The average water temps as of June 15th.
Today, the owners of the event, IMG, and Van's, who is the main sponsor, have officially cancelled the US Open Of Surfing that was scheduled to take place the first week of August.
Even though the fools at WSL had already announced the "surfing world is on hold" and their CT tour for 2020 would not happen, it wasn't till today that the QS & Juniors Huntington Beach event, which also includes BMX and skateboarding contests, had been officially cancelled.
Besides being a Coachealla for kooks, and 909er bros, the US Open did have a longboard invitational, a Life Rolls On Expression Session, and the skate and BMX contests.
But surfing competitions are still going to be happening down at the HB Pier, the NSSA contests are going on still.
The Nation Scholastic Surfing Association announced its coveted national championships will be held at the Huntington Beach Pier.
The 2020 West Coast regional championships have been given the go-ahead for July 9-12 at the pier, and the nationals are slated to follow Aug. 1-8.
“The kids have been just going crazy not having the jersey on. It’s their lifestyle,” she said. “I’ve been working really diligently with the city of Huntington Beach, just keeping completely updated regarding when we can get back up and running, safely. I just got the word this morning from the city of Huntington Beach that we are able to push forward with our championship event. It made my year.”
Though most big events have canceled for the year, Aragon said she “held out hope” and was going to hold off as long as she could to avoid canceling.
The championships draw the top young talent from across the United States, though some competitors may have trouble traveling, or may not want to with coronavirus concerns still lingering, she said.
She said the organization will adopt whatever safety protocols they have to, looking to the state, county and city for guidance.
For more of our coverage of the Coronavirus lockdown, closures, and how our local surf community and businesses are doing, CLICK HERE
Here's some surf photos from Friday, June 12th at Leo Carrillo. These were taken from around 7:00AM till about 9:00AM. This set was shot by ChrisDidThis.
These are just a few of the 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 gallery for this day, check them out, the link to the gallery is down below.
You can find more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this 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 other local surf spots?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.
Video and text by David Malana
In honor of George Floyd, we paddled out to pay respects in Santa Monica. One thing you notice more than anything is that the surfing community is predominantly white. A sport created by people of color (ancient Polynesians) banned by white colonizers who proclaimed it an act of evil, reintroduced to the world by a Hawaiian, and then taken over again by vast majority white people who now make billions off of a surf industry that uses people and places of color as decoration for events, videos, movies, and photos. It's a bit of an irony that as a Filipino man, I often feel out of place. My challenge to surfers is to practice the concept of equity in their surf lives by sharing our love for the ocean and its waves with people and communities that didn't inherit the wealth you did, didn't have learning to swim or going to the beach as a birthright, and who now are represented by a brave few that paddled out with us that day, as a small somber amidst a crowd of generally jovial surfers enjoying their unintentionally closed communities. If you would like to find a hopeful surfer of color who wants to experience what we so readily enjoy, please let me know and I can help. That is one way we can do our part moving forward. Take the feels you get from these things, and do more to get BIPOCs back in the water where they once so naturally belonged.
Here's some surf photos from Thursday, June 11th at Leo Carrillo. These were taken from around 5:00PM till about 7:30PM. This set was shot by ChrisDidThis.
These are just a few of the 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 gallery for this day, check them out, the link to the gallery is down below.
You can find more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this 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 other local surf spots?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.
A SUV wrecked into the Parking Booth at the Venice Pier early Thursday morning.
It happened around 3:30AM, the driver sped west down Washington, lost control, hitting the big traffic control message board and smashing it into the parking booth.
A bystander pulled out the driver from the wreck, and rendered some first aid to him . The driver, reported to be a man in his 20's or 30's, was then sent to the hospital for his injuries.
Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Darryl Jacobs said the investigators believe the driver was speeding, which is damn obvious just by looking at the damage.
The ATF and the Santa Monica Police put up a reward of up to $5,000 for information related to the arrest of those responsible for the arson that occurred May 31 at the Sake House by Hikari, located at 401 Santa Monica Blvd.
Below is the press statement from the ATF:
Anyone with information was asked to call Detective D. Chabot at 310-458-2201 Ext. 6679, Sergeant C. Green at 310-458-8414 or the 24-hour watch commander at 310-458-8427. Don't know how competent these detectives are, hopefully they are not awful at their job as their beloved Chief Renuad is.
The peice of trash wearing the ugly MISBHV legging also looted the REI store as seen in the photo above.
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For more of our coverage of the protests and looting in our beach communities, CLICK HERE
Construction work for the Temporary Skate Park is moving quickly! Crews completed the asphalt and fencing work earlier this week, and the skate equipment installation began today. The installation work is expected to take two to three weeks to complete.
Once complete, the Temporary Skate Park will open as soon as the Los Angeles County Public Health Order regarding skate facilities is lifted
In 2019, the City Council approved the use of the Crummer/Case property adjacent to Malibu Bluffs Park as the location for a temporary skate park, and authorized staff to release a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the design of a 12,500 square-foot permanent skate park on the same property.
The City Council approved the Final Conceptual Design for the Temporary Skate Park on Monday, February 24.
The Temporary Skate Park is expected to open on the west portion of the property in Mid-2020, while the Permanent Skate Park is designed and built on the east portion of the property.
Here's some surf photos from Wednesday, June 9th at County Line. These were taken from around 6:00PM till about 6:45PM. This set was shot by ChrisDidThis.
These are just a few of the 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 gallery for this day, check them out, the link to the gallery is down below.
You can find more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this 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 other local surf spots?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.
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