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Kids in grade 3 - 5 can enter the CAN THE TRASH! Clean Beach Poster Contest for a chance to have their artwork shared with millions of beachgoers! Contest winners will have their artwork displayed around trash barrels on the beach. Simply submit the artwork online, in person, or by mail. The contest is open to students in grades 3 – 5 who reside in the County of Los Angeles. Online submissions must be entered by an adult.

Submit and get all the details here: CAN THE TRASH! Clean Beach Poster Contest






Here are a couple of surf photos from Tuesday the 11th shot at First Point by Brian Asher Photography. The link to the complete gallery of more photos is down below.






You can find more photos from this session in Brian's Facebook photo album:

Malibu 6-18-19 Photo Album

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


Info on this year's Santa Monica Pier SUP event has just been announce:

The ultimate beach festival awaits! Kick off summer at the Santa Monica Pier 360 June 22-23.

Tracing its roots back to the 1930's when paddleboard races first caught a wave at the Santa Monica Pier, the Santa Monica Pier 360 Ocean Sports & Beach Festival offers epic competition through a variety of disciplines on sand and sea. The family-friendly day will provide memorable entertainment and competition, including: Short Course Paddle, Long Course Paddle, Elite Races, SUP / Paddleboard Knockout, Ocean Swim, Beach Volleyball, 3k Sand Run, Youth Sports and more!

On the pier deck there will be live music, entertainment, a beach history museum, the epic Beer & Spirits Garden and more!

Register and get all the details here: SM Pier 360 Event Page.


It's all not SUP though, up on the pier there's a pop-up surf museum, and for the skateboarders, there will be a mini-ramp set up again, along with surf/skate vendors like Bay Street Boards .


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Surf Relik is trying to win y'all over with this chance to surf a spot you already surf.

But instead of fighting for waves with 40 people, it'll just be 10.

They throw in some other perks, as well as some wonky tonk rules you gotta follow in order to be eligible. Here's their press release:

Relik’s video submission open qualifier gave eight unseeded competitive surfers a spot in the 2019 Malibu event. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN. Enter our digital raffle, engage online to earn tickets and you could be one of 10 lucky surfers to WIN A 40-MINUTE SESSION AT MALIBU with nobody else out. Not only that, but you’ll be given an all-access pass to the entire Relik Experience, hanging with 48 of the world’s best surfers, with all the perks, in an casual, luxe, beach vibe atmosphere. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is available only to the growing Relik online community so ENTER NOW and join us on the beach, and in the water, at Malibu.

ALL ACCESS PASS
40 MINUTE EXPRESSION SESSION
RELIK MERCHANDISE
GOURMET CATERING
MEET THE COMPETITORS
CONTENT SHOT BY OUR MEDIA TEAM


So how to you enter? They want you to do several things, and their "rules" are somewhat WTF (yeah, we mean What The F@#k).

First here is what they say on how to enter:
TO ENTER:
1. Like this post
2. Save this post
3. Tag at least one friend on this post
4. Share this post to your story


Easy enough, just like all Instagram giveaways. NOPE. Because they list the "terms & conditions" separately, here they are:

Terms & Conditions:
- Must be following our @Surf.Relik Account
- Must follow all the rules for valid entry
- Must enter the raffle via LINK IN BIO
- Winner may pass their winning ticket to a friend
- Any rules or actions missed will VOID your entry
- Contest will run until Thursday, June 20th @ 11:00am PST
- Earn more entries into the raffle via LINK IN BIO


You can visit the Malibu Expression Session From Surf Relik page for more and you have anyways if you want to win.

Some of us here at Shacked went ahead and entered this raffle, but if any of us win, we are going to give our winning ticket to Brooke Carlson aka BrookieBu


We got a huge batch of surfing photos from the International Surfing Day Paddle Out that WSL Pure and Surfrider LA hosted at Venice Beach. Some pretty fun party waves at the paddle out.

We got about 300 surf photos from Six12 Media, here's just a few of them. The link to the complete photo gallery that has all the shots is down below.




















You can find these and about 300 more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this gallery:

2019 WSL Pure / ISD Paddle Out Photo Gallery

If you paddled out, there's probably some cool surf shots of you, check them out.

Hey, seen these WSL Hydro Flask bottles, they are in stock on the Hydro Flask Website and there is free shipping if you use this code: BBFS1-OGJQJ


Another successful International Surfing Day paddle out in Venice, with WSL Pure and Surfrider LA to raise awareness of the threats facing our ocean. We got some good surfing photos from the paddle out coming, but in the meantime, check out the video below from Michael Monak

To all those surfing Malibu this weekend, beware Rhonda Harper of Black Girls Surf will be there, don't fall victim to Rhonda Harper and her $$$$ agenda. She ain't got time for your foolery...But also, don't let her tell you that you or your kids can't surf there either.




First off, take note that some of us here at Shacked didn't want to post this, but by not doing so, we would be letting this person cause more trouble in our community. We were hoping this non-surfer would just disappear back up north with her little "surfing training" scam and nonsense. But by playing up the race issues, she manages to fool people and companies into thinking she is legit. We know for a fact some companies, as well as many of her associates and ex-friends, have seen her true nature and distanced themselves from her, others are just not aware what this person truly is. That being said, we don't find any of the companies that are responsible for her being here at fault because they are fooled by this person, and these do companies mean well. But FFS, just about everything Rhonda Harper preaches against, she does those exact same things: bully, localizing spots, gay-bashing, racist comments, advocating violence, etc... You can easily find proof of all this online, most from her own postings.

Now here we are going to present one example that clearly shows of the type of person she is and why those who are surfing Malibu this weekend need to beware.

As many already Know, she shows up to surf spots and tries localizes the spot for her group. She tells others they can't surf, she even has made the claim she has the beach closed off for her camera crew.* She acts as if she expects everyone to clear out for surfers (of course not for her, as she herself doesn't even surf). It is as if she is looking for some sort of confrontation with other surfers, especially men or any light skinned person. Because she can use it to further her agenda.

A crowded spot like Surfrider, on a Saturday, could be a recipe for disaster with her there.

Take a look at what happened via Rhonda's own Instagram post when her and her surfer showed up at a surf spot that is a known beginners circus spot up north:

Black Girls Surf Snake Beginners

If you dont want to click the link, here's a quick rundown: some beginner was just oblivious and getting in everyone's way. Total kook, but not doing it intentionally, just doesn't know anything about surfing (hey, him and Rhonda have something in common).

But she is quick to switch the story into him being an aggressive surfer that was snaking her surfer, so Rhonda has her surfer, nicknamed "Droppers", drop in on him so she can get some pics and turn it into a sexism thing where a female gets revenge on "lil BOYS" that don't like female surfers.

Yeah, that's how damn ridiculous and deceitful Rhonda is.

One person even respectfully comments: "lmao we actually know the guy in this photo. He’s not aggressive, just oblivious. Sorry if he inconvenienced you guys"

And Rhonda Harper replies with: "welp, I suggest you teach him surf etiquette because no one has time for his foolery. He did it too many times. If she were a guy he would’ve caught licks for sure."

That person then express how he expected an IG account that is supposed to be about tolerance in surfing would be more tolerant of beginners. And that person is completely correct, if Rhonda actually did practice what she attempts to preach, both her and her "Olympic Trainee" should be trying to educate a new surfer on proper surf etiquette. Not be putting him on blast, and once again as she has done in the past, changing a scenario into something it is not just for her own agenda.

She continues to belittle that person, as well as another person who commenting stating it didn't look like the noobie surfer was being aggressive.

She lies, then bashes and bullies people that do not 100% agree with her.

So Malibu surfers, be careful out there, you could be surfing too close to whoever Rhonda brought and she might take a photo of it then claim it's some sexist or racial attack on her surfer. That's what helps her get donations for her "surfer training" .

She might create another BS story at the garbage ex-Inertia writer's website again.

*a link can be provided to the video where she states she had a "closed set" on the beach for her surfers.

And yo peeps at WSL, we know you're reading this, need proof of anything, message us, we will forward you links, photos, screencaps, other sources to contact, etc... And any other companies, you too.


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This is being held Friday and Saturday. 11:00 AM 6:00 PM at:
Mystic Journey Crystals
1702 Lincoln Boulevard
Venice, CA, 90291