Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach, and the nearby communities.

"Today, I went to Venice Beach, and for the first time, I realized how many businesses are out of business in Venice. Once Venice Beach was the number one tourist's attraction, now it feels like it’s a ghost town. There are still people on the beach, but nobody is really buying anything."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice

I really was in a very bad place, and surfing started as an escape, but turned into my salvation. I'm so super stoked on this video and I invite you to celebrate it by ordering a bottle of my hot sauce on Amazon Prime!

With this Saturday being the 27th Annual Venice Surf-A-thon, let's throwback to 2014 with the video from the 21st Annual Venice Surf-A-Thon.

Also, there's a lot of photos from other past Venice Surf-A-Thons, see the links below.

PHOTO COVERAGE OF PREVIOUS VENICE SURF-A-THONS:

2019 Venice Surf-A-Thon

2018 Venice Surf-A-Thon

2017 Venice Surf-A-Thon

2016 Venice Surf-A-Thon

2015 Venice Surf-A-Thon

2014 Venice Surf-A-Thon

2013 Venice Surf-A-Thon

Video footage of the Woman killed in Gang Shooting at Venice Beach from Wanderer Nirvana .

Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach, and the nearby communities.

"After a busy day, I went to Venice Beach. I walked all the way down to breakwater where lots of surfers meet to surf into the sunset. It was a beautiful sunset and I was able to recharge my batteries, to soak in the beauty of nature. Sometimes you just have to sit and enjoy life."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice

Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach, and the nearby communities.

"Today, I interviewed Jeff, an Amish homeless man on Venice Beach who is trying to sell his art buttons on the boardwalk. He lives in a tent right on the Venice Beach Boardwalk. He speaks many languages and has traveled all over the world. It was Really interesting to talk to him. I hope you enjoy this video too."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice

Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach, and the nearby communities.

"Today on Thanksgiving Day on Venice Beach they set up a couple tents to give out free Thanksgiving lunch for the homeless people. They pass out care packages with snacks, drinks, groceries, facemasks, and hand sanitizer. Everybody practiced social distancing it was a beautiful day, beautiful weather. Happy Thanksgiving to everybody."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice

California Governor Gavin Newsom explains his curfew order and apologizes for having dinner at the French Laundry.


The creator of this video, Brent Pella wants to say, "A friendly reminder that it is possible to deeply empathize with those affected by covid, and simultaneously question a politician's arguably illogical/unnecessary regulations. This does not make you an "right wing conspiracy theorist" or "big stupid dummy" as I've been called many times. Just don't be a dick, ya know?"

First Malibu raw run of Noah Fischer from this recent summer. Bombing down a short, sweet, & steep neighborhood mountain road. We thought this one would be best without music, so you can hear the wheels and pucks scraping all the way down. Enjoy!

Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach, and the nearby communities.

"A homeless lady started a fire on the Venice Boardwalk. The tent caught on fire, luckily LAPD was patrolling on the beach and saw the fire. They turned off the fire whith sand really quickly before the fire department arrived."

"Since they started enforcing the no camping rule on the beach, lots of tents have been removed already from the sand."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice

Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach, and the nearby communities.

"Today, I heard from a friend of mine that the police are ticketing the homeless people for camping on the beach. I did not see people actually getting tickets, but I talked to a few people and they told me that some people got tickets already. I met up with my friend Gucci and we had a little talk he always makes me smile."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice

This is what LA's coastline could have looked like had city planners from the 1950s/60s actually had their proposed futurist projects been built. Historically these projects were blocked or defunded through protests, environmental concerns, and budget cuts..

Venice Beach Boardwalk - Friday November 6, 2020 2:15pm pic.twitter.com/rC5CEfrZK7

— VSH (@SH56051226) March 17, 2021

NameOnRice captured video of a Venice Beach hot dog vendor that dropped his hot dogs on the ground, then appears to be picking them up and putting them back on the grill to be served to customers.

"AFTER DROPPING ALL THE BACON RAPPED HOTDOGS ON THE GROUND HE PICKED THEM UP TO SERVE TO PUBLIC." stated NameOnRice​.

Venice's Glen Walsh, aka @glenice_venice the Paddle, Paddle Paddle Daily Venice Pier Surf Reporter, is one of the surfers featured in The LGBTQ+ Wave. A short film about the history of LGBTQ surfing. From Cori Schumacher to Matt Branson to Keala Kennelly to Tyler Wright, the history of LGBTQ surfing runs deeper than most surfers realize.

"Very proud and honored to be featured with so many awesome LGBTQ+ surfers," Glen says, "Especially my Boyz Robby Arroyo Smith and Jake Denike! Discussing our collective experiences in and out of the water!"

Check out Glen's clothing line at ShopGlenice.com

All You Need to Know

This video was written, produced, etc by Michael Claisse.

La Niña is a weather pattern that occurs in the Pacific Ocean. In this pattern, strong winds blow warm water at the ocean’s surface from South America to Indonesia. As the warm water moves west, cold water from the deep rises to the surface near the coast of South America.

The video was written, produced, etc by Michael Claisse

Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach. His newest video is a continuation of his series on the homeless encampments that have taken over Venice Beach. In this video, he gets drone footage of the homeless encampment.

"Today was a beautiful day, I took my brand new drone DJI Mavic Mini out and took some video of the homeless encampment in Venice Beach. It’s a totally different view when you see everything from higher up, birds view. They also cleaned several spots on the boardwalk and a few homeless tents were removed."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice

Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach. His newest video is part 8 of his series on the homeless encampments that have taken over Venice Beach. In this video, he revisits his friend Gucci from a previous video.

"Today I happened to walk by the Venice beach boardwalk and I saw Gucci sitting on the grass with the friend enjoying himself and have a picnic I had to stop by and ask how he’s doing since lots of people on YouTube like him so much."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice

Dain Corrales went camping at Leo Carrillo state park this week and filmed the surfers with a drone.