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An elderly homeless surfer and Vietnam veteran could not hold back his happy tears when a group of friends surprised him with a new van to get his life back on track. Thomas Dube, 69, from Malibu, California, had fallen on hard times during the pandemic, losing his home, his job, and seeing his car break down, trapping him in a beach parking lot for roughly three months. Within his local California surfing community, however, Thomas is well-loved – surfers saying he is always so positive and friendly, despite his situation. But one day, Kenny Fong, 49 – a surfer who is friends with Thomas – said he read a Facebook post from the 69-year-old that said he would like the next chapter of his life to be in heaven and that his life on Earth was done. Kenny and two friends, Steve Cary and Josh Foelsy, decided they needed to do something to boost Thomas' spirits, so they settled on a van that would allow him to sleep more comfortably and travel around. In total, the trio managed to raise around $5000 to purchase a 2007 Honda Odyssey. They then surprised him with the new vehicle/ Read the full story here: happilynews.com


Northern LA Boardriders has just announced the 1st Northern LA Boardriders (NLAB) inter-club Surf Contest taking place at Zuma on July 31st.

Divisions will run from Groms up to Legends with a Girls & Women division.

Registration is now open, click here.

Northern LA Boardriders (NLAB) is a surf club that shares a strong passion for surfing and giving back to our community. We aim to foster the sport of friendly competitive surfing and create a positive movement and platform for our younger generations. Our community includes Malibu, Santa Monica, Venice, Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Agoura, Calabasas, and SFV. We are extremely conscious of the need to protect our environment & ocean and pay deep respect for the history and legends of our local surf culture. Join our club, click here


Share some stoke. Share some love. Join the Black Surfers Collective on Juneteenth for a Black Out at Bay Street!

Black Surfers Collective had to postpone the annual Nick Gabaldón Day celebration to Oct. 9. But in the meantime, they're getting together June 19 for an informal, relaxing beach day at his home break. (Inkwell, Tower 20)

Gathering from 9 a.m. to noon to laugh, talk story, catch a few waves and celebrate fellowship


Here's some surf photos from Tuesay, June 15th at Sunset.


This set was shot from about 9:00-10:10 AM 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:

Sunset - Tuesday 6-15-2021 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.



Here's some surf photos from Monday, June 15th at Topanga.

This set was shot from about 7:15-8:20 PM 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:

Topanga - Monday 6-15-2021 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.






The shit-show at Venice continues:



From Brad Jacobson.


From Koa Rothman :

"We are back in California and the waves are pumping! I scored some secret waves that we got kicked out of haha. We also scored Malibu first point as good as it gets with a million people out. Enjoy the video!"
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