Join Surfrider LA this Saturday, September 21st from 9am-12pm at the Venice Pier for International Coastal Cleanup Day. Surfrider LA will be staged on the sand just north of the pier at the end of Washington Boulevard and will need plenty of volunteers on hand to not only pick up trash but to help sort and analyze the findings. The data gathered during beach cleanups are critical in leveraging policy initiatives aimed at reducing plastic pollution at the source. They'll have everything you need so bring a friend and your reusable water bottle to fill at our drinking station! Register Here.

This 2 day event will cost just under $10,000. At 120 kids that's $83 bucks a head for the day of a lifetime. That $10K will start a fire that will NEVER go out. That's what the Mighty Under Dogs do. 💪 Please DONATE today and sponsor one.

B4BC's 12th Annual Skate the Coast
Presented by Suja
October 11th-12th, 2019
Santa Monica & Redondo Beach, CA

Boarding 4 Breast Cancer Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC) is excited to announce its 12th Annual Skate the Coast, a 19-mile skate-bike-roll from Santa Monica to Redondo Beach along the iconic Southern California Strand.

Join us in our collective push for prevention as we honor those who are and have fought breast cancer by coming to our pre-party on October 11th and/or skating with us on October 12th.



This series attracts skaters of all ages and abilities. Please help us in reaching our $70K goal to benefit B4BC’s outreach, prevention, and survivorship programs by creating a fundraising page. Each participant is required to raise a minimum of $50 to join in the fun, but the more you raise, the better the prizes!

**NEW THIS YEAR**

B4BC will be adding a drop in at Dockweiler State Beach for those who want to join later in the skate.

SCHEDULE:

Friday October 11th – Pre-Party

5PM–9PM | Arbor Venice

We're kicking off the weekend with a pre-party hosted by our friends at Arbor! Come by for live music, art auctions, food and drinks! You'll be able to meet your fellow skaters and the B4BC crew.

Arbor Venice
108 Washington Blvd
Venice, CA 90292

Saturday October 12th – Skate the Coast
8:00AM | Veteran's Park Redondo Beach

Veteran's Park
309 Esplanade, Redondo Beach, CA 90277

8:00AM SHARP Park and meet at Veterans Park in Redondo Beach, and get shuttled to the start at the north side of the Santa Monica Pier. Skate, Bike or Rollerskate 19-miles along the boardwalk from Santa Monica to Redondo Beach.

3 Hydration Stations along the way: 10:15AM Marina Del Rey Parking Lot 5
11:15AM Dockwieler State Beach/ South Bay Drop In
12:00PM Hermosa Beach Pier
1:00PM Finish Line and Awards Ceremony hosted by Dive N Surf!

Dive N Surf
504 N Broadway
Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Click here for more info & to register.

This week's hurricane hypebeast is Hurricane Kiko, you'll start to hear about this one in all the upcoming surf forecasts for all of California. All the sites need click-bait, and what better way for surf sites to get visits than hyping up any hope of a good swell (we're guilty of it, but at least we admit it, Surflies won't).

Anyways, Kiko isn't going to bring a significant swell, it doesn't have the size and is not on the track for Socal. It will bring "rideable S to SSW" to Socal spots.

The Tony Alva Story will be featured at the Other Venice Film Festival on Oct. 5th.

The OVFF is a nonprofit community event dedicated to screening full- length features, short and animated films that embody the spirit, energy and diversity of Venice, California. Filmmakers descended on Venice for two days of film screenings, premieres, sell out crowds, spirited Q&A sessions, panel discussions, local art on display and parties with live music.

The Tony Alva Story
61-years-old Alva, the oldest professional, skateboarder in the world, is considered by many to be the godfather of modern day skateboarding. Alva’s brand of aggression and bravado in the 70’s set the stage for the way skateboarding would be forever defined.

Vans’ The Tony Alva Story chronicles T.A.’s humble beginnings on the streets of Santa Monica to his rise to superstardom as part of the legendary Z-Boys, his inevitable drug-induced implosion and his ultimate rise from the ashes to accept his rightful place as a beacon of hope and inspiration for generations of skateboarders the world over.

Also they will be showing:

Surfing With Sugar
His path to healing came in an unlikely form meeting and rescuing a street dog and future surfing partner Sugar. The two have since become local legends inspiring visitors and locals with their abilities in the waves and their special relationship.His path to healing came in an unlikely form meeting and rescuing a street dog and future surfing partner Sugar. The two have since become local legends inspiring visitors and locals with their abilities in the waves and their special relationship.

Tickets are $15 and available HERE.

Beyond Baroque
681 Venice Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90291

Thursday night at the The Waterfront Venice we’re hosting a party/premiere for Stab x Vans Surf's new film, “Go Easy on the Zambezi” — an adventure deep into the heart of Sub-Saharan Africa in search of a river wave that offers rides longer than the most toned thighs can bare and, more importantly, tubes! It stars Dylan Graves, Harry Bryant and Michael February. If you're in the area we encourage you to come by, enjoy a libation or brew and watch the film (playing at 8PM). Mr. Graves will be joining us. Welcome to the Zambezi River. Don’t forget to pack your quiver!




The Waterfront Venice
205 Ocean Front Walk,
Venice, CA 90291
(424) 309-5331

Surfing has long been a key component of California culture. In 2018, the California Legislature declared surfing the official state sport and named Sept. 20 as California Surfing Day.

So this Friday is the second California Surfing Day, which means....... use the hashtag #CaliforniaSurfingDay on your Instagram and twitter posts on Friday. Because other than a big group photo and surf session all the way down in Oceanside, there is no events happening California Surfing Day. Maybe some shops will have some sales or something.

From Visit California"
"Please join Visit California in taking part in celebrating the Golden State’s famed surf culture on Sept. 20. A number of resources have been developed for businesses and destinations to help spread the word in your local communities, including social media imagery and posts, an official logo and more. Share your celebrations online using the hashtag #CaliforniaSurfingDay to show the world how the Golden State rides its waves."

Well here's the logo:



And here's the lifestyle image they chose:

On September 21 & 22, the Adaptive Surf League is hosting their Malibu event.

Click Here to register

SURF FILM NIGHT at The Waterfront Venice tomorrow night (Monday 9/16) starting at 7pm. Join the crowd for a special viewing of WITHIN REACH a film by Mike Cochran presented by Mark McInnis featuring the surfing of WITHIN REACH . It’s a FREE event so come hang!

The Waterfront Venice
205 Ocean Front Walk,
Venice, CA 90291
(424) 309-5331

Shark breaches right in front of standup paddleboarder Darcio Fao at Sunset on September 11, 2019, in this footage taken from the Surflies Cam that he posted to his Instagram Story.

Join Ocean Goddess Surf for their first morning surf meetup! Free Surf + Coffee. Ladies only! This Wednesday, Sept 18th! Catch some waves and grab some coffee to start your day!

Wake + Break Morning Surf Sesh
9/18/19
7AM
Topanga Beach
Meet at picnic table down by the beach at 7 so we can paddle out together!
Free Dogtown Coffee!

You must be able to paddle out and surf on your own for this meetup. Beg-int to adv surfers only. We will not have board rentals or surf instruction.

Bring your girlfriends for an empowering all female surf sesh! See you there!

Get all the details on OceanGoddessSurf.com, and by following their Instagram: @oceangoddesssurf

A 250-mile ocean paddle relay passed its baton through Malibu in August, involving lifeguards and junior lifeguards from more than 25 agencies. The relay ended this past weekend at El Refugio State Beach in Gaviota, after beginning at Imperial Beach, near the Mexican border, in June.

Malibu’s leg of the relay was paddled by local lifeguards including Damian Minicucci, who paddled from Surfrider to Zuma beaches. The paddle relay was held to raise awareness for the John Wayne Cancer Foundation (JWCF) “Block the Blaze” skin cancer education program, according to information shared by the California Surf Lifesaving Association (CSLA).

“As lifeguards, we spend the majority of our careers in the sun, and we know the dangers of sun exposure,” Bill Humphreys, CSLA president, said in a statement provided by the organization. “The ‘SoCal PaddleDown’ is a great way of raising awareness about the dangers of sun exposure, and the JWCF is providing the next generation of lifeguards the tools and information to prevent and detect skin cancer.”

Click Here to Buy Tickets

Overlapping SW/SSW swells maintain fun-size surf for the West Coast throughout this week. Shorter period NW swell is also in the mix, with beachbreaks likely to see peaky shape off the combo of swells. Wind/conditions improving for many areas through the second half of the week, with particularly favorable conditions in the mornings.

The average water temps as the 9th of September.

A multivehicle crash which injured four people and shut down the southbound lanes of the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades for several hours Tuesday morning.

The wreck involving a box truck and at least three cars occurred at 7:52 a.m. on the PCH between Chautauqua Boulevard and Temescal Canyon Road, according to the California Highway Patrol's incident log. The area is right by Will Rogers State Beach.



California Highway Patrol reported that some of the occupants may have been ejected. Aerial footage showed at least one vehicle completely destroyed.

Motorists initially were getting around the crash site by driving on the northbound shoulder, which was alternately closed for both sides so cars could pass, according to the aerial footage.

PCH at Chautauqua Boulevard was fully reopened at 1 p.m.

The lifeguards rescued this guy who was unconscious after jumping off the Venice Pier at 11:47am on Sunday, as seen in these photos shot by Six12 Media. It was also on our Instagram Story being posted as it happened.

According to several witnesses the guy "was on something".

He had passed a couple surfers on his walk to the pier, and they said he had a backpack and they noticed he was.

Two ladies who on the pier saw him sitting on the ledge of the pier, jokingly told him to be careful, that he could fall over. But they said he didn't acknowledge them, almost as if he couldn't even hear him.

A surfer who saw him jump said he kinda of jumped off with his arms flailing and he hit the water flat on his side.

The lifeguards ran out right away and rescued him. They got him to shore and onto an ambulance.

Seems like the hit knocked him out, because he was unconscious when they were bringing him in.

He looked dead to most of the people on the pier. But he did have a pulse, according to someone who later asked one of the lifeguards about it.

Come out and join Surfrider LA a in cleaning up one of our favorite beaches! After the clean-up there will be wine, music and a GREAT raffle for all participants with pieces from iSEAuMovement and Dog Beach Jewelry and bottles of delicious Rosenthal Wine and MORE!

Hurricane Juliette has formed in the East Pacific and is expected to strengthen before traveling over cooler waters far from the Hawaiian island. “Additional strengthening is anticipated for the next day or two. Weakening is forecast to begin by Thursday,” forecasters said.

And she continues to look quite impressive on satellite Monday afternoon, while taking a favorable track within the SoCal swell window.

By Saturday, the end of the current five-day forecast, Juliette is expected to be a weakening tropical storm still hundreds of miles east of the Central Pacific and more than 1,500 miles east of Hawaii, according to the hurricane center.

The average water temps as the 2nd of September..