Donald Takayama, Legendary Surfer/Shaper , RIP 1944-2012
By Eddie Solt Jr. Legendary Surfer/Shaper and Hermosa Beach Walk of Fame Inductee Donald Takayama passed away today. A central figure of the South Bay surf scene during the Golden Age of the 1960s, Takayama worked, surfed, and innovatived surfboard designs for Velzy, Jacobs, Bing, and Weber. “Donald was the Dick Brewer of the early 60s […]
Redondo hosts annual Power Classic girls volleyball tournament
Prior to next week’s showdown with rival Mira Costa, California’s top-ranked team Redondo will host the 32-team Redondo Power Classic Friday and Saturday. The tournament includes 16 teams ranked in the top ten of their respective CIF divisions and will used as a post-season tune-up for many of the participating schools. Matches will be held in […]
Newsmakers: Success of local athletes
Volleyball legend honored Manhattan Beach native and Mira Costa alum Mike Dodd was one of six athletes inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Mass on Saturday. At the age of 15, Dodd earned his beach volleyball AAA rating and later excelled at indoor volleyball and basketball at San Diego State. He won […]
Beach Cities Sports: Football, golf, tennis, track and field, volleyball and more
Golf: The 1st Annual Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame Golf Tournament will be held at Los Verdes in Palos Verdes on Friday, Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. prior to the Hall of Fame Grand Opening later that evening. FOX Sports broadcaster Chris “Geeter “McGee will be calling up foursomes to the 1st […]
The legendary Gilberto Gil makes his Disney Hall debut
There was a time and place in which pop music was a revolution. In Brazil, in the late 1960s, Gilberto Gil was a rising pop star, the leader of the ambitious and culturally voracious Tropicália “Afro power” movement that infused traditional rhythms from the rural northeast of the nation with psychedelia, poetry, and art rock. […]