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Every weekday morning, West Coast Care connects with the homeless on the beaches of Santa Monica to provide care and support. As part of Project Homecoming, West Coast Care worked with the Santa Monica Police Department to help reconnect people to their families. West Coast Care helped nearly 300 people find housing last year—roughly half were reconnected with their families.
Here's surfing photos from Saturday, December 22nd at the Ocean Park.

This set of surf photos was shot by Six12 Media and brought to you by Ocean Park 26.

These are just a few of the photos from this session. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots, probably multiple photos, they will be in the complete photo galleries for this day, check them out, the link to the complete galleries are down below.
















You can find more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in these 2 photo galleries:

Ocean Park - Wednesday 12-22-2021 Gallery #1
Ocean Park - Wednesday 12-22-2021 Gallery #2


If you were out there, we probably got some cool surfing shots of you, go check them out!

Wanna see photos from previous days at this and other local surf spots from this photographer?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.

And be sure to check out all the hats, tess, and more from Ocean Park 26.


Reports from Sunday morning is that a dead body was found in the water near Tower 28. The body was reportd to be a man in a wetsuit, no other info as of this moment, more details from Mason Brown of the  Mason Brown's Surf Report in the video below:.






Photo: moonknightsonata

A few photos of the lightning over the Santa Monica Bay from Monday afternoon's thunderstorm.




Photos: bentburton

Photo: RipcurlNg


From Santa Monica Close Up:

"A lowrider hops at Santa Monica Cruisin' Classics meetup at Santa Monica Beach on Friday, October 1, 2021. The car club meets-up every Friday night at Santa Monica Beach"

Support Santa Monica Closeup/Fabian Lewkowicz with Venmo or PayPal to help earn money to make these videos:

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Saturday morning, August 7, 2021 at approximately 2:30am, Santa Monica Police Department officers assigned to the Major Accident Response Team (MART) responded to a traffic collision involving a solo vehicle and a pedestrian near Main and Ashland.

The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and cooperated with officers. The unidentified victim was transported to a local hospital where she succumbed to her  injuries.

This remains an active investigation. Anyone with additional information pertaining to this incident can contact the Santa Monica Police Department’s Traffic Division at 310-458-8993 or Watch Commander (24 hours) at 310-458-8427. 


From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Santa Monica Cruisin' Classics, with other neighboring car clubs, meetup at Santa Monica Beach, Friday, June 11, 2021. The car clubs meet every Friday night at Santa Monica Beach during summer."

Support Santa Monica Closeup/Fabian Lewkowicz with Venmo or PayPal to help earn money to make these videos:

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It's another busy weekend!

Santa Monica Beach Parking Lots 2 and 3 South are full and Lot 1 North will be at capacity very soon.

Lot 2 South - 1670 Appian Way
Lot 3 South - 1750 Appian Way


Here's some footage rom Santa Monica Close Up of the Grlswirl group skate at the Venetians Car Club Car Car Show held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. am


From Santa Monica Close Up, here's some footage of the Venetians Car Club Car Car Show held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.


From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Car Meet-up at the Beach, Sunday, April 18, 2021."


New Covid Beach Rules from LA Beaches & Harbors:

-Wear a mask at all times when out of the water
-Groups up to 15 people (max 3 households)
-Keep 6+ ft. apart from others outside your group
-NO events

But of course, it's not like these are being enforce or people are actually following them anyways.

For more of our coverage of the Coronavirus lockdown, closures, and how our local surf community and businesses are doing, CLICK HERE




A map depicting what Los Angeles would look like if all the ice caps melted.


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Sony TV is developing TV adaptation of the 2005 skateboarding film “Lords of Dogtown” , which was an adaption of the 2001 documentary "Dogtown and Z-Boys".



Described as a one-hour drama ensemble-drama, the Lords of Dogtown TV show is "set in the 1970's skateboarding scene in southern California and centers on a hell-raising teenage girl growing up in the foster care system. She falls in with a crowd of skaters who idolize the famed Zephyr Skateboard Team."

Going off that info from the press release, seems the story will not actually be about Zephyr skaters, it will be about some random skaters.

This show is being developed and written by some lady from Georgia, named Kat Candler, because who else would Hollywood get to write a TV show about California and skateboarding than a non-skater from Georgia who says she is a Texan.



Catherine Hardwicke, who directed the original movie in 2005, will slap her name on as an executive producer for the project, and the guy who made the The Shield will also be an executive producer. As of right now, seems none of the real Dogtown or Z-boys are invovle with this. And no one has been cast for any parts yet.

Seven Adams, son of Jay Adams, appears pissed off about this and is calling for a boycott of this show. Check out this screenshot from his most recent Instagram Story:



Seven's not having it.

The show is going to be for Amazon‘s free streaming service, IMDb TV. It's still in the early development stage, so there's not even a release date yet.





The iconic Santa Monica board shop secures a new lease, extensive new renovations, and will reopen in the Spring of 2021. The temporary store will remain open for business in adjacent building next door, during the renovation.

Boardriders Inc. is pleased to announce a new go-forward lease and substantial renovation of its iconic ZJ Boarding House in Santa Monica – a pillar of the local community for more than three decades.

Working closely with the building’s landlord and local leaders, a new five-year lease has been signed and major renovations are underway at the original corner location on Main Street and Ocean Park Boulevard in Santa Monica. These steps ensure ZJ’s ongoing service to the community in all things boardriding for the foreseeable future.

“What a silver lining at the end of such a challenging year,” says Todd Roberts, co-founder of ZJ. “ZJ Boarding House is such an integral part of the community and we can’t thank our customers enough for their patience and support of us over the years. Thanks to the hard work of the community, of Boardriders, and of our landlord, we now have a plan in place that will continue to make this space the ultimate destination for everyone looking to have fun in and around the ocean, the mountains and beyond.”

After the Main Street renovations, which include the replacement of the roof, seismic retrofits, and substantial interior upgrades, the entire 4,900 square foot space will be open and ready to share the stoke in just a few months’ time. “Spring 2021 can’t come soon enough,” says Ajai Datta, who leads US retail operations for Boardriders. “We’re all looking to turn the page on challenging year that will ultimately make us stronger in the long run.”


The rumors are true, ZJ Boarding House officially announced that they will reopen.

The shop closed it's doors back in August due to the landlord and Boardriders (the mega-corp that now owns ZJ) not being able to agree on the new lease. But, now it appears they were able to come to an agreement, as a new 5-year has been signed.

The doors to the newly remodeled will reopen in Spring 2021, after the buidling undergoes the much needed seismic retrofits and gets a new roof.

Until then, ZJ has set up in a "temporary" shop next door to the original location. They are open for business right now.


Some of the surfing on Halloween morning at Ocean Park. These photos were shot by Six12 Media and brought to you by Body Glove.

These are just some of the over 50 photos from this session. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots in the complete photo gallery, check them out, the link is down below.












You can find over 50 more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo gallery:

Ocean Park - Halloween 10-31-2020 Photo Gallery


If you were out there, we probably got some cool surfing shots of you, go check them out!


Wanna see photos from previous days at this and other local surf spots?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.