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For Jesse Billauer, surfing has always been the part of living that makes him feel truly alive. Surfing has brought many amazing things to Jesse’s life, including his mission to inspire people to follow their dreams, enjoy their passion and go further with the Life Rolls On Foundation.

With so many ways to celebrate Earth Day, why not at the beach confronting plastic pollution and getting salty while you're at it! Join the Surfrider LA crew this Saturday, 4/22, in Santa Monica, on the beach at Ocean Park. Ride a bike or carpool. Surfrider will provide Sunscreen, Bags, and Gloves. As always, all ages are welcome!

SATURDAY, APRIL 22nd
10am - 12pm

Not much going on today, a couple of surfers and some small waves, but still, the beautiful weather made for some cool photos. These are by Six12 Media.

UPDATED SUNDAY 4-15-2017

The security cameras' footage revealed that it was one individual who vandalized the skatepark.

Late Friday night a group of people were hanging out in the park getting drunk. As the night went on, all but two left. Those two were sitting on top the shallow end of the pool, as they were about to left, one noticed that the coping block he was siting on was loose. So he pulled it off and threw it into the pool were it shattered. He then preceded to pull off more pieces and throw them then in all directions, having them break apart at impact in the snakerun and street sections. After doing that to about 16 pieces of coping, he couldn't pull off the 17th piece and just decided to leave.

The graffiti left behind, which was rumored in earlier reports to be done by the vandals, was a separate act, not done by the drunk who tore up the pool.

Previous report: The Venice Skatepark was vandalized last night, not just some graffiti, a group of cowardly d-bags tore up a huge section of the pool's coping and threw the debris all over the park. And of course, they tagged their stupid names on the park. The park remains closed for now (see photo below).

An afternoon in Santa Monica with Marita.

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Local (transplant) big wave pro, Alex Grey had 4 of his 5 surfboards destroyed by American Airlines.

"0n April 7th from Honolulu to Los Angeles, American Airlines flight AA 284 broke 4 out of 5 of my surfboards" Alex wroton his Instagram. "When the board bag came off the oversize belt I notice the top and bottom had very large holes in it. From the back hole in plain sight I could see two tails of my boards bent in half sticking out of the bag. I walked over to make a claim. Upon actually opening the bag (the video you're watching above), each board I pulled out had either a tail or nose broken. The final board on the bottom was completely broken in half from the middle of the board. I'm sure many of you at this point of my post are saying: 'this has happened to me before'. That's the saddest part. Time and time again we pay $150 or more for our surfboard bags only to have our boards ruined at the destination. And you know that little signature you give on the bag tag? That's a signature releasing the airlines of any liability to damages that may occur. Hmmmmm... My question on this one is how did they do such a fantastic job of destruction? First thought is the baggage handlers ran it over with some vehicle because the nose and tails are all broken in the same spot. But why is only one broken in half from the middle of the board, while the rest are broken at the nose and tail? Did they open my bag, break that board, and put it back in? I had buckled both straps inside the back which locks the boards down and they were unbuckled. So that makes me believe they went into my bag."

The Ocean Park Surf & Skate Club has announced some of the details for their Seventh Annual Ocean Park Surf Contest. Once again held at Tower 26 on Santa Monica Beach. This year's date is July 15.