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Here are photos from the paddle out for Santa Monica ripper, Cove kingpin and Zephyr Team member Ronnie Jay at Topanga. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots in the complete photo gallery, check them out, the link is down below.

















You can find these and some more photos from the paddle out, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo galley:

Ronnie Jay Paddle Out Photo Gallery


Photos of the surfing are in this post:
Click Topanga Surf Photos - Sunday 7-1-2018

These are surf photos from the Ronnie Jay Paddle Out at Topanga. These photos were shot by Six12 Media. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots in the complete photo gallery, check them out, the link is down below.









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

Topanga - Sunday 7-1-2018 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.



Sunday, July 1st at 10:30am, there will be a paddle out for Ronnie Jay. It will take place at Topanga. Topanga was his one of his favorite surf spots and is where we think he’ll be happiest. Feel free to bring boards, flowers, snacks, and anyone that loved Ronnie Jay. We will probably start the event going around 11:00AM and get in the water shortly after that to throw flowers in the ocean. Even if you don’t want to get in the water, come and share your favorite Ronnie stories and hang out on the sand with us before and after. This going to be pretty casual, just a small group of Ronnie Jay friends and family that want to be there when we say goodbye.

More details: Ronnie Jay Updates

On Sunday, Lucy's Pet is bringing their Gnarly Wave machine to the Found Animals Adopt & Shop - Culver City. Bring your dogs and join in the surfing fun!

The Culver City Fire Department will be on hand to fill up the wave machine!

Food trucks, $10 microchips and discounted adoptions.


Found Animals Adopt & Shop - Culver City
4235 Sepulveda Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90230
310-933-6863
Santa Monica ripper, Cove kingpin and Zephyr Team alumni passes away with early Alzheimer’s at 66.




So young, it seemed, for a guy whose energy and smile seemed to light up any spot he chose to surf. As a top dog on the fabled Zephyr Team, Ronnie held down the Santa Monica surf scene during the 1970’s with a dynamic blend of exceptional ability and unquestioned authority, especially when it came to some of the more localized breaks like the old P.O.P. Pier, where he virtually ruled The Cove. Yet there was nothing dark about Ronnie’s presence in the water or on land. Stacy Peralta, a junior Zephyr Team member at the time, remembers Ronnie’s impact:

“Ronnie wasn’t just the hottest guy around, he was an inspiration. He lifted our entire beach every time he went in the water. And not just by how good he was, but with his spirit, with his sense of humor.”


L: Jeff Ho. R: Ronnie Jay. Photo: Dana Woolfe


An electrician by trade, in a different era Ronnie’s power-hungry surf style might have led him down another path.

“He was a really, really good surfer,” says Peralta. “In this day and age he probably could’ve had a career as a pro. But he was ahead of his time in his thinking. Back in the mid-‘70s, I got sponsored to go to Australia for the first time as a pro skateboarder. And I remember Ronnie coming to me and saying, “You’re getting an opportunity guys like me never got. You’ve got to respect that. Other guys might go down there and throw TVs out hotel windows, but not you. Respect it, and remember that you’re representing us.”

Ronnie Jay continued to surf hot, continued to be the local’s local, even when he began showing troubling symptoms of early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Though his cognitive abilities waned, his interest in surfing never did — the sands and waves of his youth providing a constant touchstone right up until the end.


"Whenever you walked into Jeff Ho's Surf Shop in the 70's, Ronnie was easily recognizable with his high pitch voice and his friendly demeanor." recalls Robert Terris. "You knew you were at a special place in a special time. Some guys in the shop had ego's but not Ronnie you could easily talk to him about board design with their surfboards on display for sale. I got to surf with him several times in my late teens and early twenties at Bay St. And I also had Ronnie in my same heat in a Pacific West Surf Contest down at Bay St in the early 80's. I'll always remember Ronnie and the other's hanging in the Jeff Ho Surf Shop talking Story and drinking Carrot juice in the mid 70's not to many other's were into health foods like those guy's were in the 70's. I will miss Ronnie's friendly smile ingrained into my memory. Aloha Ronnie you belonged to a golden age of Surfing's past."

Ronnie’s ashes will be returned to the waves he loved at a small memorial to be held at Topanga Point on July 1st, 2018.



Small waves Saturday mid-morning at the Venice Pier. These photos were shot by Six12 Media. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots in the complete photo gallery, check them out, the link is down below.








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

Venice Pier - Saturday 6-30-2018 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.


Fun waves Friday mid-morning at the Venice Pier. These photos were shot by Six12 Media. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots in the complete photo gallery, check them out, the link is down below.









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

Venice Pier - Friday 6-29-2018 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.