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The average water temps as of November 4th.


There's no better way to kick off a new month, than with a Gopro GIVEAWAY! 💥

Show how you would get active with your new GoPro! All you have to do is...
1: Follow @b4bc & @gopro on Instagram
2: Like the post with the above photo and tag a bestie in the comment
3: Post a story showing us where you will take your new Gopro! Don’t forget to tag @b4bc and @gopro

💕TWO winners will be announced Friday!


The LA84 Foundation announced Friday that it has awarded $1 million in grants to Southern California school-based and community youth sports organizations.

The grants are intended to serve nearly 30,000 children involved in 16 sports across seven counties, and benefit various organizations and programs.

The LA84 Foundation’s grants will help with field refurbishment for improved playing conditions and increased safety for participants, as well as coaching education and supporting the expansion of sports opportunities for young people with physical disabilities, the foundation said.

“We are inspired by program leaders, parents and coaches from throughout Southern California who are continuing to push to close the ‘play equity gap,’” said Renata Simril, the LA84 Foundation president and CEO. “Working with these organizations to ensure that structured sports are available to all kids, regardless of where they live, their ability level or their family’s income, is a critical part of growing the movement for play equity.”

The grants include:

— For A Walk on Water , which serves four counties including Los Angeles, a $15,000 grant to provide surf therapy to children who have a disability

— A $25,000 grant for Pools of Hope of Los Angeles will fund their adaptive swim program for lessons and one-on-one therapeutic swim lessons


Come over to the The Waterfront Venice on Wednesday November 13th for Girls on Film - An evening of women’s surf and skate films.

Films featuring Elissa Steamer , Kassia Meador , Leah Dawson , Lola Mignot , Brooke Carlson, Nora Vasconcellos , Laura Enever , Jaleesa Vincent, Isabella Nichols, and more!

The Waterfront Venice
205 Ocean Front Walk,
Venice, CA 90291
(424) 309-5331


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!



Joackim Guchard surfing small waves in California. 3min surf video created by Leco Moura in 2019.


Favorable pattern will remain in place for quality surf in California. Northwest swell takes us through the end of the week while south swell also persists. Offshore winds groom the combo swell -- Source: Surflies
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



The average water temps as of October 28th.

Jacks Surfboards teamed up with COR Surf Gear and Firewire Surfboards to bring you an awesome Fall Giveaway! One lucky winner will receive a Limited Edition LFT 5’11” GO FISH from Firewire Surfboards a $250 Jack’s giftcard, & over $500 of gear from COR Surf Gear that includes a board stand, wall rack, waterproof surf bag, changing poncho and changing mat; more than you can carry!

To Enter:
➡️Follow @jackssurfboards , @cor_surf and Firewire Surfboards on the ol' Instagram
➡️Enter your name + email at the link on this entry form
➡️Tag 2 of your surfing buddies in the post with the above photo.

Contest ends 11/8, Good Luck!