Luke Stedman is the embodiment of a lifelong waterman, possessing a classic surf style that’s all his own. He began surfing and competing at an early age, qualifying for the WCT by 22 and spending a number of years on tour. After retiring from competition, Luke moved to Venice, CA and founded his own clothing brand, Insted We Smile - IWS . He continues to surf, travel, and create all over the world.

Wednesday really good day at Topanga. We got a lot of surf photos from the morning and from later in the afternoon. These are the Wednesday afternoon photos shot by Six12 Media. The pre-storm cloudy afternoon sky gives a cool background to the shots, and these are just a few of the over 300 photos from this session. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots in some of the complete photo galleries, check them out, the links to the galleries are down below.


















You can find these and over 300 more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in these 5 photo galleries:

Topanga - Wednesday Afternoon 5-15-2019 Photo Gallery #1

Topanga - Wednesday Afternoon 5-15-2019 Photo Gallery #2

Topanga - Wednesday Afternoon 5-15-2019 Photo Gallery #3

There are photos from Wednesday afternoon too, click here for the Wednesday morning photos.

Wanna see photos from previous days at this and other surf spots?
Click Surf Spot Galleries for a list of past days.

By Peter Ruiz, head of Venice Pier Project

At 12:15 pm Tuesday an unidentified man jumped off the north side of the Venice Pier.


Under estimating the undertow and the wind, he struggled to swim away from the pilings. A set of 3- to 5-foot waves rolled in a few minutes later and slammed the man into not one but two pilings. A near by surfer assisted along with Los Angeles fire and rescue and county lifeguards. Five minutes later LAFD was on scene. The man refused to be treated and was informed that it’s a fine or even arrest for jumping off the Venice Pier. Dazed and bleeding from all the mussels tearing into his torso, the man limped away to the showers.

Here's some of the photos from Sunday morning at the Venice Pier. This set was shot by Six12 Media.
















You can find over 70 more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo gallery:

Venice Pier - Sunday 5-5-2019 - 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.

Here's some of the photos from Saturday morning at the Venice Pier. This set was shot by Six12 Media.
















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

Venice Pier - Saturday 5-4-2019 - 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.