The Peninsula against the Pacific.
Three hurricane swells in six weeks broke over the Long Beach Peninsula seawall. Sandbags, K-rail and a $9.75M sand plan. Our read on the season.
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BEACHNOIR.
The stories the shirts come from. Swells, tracks, parks, kelp beds and courts, reported straight and then read the way an artist reads a scene.
The Wedge gives up its bones.
A 20-foot south swell in June filled the gladiator pit. After Marie, erosion uncovered timber likely left from building the 1917 jetty. Surf history at Newport.
Read ↗Lake Elsinore runs again.
The old Lake Elsinore motocross track closed in 2024. Two riders brought it back. Now the city wants to be the action sports capital of the world.
Read ↗Betting on the cold.
Last winter Snow Summit opened 4 of 33 trails at its peak drought. This fall the snow guns are testing and Big Bear is counting down to a November opener.
Read ↗Fifteen miles of pink.
Boarding for Breast Cancer turned 30 with its 19th Skate the Coast: Santa Monica Pier to Redondo Beach, about fifteen miles on the Strand.
Read ↗Won with a one-pound fish.
Santa Barbara Freedivers held their 19th spearfishing tournament in low visibility and a bad wind forecast. Two fish weighed in. The winner went one pound.
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