Giovanni Douresseau is featured in an Episode of WSL Studios' Transformed web series.

At the age of 12, Giovanni Douresseau’s life consisted of the eight blocks of guns, gangs and violence surrounding his home in South Central, Los Angeles. After being exposed to surfing during the youth summer program Youth Mentoring, he fell in love with the sport and met a mentor who helped him completely move past his rough upbringing. Ten years later, Giovanni is committed to sharing the life-altering gift of surfing that was given to him when he needed it most.

“Surfing changed my life…this program changed my life. I was the fat kid: depressed; no motivation; living in a neighborhood full of gangs and headed nowhere. Then Youth Mentoring found me, gave me my mentor and invited me to surf with them. I finally felt like I belonged somewhere – like I mattered. I lost 120 pounds and found myself! Now I’m a surfer and a scholar athlete! I’m in college and so happy with where my life is going. Not only that, but hundreds of other youth can experience what I did… Will you help us?” - Giovanni Douresseau

Are you a lover of classic longboarding? Are you mesmerized watching surfers effortlessly doing dropknees and bottom turns? Do you yearn to cross-step and perch on the nose, just like them, but not sure how to do it? Or are you a beginner who wants a chance to ask all the questions you have about how to improve, catch more waves and longer rides?

Carla Zamora grew up at First Point Malibu, one of the best longboarding waves in the world. Under the guidance of her father as well as a long list of logging legends, Carla learned the proper nuances exclusive to traditional longboarding.

This fall and winter, join Carla for a series of one-hour workshops at Traveler Surf Club & Coastal Outpost , geared specifically for the longboarder looking to improve their game. The workshops will progress from basic beginner level through to more advanced techniques and topics.

Come for the sessions that are of most interest to you, or sign on for the full set so that you can build on new knowledge each time.

$30 with advance purchase, $35 at door

Traveler Surf Club & Coastal Outpost
22941 PCH, Malibu.

Session 2 | Saturday November 9th "Motion in the Ocean" | 9-10 AM

Maneuvering your board as an extension of your body is a key element to gliding gracefully and safely across the water. Topics covered include:

Bottom Turning
Cutbacks and redirecting
Staying with the Curl
Kickoutst

Session 3 | Saturday November 16th "Fancy Footwork" | 9-10 AM

So you think you can dance? Learn how to move along the length of your board in classic longboard style. Topics covered include:

Drop-Knee Cross-Stepping Nose-Riding

Session 4 | Saturday December 14th "Party Wave" | 9-10 AM

Finally, we will do a cumulative review of what we've learned and go into detail on any topics that were not covered in-depth. Topic covered include:

Combining skills
Taking your skills to the next level
Advanced Equipment
Squaretail vs Pintail
Fin Placement
The Proper Noserider

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Join The Mauli Ola Foundation for the Allen Sarlo Surf Experience Day on Saturday, Nov 2nd at Surfrider Beach, from 10:00AM - 2:00PM

Boardriders Malibu is hosting their first Mega Demo Day!

November 2nd from 8am to 3pm come by the shop to demo the newest boards, wetsuits and fins from your favorite companies. The parking lot will be loaded with the goods, so mark your calendars and come on down...

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

We don't have as many surf spot photo days in October as we did in September
, but we still got a ton of surf photos from a bunch of days at different spots, from Venice up to Leo.

Below is the list of Surf Spots with the days we got photos for during the entire month of October. Each link will take you to the page with a few surf photos and at the bottom of those photos there will be a link to that photographer's gallery where you can find all the surf photos for that day (many times there's well over 100 photos to check out). Most of these photographers offer high-res downloads and prints for sale.

Leo Carrillo

Leo Carrillo - Wednesday 10-16-2019
Leo Carrillo - Saturday 10-19-2019
Leo Carrillo - Sunday Evening 10-20-2019
Leo Carrillo - Monday Evening 10-21-2019


Zuma

Zuma - Saturday 10-19-2019
Zuma - Monday 10-21-2019


Santa Monica

Santa Monica - Tuesday 10-1-2019


Ocean Park

Ocean Park - Saturday 10-26-2019
Ocean Park - Haunted Heats


Venice Pier

Venice Pier - Saturday 10-12-2019


Wanna see last month's Photo Gallery Recap?
Click September Surf Spot Photos Recap

If it’s broke, get fix it! For Free!

Worn Wear is coming to Patagonia Santa Monica on Saturday and Sunday (Oct 2nd & 3rd) from 11-5pm. The Worn Wear truck will be parked just across the street in front of the store.

Pull out your broken and busted stuff and they’ll do our best to get ya fixed up and on your way.

There will also be snacks, hot chocolate, and crafts for the kids.

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

Rider Shack Guide to Surfing Los Angeles: County Line

County Line is located on the borders of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. This break offers a right-hand cobblestone point break at the northern end of the beach, as well as 500 yards of beach break to the south.

Avalon Gall surfing Malibu in this video by Full Moon Surf Club

On Saturday, ZJ Boarding House held their annual Haunted Heats Surf Contest. As always, it took place in between Towers 26 and 27 in Ocean Park. This year we saw surfers dressed up as the Ninja Turtles in their Pizza Van, a Banana dude, a ghost, Trump and his Tower, a Tourist, Wonder Woman, a pair of Solo Cups, and more. Here are some of the 400 photos we got from the contest:






















You can find about 400 more photos from this contest, all full size and in high-resolution, in this huge photo gallery:

ZJ Boarding House Haunted Heats Photo Gallery

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