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La Niña is a weather pattern that occurs in the Pacific Ocean. In this pattern, strong winds blow warm water at the ocean’s surface from South America to Indonesia. As the warm water moves west, cold water from the deep rises to the surface near the coast of South America.

The video was written, produced, etc by Michael Claisse



Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach, and the nearby communities.

"Today I went to Santa Monica Third Street Promenade and watched all the business owners boarding up their stores in preparation for election day. Hopefully everything will end up being calm. I also went down all the way to the end of the Santa Monica Pier on my scooter to show you what’s going on at the pier."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice


Stay warmer, surf longer this winter!

Body Glove is giving away a EOS 3/2MM Women’s Back Zip Fullsuit to TWO lucky winners!

To enter, follow @bodyglovegirl on Instagtam and tag two friends in the comments under any of the giveaway posts. Winners will be announced 11/05/20 at 10am PT via their IG story.






GoPro has once again put a massive bounty on the raddest clip filmed with its trademark rough and tumble portable camera.

“Grab a HERO 9 BLACK Gopro and be a part of the 2020 GoPro Million Dollar Challenge Highlight Video. Send us your best video clips of epic travel adventures, insane action, family radness or anything awesome. Get in on the action, get creative, get paid”



The criteria are straightforward and submission is frictionless. If you have some raw footy that could take the cake make sure to submit HERE. Just remember, your footage has to be shot on the new HERO 9 BLACK Gopro.



Last 2 days for the Spooky Light Show at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier. Spooky characters and seasonal colors from till 11/2 and there is offerings of candy corn-flavored cotton candy, fall-inspired drinks and treats and more!


Submitted Photo.

Some of the surfing on Halloween morning at Ocean Park. These photos were shot by Six12 Media and brought to you by Body Glove.

These are just some of the over 50 photos from this session. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots in the complete photo gallery, check them out, the link is down below.












You can find over 50 more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo gallery:

Ocean Park - Halloween 10-31-2020 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.

Police were searching for an armed robbery suspect at Venice Beach around noon on Halloween, as reported by PDR Scanner









Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach. His newest video is a continuation of his series on the homeless encampments that have taken over Venice Beach. In this video, he gets drone footage of the homeless encampment.

"Today was a beautiful day, I took my brand new drone DJI Mavic Mini out and took some video of the homeless encampment in Venice Beach. It’s a totally different view when you see everything from higher up, birds view. They also cleaned several spots on the boardwalk and a few homeless tents were removed."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice



Hot Wheels has teamed with Nitro Circus for the Hot Wheels Superchargers Fueled by Nitro Circus Virtual Competition, an open competition for kids in the United States aged 5-16 in skateboarding, BMX, and scooter. This one-of-a-kind event welcomes all skill levels, from beginner to advanced. Kids get the chance to show off their skills, compete against peers, and of course have a whole lot of fun!

Enter by submitting a consecutive run on a scooter, skateboard or BMX bike of up to 60 seconds — one entry per person. The run must be filmed by a parent or legal guardian and should be filmed in horizontal on a camera or phone, with no music or editing. The top 10 runs from the Beginner and Advanced categories of each sport will be judged live via Nitro’s social media platforms by legends from the world of action sports!

For more info and to enter, CLICK HERE





Stay warmer, surf longer this winter!

Body Glove is giving away a EOS 3/2MM Women’s Back Zip Fullsuit to TWO lucky winners!

To enter, follow @bodyglovegirl on Instagram and tag two friends in the comments under any of the giveaway posts. Winners will be announced 11/05/20 at 10am PT via their IG story.






Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach.

"Driving on my way home, I saw that there was a fire underneath the 405 freeway on Sepulveda and Venice Boulevard. One of the big tents of the homeless encampment caught on fire. Luckily, it did not spread to all the other tents."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice


From Frankie's Bikinis

As the summer season comes to a close, we want to head into the Fall season with a bang. The Love in Venice collection delivers an entire range of newness including six never-before-seen prints, three brand new silhouettes and a compilation of our best-selling styles in both apparel and swimwear. Inspired by the buzzing beach town that is Venice, California. Known for its bohemian spirit, funky shops, free spirited residents, and colorful streets -- our collection Love in Venice was born.

Our inspiration behind this collection comes largely from the beach and our love for the ocean -- introducing prints like our “Mowie Wowie” hot pink Hawaiian flower print (which you may have seen on Sofia Richie) and our “Sherbet” tie-dye which resembles that perfect sunset over the water on a hot day. As always, the silhouettes were designed to mix and match as you please to achieve the desired coverage and fit you are looking for. The swimwear in each print can be paired back with the apparel for an effortless beach to street look, or to simply add a little layering to your look no matter where you are.



The collection re-introduces some of our top selling swimwear like the Tavi, Tasha and Francesca sets as well as the Cash One Piece who’s silhouette sold out within 24 hours in a previous collection. Our sweatpants, cropped hoodies and sweat shorts also make an appearance in new printed fabrics, alongside our best-selling terrycloth Rose Romper and Coco Set (which you may have seen Hailey Bieber wearing recently).



Along with these top styles, we introduce three brand new terry cloth apparel silhouettes - our Canal cropped tee, Windward mini skirt, and Kinney one-shoulder dress. These pieces are so versatile and perfect for lounging around your home, throwing on to run errands, or even a cute and comfortable date night outfit.

Shop the Collection


Santa Monica Cultural Affairs is accepting submissions from Santa Monica nonprofits, businesses and Los Angeles artists for art and culture projects as part of the City of Santa Monica’s economic recovery efforts. Cultural Affairs has launched a new Art of Recovery initiative to harness the power of the arts in the City’s economic, community, and health recovery efforts.

Art of Recovery is launching with a pair of projects at some of the City’s most notable locations, Main Street, Santa Monica Pier, and Downtown. Local artists will transform the plain k-rail concrete safety dividers that line Main Street’s al fresco dining and retail experience into colorful works of art to create a vibrant destination and corridor.



So if you want to put your art on some of the K-Rails throughout the city, sign up on the Art of Recovery Artist Application



The goal to raise funds to get Surfing Photograhper/Videographer Lou Porter some upgraded gear has been met!

Lou gives a huge thanks to everyone!

Lou shoots photos and video clips of everyone surfing Topanga, go follow her on her Instgram: @malibubarbiexoxo



If you haven't met the very much loved Lou, watch the video below:





Meet Lou Porter. A California Native, who loves the beach, surfing and sharing her stories and experiences everyone she encounters. Lou has been coming to Topanga Beach, just north of Los Angeles for years. She takes photos and videos of people surfing and posts them to Instagram and Facebook. Although not a surfer herself she has become a staple in many people's daily routines greeting them as they go in and out to surf.

Lou is committed, she follows the surf charts and on days when there is surf, makes her way from Chatsworth to the beach, a 20 mile commute over the Santa Monica mountains but when the surf is up Lou is there.

A couple of us surfers want to support Lou to get her an upgrade. We are looking to get people from the community to pool together to get her a new camera with a zoom and tripod, to support her. Most of all we want to share our appreciation and enthusiasm for her dedication to the beaches we surf at most.

Please donate!.





Mike, aka German in Venice, vlogs about daily life in Venice Beach. His newest video is part 8 of his series on the homeless encampments that have taken over Venice Beach. In this video, he revisits his friend Gucci from a previous video.

"Today I happened to walk by the Venice beach boardwalk and I saw Gucci sitting on the grass with the friend enjoying himself and have a picnic I had to stop by and ask how he’s doing since lots of people on YouTube like him so much."

If you would like to support German in Venice with some gas money or you want to buy him a coffee, you are welcome to donate to his paypal account: https://paypal.me/germaninvenice


Dain Corrales went camping at Leo Carrillo state park this week and filmed the surfers with a drone.

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