Skateboarding, surfing, and dirt biking in Santa Monica, CA, captured by a pre-teen David Markey on 8mm film in 1976/ '77.

The dawning of the Dogtown era; Road Rider 4's, Bennett Trucks, Logan Earth Ski's, 2 colored Vans. Shot at Bay Street, Kenter Elementary, McKinley Elementary, Harvard Street, and the former vacant lots of Santa Monica. Skaters include Paul Hoffman and Paul Cullen.

Here's some of the surf photos from the big swell on Monday morning at the Sunset (also known as "Vons" as it tagged in our Instagram Stories).

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These photos are just a few of the 300+ shots from this session. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots, probably multiple photos, they will be in the complete photo galleries for this day, check them out, the links to the complete galleries are down below.



















You can find about 300 more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in these 3 photo galleries:

Sunset - Tuesday 5-12-2020 Photo Gallery #1
Sunset - Tuesday 5-12-2020 Photo Gallery #2
Sunset - Tuesday 5-12-2020 Photo Gallery #3


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 other local surf spots?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.

Due to the huge increase in surfers' vehicles getting broken into along PCH, LAPD put out this flyer back in December:



Now that word is out the beaches are open, the thieves are going to return.

Our photographers have watched first hand these pieces of shit casing vehicles at surf spots such as Sunset, Topanga and the spots in Malibu. But unless caught in the act, police will do nothing. Hell, now due the coronavirus, even if caught in the act, the scumbag city officials have told the police not to arrest anyone, so the city has made it more enticing for those a-holes to keep stealing from everyone.

So do not hide you keys on your tires or under the car. These pieces of trash sit in vehicles and watch. Others slowly walk along the park cars looking for the keys.

Yeah, we seen a number of surfers hiding the keys under their vehicles this past weekend.

At least, get a good key lockbox to deter these assholes.

Here's some of the surf photos from a quarantined Monday morning at the Sunset (also known as "Vons" as it tagged in our Instagram Stories).

This set of surf photos was shot by Six12 Media and brought to you by Hulu.

These are just a few of the 300+ photos from this session. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots, probably multiple photos, they will be in the complete photo galleries for this day, check them out, the links to the complete galleries are down below.



















You can find about 300 more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in these 3 photo galleries:

Sunset - Monday 5-11-2020 Photo Gallery #1
Sunset - Monday 5-11-2020 Photo Gallery #2
Sunset - Monday 5-11-2020 Photo Gallery #3


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 other local surf spots?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.

To help slow down the spread of COVID-19, Jacks Surfboards retail locations are temporarily closed, but their online shop is open. .

Jacks Surfboards will stay committed to serving customers through their online shop and are offering 25% OFF SITEWIDE for a limited time with code SAVE25.

Shop online @ Jacks Surfboards

On Sunday at about 10:00AM, we captured on our Instagram Story what appeared to be a shark swimming near Sunset.

Here's the photos shot by Six12 Media, unfortunately, it was too far out to get a clear up close shot of it.

After seeing the photos, it might not have been a shark.







On Instagram, @ouana pointed out that it may be a mola mola (ocean sunfish).


a Mola mola off the coast of Southern California. Photo: Bradley Beckett

"Surf’s up! LA County beaches are reopening this Wednesday, May 13 for individual activities like swimming, surfing, jogging, and walking."

“LA County Beaches are reopening this Wednesday, May 13 for individual activities like swimming, surfing, jogging and walking." Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn announced today.

LA Beaches & Harbors confirmed the opening:

On 5/13, LA Co. beaches reopen w/ the following rules:
• Individual/family activities & exercise ONLY
• No lying or sitting on sand, canopies, coolers or picnicking
• 6+ ft. physical distancing & masks REQUIRED
• Parking lots, bike path, piers & boardwalks remain CLOSED



But take note, these city officials don't agree with each other on this, so one of them might cock block this decision. Also, Malibu said it's beaches are different than those down south, so they may nee additional time to set health guidelines before they open.

Around 5:00PM, Santa Monica has agreed to open their beaches via their social media accounts:

"Santa Monica beaches will reopen this Wednesday, May 13 for ocean activities and exercise with restrictions - specifically NO gathering, sitting & sunbathing."

For more of our coverage of the Coronavirus lockdown, closures, and how our local surf community and businesses are doing, CLICK HERE