Patagonia Santa Monica is looking for inspiring short films (up to five minutes long) to screen at their fourth annual Patagonia Film Festival on August 1.

All water-related topics are welcome ... from surf edits to documentaries on protecting wildlife.

We will show 60 minutes’ worth of films at the festival, and the audience will vote for Best Cinematography, Best Overall and Best Environmental Story. Winners will be awarded a $1,500 shopping spree at Patagonia Santa Monica. Entry is free. For more information and a copy of the official rules, please email kara.mcnally@patagonia.com.

Submissions due June 12!

Patagonia Santa Monica store
1344 4th Street ,
Santa Monica , California , 90401

On Sunday afternoon, a couple surfers were returning to the short term parking lot at Tower 26 and saw this lady trying to rip the license plate off their car. She was able to yank the frame off and walked away when they showed up. As on called the cops, the other started filming her. He posted the confrontation to his Instagram story (that's where these screen grabs originally came from, we reposted them to our Insta-story too). According to the guys, she was yelling back at them then when off and lock herself in the bathroom, still screaming till the cops showed up.

A group has started a petition to get a skatepark built in Malibu. They are on Instragam at @malibuskatepark and below is their link to sign the petition.

Malibu Skate Park Petition

Here are a couple of surf photos from Tuesday 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 6-4-19 Photo Album

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

Brian Asher Photography

They are still talking about getting rid of the huge V sculpture at Venice Beach, here's the news segment from ABC7 News and below is their text story. But neither is saying exactly why it has to go other than the artist and gallery that had it installed want $7 million. Yet back in May, an article on Architectural Digest they said $2 million. Are sculptures like gas, higher prices in summer?



In May 2001, a 60-foot sculpture was installed on Venice Beach. It was supposed to stay there for six months. Instead, it has been there nearly two decades. Now, it may be moved.

The piece is called, "Declaration," and it is situated on a knoll overlooking the ocean. It's 25 tons of steel, rising where Windward Avenue meets the boardwalk. It is the work of artist Mark Di Suvero, who likes his sculptures placed outdoors in public, not in a museum.

"I think that the placing of pieces in urban context is very important to give people a sense of freedom," he said.

Millions of Venice visitors have walked by "Declaration" not knowing it was a temporary installation. Di Suvero oversaw the installation in May 2001 for the Venice Family Clinic and its art walk benefit. The artist's gallery, L.A. Louver paid for the site work and has paid to maintain it, but time is running out, and they have applied for the permit to take it down at the end of the year

Gallery founder Peter Goulds hopes It can be saved.

"We were hoping in the spirit of the moment, it will endear people to wish to keep it here, because it is an inseparable part now of the iconic images of L.A. The clock is ticking against us at this point," Goulds said.

It's valued at $7 million, but terms can be negotiated. At any price, a multi-million dollar purchase by the city is out of the question. In a statement, the area's City Councilman Mike Bonin said, "There are 1,000 homeless people sleeping on the streets of Venice and it would be negligent to spend millions in public funds for a sculpture."

Supporters are hoping a generous benefactor will purchase the sculpture.

The artist will reluctantly dismantle "Declaration" by the end of the year and have it trucked to a site in Northern California.

"One dreams of having pieces that people love, and keeping them there," Di Suvero said.

Even skeptics have come to embrace it. Boardwalk business owner Michael Lutkes said, "First I hated it and I thought it didn't look good in front of the palm trees, but now I'm used to it and people come to take pictures of it. I actually like it now."

Surfers use the piece as a marker when they're in the ocean.

For locals and visitors alike, the Venice landscape will be very different without it.

Below is the posting from the guy who had his board stolen, you can DM him via Instagram at @lance_mountain_

Boardriders Malibu is hosting a Channel Islands Surfboards demo tour for one whole week! June 4-11, come by and try before you buy...

Boardriders Malibu
18820 Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, Ca 80265
310 - 359 - 8274

A few nice barrel rides at the Venice Beach Pier, taken from our May 31, 2019 Instagram stories.