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Longboard Slide-sation Tyler Critelli

April 9, 2013 11:24 am

Wave dancer
Tyler Critelli applies his dance training to walking on water
Tyler Critelli’s smooth shortboard and progress, old school longboard styles can be traced to his dance background.

HB Surfers Walk of Fame inductee Doyle set standard for watermen

April 5, 2013 2:52 pm

Mike Doyle started as my idol and then became my mentor and finally, a good friend.

Local High School ripper Alidih Sheldon Profile

March 11, 2013 12:47 pm

Sheldon steps up for Sea Hawks
The surf was a pumping six- to eight-feet at Knob Hill apartment in Redondo Beach.

Pezzolo Perseveres: Local Up-and-Comer Ethan Pezzolo

February 26, 2013 12:06 pm

Cut-off wetsuits, bad boards, scary fin cuts can’t stop Ethan
Redondo High senior Ethan Pezzolo started surfing when he was eight on a Joe Bark that his mother bought him.

PIPELINE: Chris Stimpfl

December 14, 2012 1:36 pm

Surf future looking up for Chris Stimpfl
by Mike Purpus
It’s a picturesque, four-foot, offshore, low tide beautiful afternoon looking more like Waikiki Beach than the Palos Verdes Cove.

Living the Dreams of the Past: Local teenage Longboard Sensation, Josh Gilberts’ Profile

November 12, 2012 11:41 am

Living the dreams of the past
To make matters worse, an octopus had taken hold of his leash and right leg
by Mike Purpus
One day, when Josh Gilberts was just 13, he decided to paddle out with the locals at ElPorto during an 8-foot swell It took him a half hour just to get past the shore break.

In celebration of Donald Takayama: Donald and the Hawaiian Invasion

November 12, 2012 9:44 am

Donald and the Hawaiian invasion
It was because of Donald that other big name Hawaiian surfers came to Hermosa Beach
by Mike Purpus
In 1950, the first issue of Surfer Magazine hit the stands with a bitchin’ photo of Donald Takayama in full flight, crouching with his front foot extended toward the nose racing through a thick Ala Moana bowl.

Gentle Ben: Ben Fortun brings the Aloha spirit to his old school longboarding

July 24, 2012 10:05 am

Ben Fortun, a 19-year-old, 5-foot-9, 180 pound Redondo High grad, looks like an Ala Moana local.

Steve Wilkings: the artful eye

April 13, 2012 4:33 pm

In 1964, Steve Wilkings became a member of Bay Cities Surf Club.

Hudson Ritchie takes the longboard route

April 13, 2012 12:02 pm

Thirteen-year-old Hudson Ritchie is skateboarding past my apartment.

Pipeline: A new generation of Luhrsens Breaks in at the Breakwater

March 16, 2012 8:37 am

Brothers James, Jude, Joey, George, and Mike Luhrsen have patrolled the line-up at the Redondo Beach Breakwater for over 20 years.

Tominaga wins shortboard, and longboard at high school contest

February 29, 2012 4:14 pm

The South Bay Surf League All Star Individual Championships took place Saturday under grey skies and glassy, low-tide, 3-foot walls on the south side of the Hermosa Beach Pier.

Barrelin’ Ahead: Mira Costa’s Noah Collins commands respect in his first South Bay Surf League season [PHOTOS]

December 17, 2011 7:00 am

Everyone involved with the South Bay High School Surf League is talking about Noah Collins.

Mira Costa surf team tops Palos Verdes [PHOTOS]

December 16, 2011 3:42 pm

PHOTOS BY BRAD JACOBSON (CivicCouch.com)
South Bay Surf League director John Joseph was starting to sweat halfway through the surf league season.

Pipeline: Redondo’s Beaty wins shortboard and longboard divisions

November 16, 2011 5:46 pm

A few weeks ago the South Bay High School Surf League held its Kick off Classic so the coaches could get an idea of how their surfers will fare in league contest.

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