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

"Today is the first day where the city removes the the tents that are left over from people they got housing for. One homeless couple invited me inside their tent to see what it’s like to be homeless on the beach. After they show me the inside, they gave me an interview. They are really happy that they could get a place in a hotel."

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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Los Angeles Park Rangers break up a fight between two women at the Venice Beach Boardwalk, Thursday, July 1, 2021. no one was arrested."

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

"Today, the park rangers posted flyers that the homeless have to remove thier tents by July 2nd. We see a homeless person getting arrested for arson. And big news today, Mike Bonin’s staff email leaks about removing a homeless person in front of Mike Bonin's office."

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


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

"I went to the candlelight vigil for the victim of the stabbing, Michael Hall. After this, police ordered back up after trying to arrest a man after crowd tried to stop the arrest."

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


Saturday June 26, 2021 7:24pm - A Venice resident was hit in the head from behind in a random attack on the boardwalk. The attacker did not flee the scene and instead returned to a homeless encampment nearby and sat down with a bottle of alcohol. No arrests were made.

The video below is the victimn trying to get help from the LAPD, unfortunetly as was we have witnessed several times, they are useless AF.





This is just like that time on the Shacked Instagram Stories, when an older surfer was hit on the foot by a glass bottle a homeless man threw at him. The LAPD officers refused to even acknowledge the attacker exist, even though the surfer was bleeding and the attacker was close by still shouting obscenities at everyone. The LAPD officer just stated that evereyone just needs to avoid going near him, he has a right to be on the boardwalk.


More madness on the Venice Boardwalk. At about 7PM on Sunday, a fight broke out near 800 Ocean Front Walk in Venice. Police showed up to break up the fight, arresting one person when the crowd tried to stop the arrest.

25 more officers then showed up for back up.

Why was the crowd trying to stop the arrest, who knows, but hell, the LAPD will just release the person within the hour anyways, like their useless department always does.


From Brad Jacobson:

"Surfing Malibu for the first official swell of summer. Surfers were getting rides of 1 minute + long! They were connecting waves from second point all the way to the pier. It was a super fun swell. I haven't filmed Malibu in a long time but this day has me yearning to come back. Thanks for watching. I'm Brad Jacobson and I'll see you on the beach."


From Santa Monica Close Up:

"City Of Los Angeles Department Of Public Works sanitation workers empty trash bins at the Venice Beach Boardwalk next to the homeless encampment, Sunday, June 27, 2021."

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Here's surfing photos from Sunday, June 27th at Sunset.

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

These are just a few of the 200+ 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 complete gallery is down below.
















You can find about 200 more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in these 3 photo galleries:

Sunset - Sunday 6-27-2021 - Gallery #1
Sunset - Sunday 6-27-2021 - Gallery #2
Sunset - Sunday 6-27-2021 - 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 from this photographer?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.