The Bodega Boarder Crew Podcast is back with legendary shaper Scott Anderson ( Anderson Surfboards ) talking about growing up in Santa Monica, shaping his first board and why he still loves what he does.
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Boardriders Malibu is now open! An establishment paying homage to the roots of surf culture while looking to the future for tomorrows progression. Located on the point of historic Topanga Beach, the walls provide a sanctuary for like minded individuals world-wide. 
first batch of Troy Elmore boards have arrived... 5’4 Twin Keel Fish to 10’ Single Fin Log and everything in between...
For a glimpse into Topanga’s yesterday-years, come by and pick up a copy of Paul Lovas’s “Topanga Beach Experience”
Come get your chill on... Stocked fridge with coldies for YOU..! Come by and soak up some California viberations and enjoy a delicious brew...on the house.
Friends don’t let friends get bad hair cuts..! The Boardriders Barber Shop is taking appointments and accepting walk ins... Look and feel your best..! One stop shop..!
18820 Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, Ca 80265
310 - 359 - 8274
The latest Bodega Boarder Crew Podcast features some local flavor by politicking with Venice Beach local West Adler about growing up in Venice, the changing lineups, contest surfing, and much more.
West's part starts at about the 30 minute mark.
By Shivani Patel
With Malibu’s image as a surf city—as Planning Commissioner John Mazza once put it, “where surf culture started”—it comes as no surprise that Malibu has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The National Park Service’s (NPS) Keeper of the National Register appointed the 160-acre area “roughly along Pacific Coast Highway from E [east] of Malibu Pier to Malibu Colony privacy fence”—known as Malibu Historic District— to the list as of Jan. 29.
The listing is eligible for “National Park Service-administered federal preservation tax credits” and other grant programs to protect and preserve the designated area.
Malibu Historic District includes popular destinations, including the Historic Malibu Pier, Surfrider Beach, Malibu Lagoon State Beach and surf breaks at First, Second and Third Points.
This is the city’s third listing; previous two listings in the register include one for the Chumash Humaliwo village and another for the Malibu Adamson House. With Malibu’s image as a surf city—as Planning Commissioner John Mazza once put it, “where surf culture started”—it comes as no surprise that Malibu has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The National Park Service’s (NPS) Keeper of the National Register appointed the 160-acre area “roughly along Pacific Coast Highway from E [east] of Malibu Pier to Malibu Colony privacy fence”—known as Malibu Historic District— to the list as of Jan. 29.
The listing is eligible for “National Park Service-administered federal preservation tax credits” and other grant programs to protect and preserve the designated area.
Malibu Historic District includes popular destinations, including the Historic Malibu Pier, Surfrider Beach, Malibu Lagoon State Beach and surf breaks at First, Second and Third Points.
This is the city’s third listing; previous two listings in the register include one for the Chumash Humaliwo village and another for the Malibu Adamson House.
Nonprofit organization Sea of Clouds, which is dedicated to “recognizing and protecting America’s special coastal places,” first pushed for the nomination in 2015, and secured letter of support from City Council through a unanimous, 4-0 vote at an April 2016 meeting.
“If successful, this would represent the first mainland surfing area protected under a legal mandate,” Sea of Clouds Executive Director Michael Blum said in his pitch to council.
According to the Sea of Clouds website, the organization received more than 550 endorsements from a variety of people, including elected officials, organization members and individuals.
“From Barcelona’s Camp Nou to Yosemite’s Camp 4, people gathered together in sport have created places of history, culture, community and tradition,” Blum said in a published statement. “A jewel of surfing like Malibu is no different ... This project documents a part of our broad coastal history, an indelible part of California’s history, and certainly of surfing history itself.”
Malibu local and California Senator Henry Stern tweeted about his “hometown surf break (literally) making history” and then went on to thank those involved in the process.
The Malibu Historic District joins a list of more than 90,000 other properties on the National Register list.
To be eligible for a nomination, a property must meet certain criteria, including whether it’s old enough to be considered “historic” and if it remains unchanged for the most part. In addition, the place must have some sort of historical importance. The nominations can be submitted by anyone (in this case, it was Sea of Clouds) to the California Historic Preservation Office. Once approved, the nomination heads to NPS in Washington, D.C., for a final decision.
In an email to The Malibu Times, National Register of Historic Places historian Paul R. Lusignan said, "The historic district represents the first successful National Register listing for a site based around the theme of recreational surfing ... The nomination provided interesting insight into a relatively little known aspect of twentieth century recreational history, or at least little known beyond the confines of Southern California and the surfing community."
Lusignan went on to state that NPS was happy to consider "innovative" nominations—ones that aren't necessarily the traditional historic building.
“Surfrider Beach has long been a destination for beach goers and surfers alike while acting as the catalyst destination for the Southern California surfing community in shaping its surf and beach culture seen on the worldwide stage,” Mayor Skylar Peak said, in a statement to Sea of Clouds. “ ... The district honors a generation who created surfing history here and whose legacy you see today surfing at First Point. I’m excited to celebrate the listing with our residents, other Angelenos and the world community of surfing. Aloha!”
According to the nonprofit, a dedication ceremony for the new designation will be held sometime this summer.
With Malibu’s image as a surf city—as Planning Commissioner John Mazza once put it, “where surf culture started”—it comes as no surprise that Malibu has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The National Park Service’s (NPS) Keeper of the National Register appointed the 160-acre area “roughly along Pacific Coast Highway from E [east] of Malibu Pier to Malibu Colony privacy fence”—known as Malibu Historic District— to the list as of Jan. 29.
The listing is eligible for “National Park Service-administered federal preservation tax credits” and other grant programs to protect and preserve the designated area.
Malibu Historic District includes popular destinations, including the Historic Malibu Pier, Surfrider Beach, Malibu Lagoon State Beach and surf breaks at First, Second and Third Points.
This is the city’s third listing; previous two listings in the register include one for the Chumash Humaliwo village and another for the Malibu Adamson House. With Malibu’s image as a surf city—as Planning Commissioner John Mazza once put it, “where surf culture started”—it comes as no surprise that Malibu has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The National Park Service’s (NPS) Keeper of the National Register appointed the 160-acre area “roughly along Pacific Coast Highway from E [east] of Malibu Pier to Malibu Colony privacy fence”—known as Malibu Historic District— to the list as of Jan. 29.
The listing is eligible for “National Park Service-administered federal preservation tax credits” and other grant programs to protect and preserve the designated area.
Malibu Historic District includes popular destinations, including the Historic Malibu Pier, Surfrider Beach, Malibu Lagoon State Beach and surf breaks at First, Second and Third Points.
This is the city’s third listing; previous two listings in the register include one for the Chumash Humaliwo village and another for the Malibu Adamson House.
Nonprofit organization Sea of Clouds, which is dedicated to “recognizing and protecting America’s special coastal places,” first pushed for the nomination in 2015, and secured letter of support from City Council through a unanimous, 4-0 vote at an April 2016 meeting.
“If successful, this would represent the first mainland surfing area protected under a legal mandate,” Sea of Clouds Executive Director Michael Blum said in his pitch to council.
According to the Sea of Clouds website, the organization received more than 550 endorsements from a variety of people, including elected officials, organization members and individuals.
“From Barcelona’s Camp Nou to Yosemite’s Camp 4, people gathered together in sport have created places of history, culture, community and tradition,” Blum said in a published statement. “A jewel of surfing like Malibu is no different ... This project documents a part of our broad coastal history, an indelible part of California’s history, and certainly of surfing history itself.”
Malibu local and California Senator Henry Stern tweeted about his “hometown surf break (literally) making history” and then went on to thank those involved in the process.
The Malibu Historic District joins a list of more than 90,000 other properties on the National Register list.
To be eligible for a nomination, a property must meet certain criteria, including whether it’s old enough to be considered “historic” and if it remains unchanged for the most part. In addition, the place must have some sort of historical importance. The nominations can be submitted by anyone (in this case, it was Sea of Clouds) to the California Historic Preservation Office. Once approved, the nomination heads to NPS in Washington, D.C., for a final decision.
In an email to The Malibu Times, National Register of Historic Places historian Paul R. Lusignan said, "The historic district represents the first successful National Register listing for a site based around the theme of recreational surfing ... The nomination provided interesting insight into a relatively little known aspect of twentieth century recreational history, or at least little known beyond the confines of Southern California and the surfing community."
Lusignan went on to state that NPS was happy to consider "innovative" nominations—ones that aren't necessarily the traditional historic building.
“Surfrider Beach has long been a destination for beach goers and surfers alike while acting as the catalyst destination for the Southern California surfing community in shaping its surf and beach culture seen on the worldwide stage,” Mayor Skylar Peak said, in a statement to Sea of Clouds. “ ... The district honors a generation who created surfing history here and whose legacy you see today surfing at First Point. I’m excited to celebrate the listing with our residents, other Angelenos and the world community of surfing. Aloha!”
According to the nonprofit, a dedication ceremony for the new designation will be held sometime this summer.
In 2019, Quiksilver will celebrate 50 years. The iconic brand--founded in Australia and widely associated with Southern California culture--has been through it all as one of the founding members of an industry that, today, has evolved and grown beyond anything that could have been forecasted.
But Quik, like many companies, has faced its fair share of growing pains over the years -- most recently, filing for Chapter 11 for its US operations and undergoing an aggressive global restructuring.
About 18 months later, the company has emerged from a rebuilding phase, which included an overhaul of operations, production, and reorganizing “over-extended retail,” which meant closing a well-known big-box account, according to Oaktree Capital’s David Tanner, who was instrumental in leading this transformation. A corporate name change, from Quiksilver Inc. to Boardriders Inc., was announced in March, coupled with the news of the company’s return to profitability for the first time in years.
To say the metamorphosis was an enormous undertaking is a gross understatement, and Tanner and President Greg Healy have indicated there is still much work to be done. But the tide is turning with early indications of a silver lining, such as positive order book trends for fall, positive comps at full-price retail, and promising long-term growth internationally. The company will close out FY17 with a 7% margin. With those accomplishments under their belt, and an impending 50-year celebration and grand opening of the company’s new Malibu retail location, Tanner and Healy explain what this means for the future.
David Tanner:
Greg Healy:
David:
But Quik, like many companies, has faced its fair share of growing pains over the years -- most recently, filing for Chapter 11 for its US operations and undergoing an aggressive global restructuring.
About 18 months later, the company has emerged from a rebuilding phase, which included an overhaul of operations, production, and reorganizing “over-extended retail,” which meant closing a well-known big-box account, according to Oaktree Capital’s David Tanner, who was instrumental in leading this transformation. A corporate name change, from Quiksilver Inc. to Boardriders Inc., was announced in March, coupled with the news of the company’s return to profitability for the first time in years.
To say the metamorphosis was an enormous undertaking is a gross understatement, and Tanner and President Greg Healy have indicated there is still much work to be done. But the tide is turning with early indications of a silver lining, such as positive order book trends for fall, positive comps at full-price retail, and promising long-term growth internationally. The company will close out FY17 with a 7% margin. With those accomplishments under their belt, and an impending 50-year celebration and grand opening of the company’s new Malibu retail location, Tanner and Healy explain what this means for the future.
David Tanner:
We were going through a very intense period for these last 18 months, turning the company around. We've done a ton of work, cleaning up the cost structure and stabilizing the revenue line. We've got the organization pointing in the right direction.
We've built a lot of rigor and discipline into the business, and we are fundamentally in a different place from a performance perspective than where we were five years ago.
This was a company that, for a number of years, was declining at 15% per year, was dramatically unprofitable, and there was no bottom.
Taking it into Chapter 11, we’ve cleaned up the balance sheet, restructured the business, fixed the cost structure, and built the foundation for growth. We’ve taken the business from unprofitable to mid to single digit margins.
We wanted to signify to our employees and to the world that this a different company. It's not the same old Quiksilver, it's a fundamentally different organization in the way it acts, and its performance.
We aren't just one brand as a company, we are three strong brands that all have growth paths. We wanted to embrace all of our brands because they are all important to our future.
It opens the door to the next stage in our company. It signifies the shift from defense to offense, and looking at where we are going. We are looking much more at the market and how we are going to grow the business than we were two years ago. It's a combination of all those factors. It's been talked about for a while and we just felt like it was the time
Greg Healy:
Boardriders Inc. is a name that represents what all the brands under our roof stand for. The essence of our brands is centered around board riding, whether that's on the water, on a skateboard, or on the mountain, so we felt it was necessary to name our company along those lines.
We started along this path about five or six years ago when we launched our first experiential retail store called Boardriders in the Southwest of France, and that concept has spread across the world. We now have 14 of these stores globally, and just announced that we'll soon be opening a new location in Malibu on Pacific Coast Highway. It's been a really successful retail venture for us, and it was just a natural extension that we named the whole company Boardriders.
David:
The stores are very experiential, and are our most profitable doors. They really encapsulate the board riding culture and have become community hubs that people gather in. I think "board riders" just really represents the culture that we serve. It's where the former American Apparel store was located. An iconic location.
The 24th Annual Venice Surf-A-Thon was held on Saturday, once again taking place at the Venice Pier. The contest is a grassroots local tradition that has evolved from a mentorship gathering for youth beset by gang violence to an inter-generational celebration of community.
As usual, the heats are sort of mixed up, they just kind of happen. There's a Groms heat and a Super Groms heat, both of which usually try to go off the earliest. Super Groms had the youngest surfer in the contest's 24 year history. Jacob Packham, being assisted by his dad.
Full gallery filled with high resolution photos of this heat, check out the Super Groms Photo Gallery
Even though they were judged separately, the girls surfed alongside the boys in some mixed Groms and Juniors Heats.
There's a big gallery of full-size high resolution photos from these heats in the Mixed Groms & Juniors Photo Gallery
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ZJ Boarding House held their 10th Annual Haunted Heats Surf Contest this past weekend right down the street from their location in Ocean Park.
Surfers in Haunted Heats are judged on their costume, with the costume performance portion on the beach and then on how they surf as the character they are dressed up as. Many surfers enter as a group with choreographed dance numbers and battle scenes. Some bride the judges with candy or string cheese.
This is just a few of the shots, there are over 100 more photos of the all surfing and costumes.
Check out the huge gallery of all the photos, all full size and in high-resolution:
The Surf Relik Championship was the biggest longboard event of the last 10 years in California and featured the elite of the planks on the magic rights of First Point in Malibu near Santa Monica in northern Los Angeles. This was a test event, with WSL level awards, and should be part of the World Circuit next year. This was a test event, with WSL level awards, and should be part of the World Circuit next year.
Words By
Denis Sarmanho
Photos by Steven Lippman
Karina Rozunko for taking home the win in the Women's Pro division!
The Surf Relik Championship was the biggest longboard event of the last 10 years in California, the largest purse in California longboard history ($75k) and featured the elite of the planks on the magic rights of First Point in Malibu near Santa Monica in northern Los Angeles. This was a test event, with WSL level awards, and should be part of the World Circuit next year.
Joe Rickabaugh on his second place finishing in the logger division!
With a window of 15 days, the championship had epic waves on the first day, lowering a little during the finals. Due to a local rule, the event can not occupy the two days of the weekend, so it ended up being held this Sunday and Monday, October 8 and 9.
Tyler Warren took first this past weekend in the Logger division representing the icons of style.
A current leader of the WSL ranking, Chloé Calmon won the quarterfinals Hawaiian Crystal Walsh, her direct competitor in the world title race, which will have its decisive stage in Taiwan at the end of November. Previously, Carioca defeated former world champion Lindsay Steinridee, and in the semi-final was defeated by Malibu and event champion Karina Rosunko.
Ben Skinner gliding through the Surf Relik contest at First Point.
Photos by Steven Lippman
The Surf Relik Championship was the biggest longboard event of the last 10 years in California, the largest purse in California longboard history ($75k) and featured the elite of the planks on the magic rights of First Point in Malibu near Santa Monica in northern Los Angeles. This was a test event, with WSL level awards, and should be part of the World Circuit next year.
With a window of 15 days, the championship had epic waves on the first day, lowering a little during the finals. Due to a local rule, the event can not occupy the two days of the weekend, so it ended up being held this Sunday and Monday, October 8 and 9.
A current leader of the WSL ranking, Chloé Calmon won the quarterfinals Hawaiian Crystal Walsh, her direct competitor in the world title race, which will have its decisive stage in Taiwan at the end of November. Previously, Carioca defeated former world champion Lindsay Steinridee, and in the semi-final was defeated by Malibu and event champion Karina Rosunko.
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