Nick Gabaldon Day 2018 was a blast! Mahalo to everyone who came out Bay Street to celebrated the life of Nick Gabaldon and his devotion to surfing. Nick was the first documented surfer of African-American and Mexican descent, at the historical African American beach site, sometimes formerly called the “Inkwell”. Gabaldon’s legacy has inspired many surfers of color and many consider him as a role model. Here are some photos shot by Damien Baskette.

6th Annual Show Us Your Bum Photo and Video Contest

From day one SunBum has had this running challenge to see who can tag and snag the craziest or coolest or most hilarious photo using the SunBum logo, stickers or products. SunBum eventually made an actual contest out of it and this summer they’re gonna make it rain (don’t worry, not literally) harder than ever. @SunBum Instagram

The contest kicks off on Memorial Day (May 28th) and ends on Labor Day (September 3rd). Every Monday SunBum will select weekly winner(s) of their favorite #ShowUsYourBum photo and/or video posted on Instagram. All weekly winners will receive a prize pack, be featured on the @SunBum Instagram and be automatically placed in the finals.

At the end, all weekly winners will be voted on by YOU, our social media friends. That’s right, you decide who takes home all the money.

1st place $3,000 USD
2nd place $2,000 USD
3rd place $1,000 USD

So… get creative, get your friends, get the dog, get the kids and get busy. Don’t cost nothin’, just post your photos and/or videos on Instagram using #ShowUsYourBum #TrustTheBum and @SunBum .

Spread the love… and stickers (email sticker requests to stickers@trustthebum.com), SunBum

The first day of June with some fun waves , here's the surfing at the Venice Pier. These photos were shot by Six12 Media. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots in the photo gallery, check them out, the link is down below.
















You can find these and over 100 more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo galley:

Venice Pier - Friday 6-1-2018 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 otherlocal surf spots?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.

Investigators with the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office served search warrants Thursday morning at the home and business of Malibu Mayor Pro Tem Jefferson Wagner, according to authorities. Investigators were also serving search warrants at Wagner’s business at Zuma Jay’s Surf Shop in Malibu. Details of the investigation are not known.

WNW Swell Mix; Small SW Swell for Weekend.
Surf heights along the California coast for Saturday and Sunday.

SW swell mixes in next few days; SoCal small scale
Winds are generally onshore, lightest in the mornings
Better SPAC swell lining up second week of June

June 2nd timeline:

6:00 am Event Setup
7:00 am Check In
8:00 am Welcome Speech
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Adaptive Surf Clinic

Location: Lifeguard Tower 28. 2600 Barnard Way. Santa Monica CA 90405. Use Parking Lot 5S

For more info, visit liferollson.org

The newest swell brought a lot of waves and with the waves comes the wipeouts. Here's some new Wipeout photos from some of our local spots.                                                                                        

Here's some new Wipeout photos from some of our local spots. They're from this month's swells, and were shot by Six12 Media.     

      We post new sets of wipeout photos every Wednesday (more or less).   Click: Wednesday Wipeouts to check out the previous Wipeout Wednesday photo sets.   

Join the party at the Patagonia Santa Monica store on Tuesday, June 5 to celebrate Bureo x Costa Sunglasses new launch of recycled plastic sunglasses! Hear about their journey in keeping discarded fishing nets out of our oceans and repurposing collected plastics. They’ll have brews, live music, and serving Patagonia Provisions. Doors open at 7pm and is free to the public.

Surfers Healing will be hosting their Surf Therapy event at Surfrider on Saturday. More info at: SurfersHealing.com