ocean lifestyle to the city in a unique and all-inclusive way.





TANDM Surf Bodyboarding Contest

This event features the TANDM Surf Bodyboard (as seen on Shark Tank). Up to 24 Two-Person Teams competing for a chance to make the Finals. Top three teams win a TANDM Surf Bodyboard. Competing teams are judged on wave riding style, performance of maneuvers/tricks and demonstration of Aloha spirit. This event takes place at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 24, 2023!

Online Registration $60 , Click Here to register.



POP SK8, California's first themed pop-up roller rink, is a family-friendly, outdoor roller rink experience, offering a perfect place to hang out, roller skate, and celebrate with the community! Come be part of the POP SK8 PIER 360 roller rink experience on the iconic Santa Monica Pier this Sat & Sun from 10am - 5pm.

Skaters can bring own quads or rollerblades. Quad skates will also be available on-site to use on a first-come basis (sizes 8 youth to 13 adult).

All one hour skate sessions are FREE!

CBVA Men’s & Women’s $4,000 Open’s, Co-Ed Doubles and the Santa Monica Beach Volleyball Hall Of Fame Legends Exhibition Saturday, June 24th & Sunday, June 25th as part of the 2023 Santa Monica Pier 360 Beach Festival.



CBVA Beach Volleyball Tournaments

The Open’s on Saturday is for the High Level Beach Volleyball Athletes trying to earn a bid into the AVP Hermosa Beach Open. The Co-Ed divisions on Sunday will be for both Novice and Advanced level players. Included in the entry fee are beverages, event t-shirt and all of the beach volleyball action you can fit into the day. Come be part of a huge Santa Monica event!



Thanks to our friends at Michelob Ultra, Kona Brewing Co. and Nutrl Vodka, we’ll have cold brews and vodka seltzers keeping you cool this Pier 360. Kick back, relax, and soak up the sunny summer vibes while hanging out in the legendary Pier 360 Beer & Spirits Garden.

ALL-DAY MUSIC: Prepare to be blown away at this year's Pier 360. Each morning we're kicking off with Polynesian dancers ready to transport you to a world of vibrant colors, intricate movements, and ancient traditions. Every afternoon will showcase a variety of bands ensuring an irresistible atmosphere of joy and celebration.






Did you know that the sport of Paddleboard started at the Santa Monica Pier? Celebrate 90 years of tradition with multiple paddle events throughout June 24th-25th. These events will be the most inclusive and high-profile SUP event to have taken place in the US for many years.

The One Mile Fun Paddle with an ocean start is a great fit for paddlers who are less experienced or just want to enjoy a more relaxed race with a friendly vibe.

$30 online registration (price increase on race day)

Sprint Racing in the surf will provide a dynamic sporting spectacle in a fast paced, elimination format that will see the top contenders competing round after round until the Final.

$40 online registration (price increase on race day).

The Long Distance Race will provide an iconic and high performance course for the worlds best. This years event is a two loop course (total distance is 5 miles) in front of the Santa Monica Pier.

Racers should leave ample time to park and check in at registration a minimum of an hour before their event start time. Day of registrations should allow at least 90 minutes to park and register.

Click Here for the most updated SUP race information and to register to race.


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