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by Kevin Cody photos by Steve Gaffney @stevegaffney Local surfers formed five-member teams to compete for bragging rights, and to raise funds for the Jimmy Miller Foundation last Saturday, in El Porto. Many of the participants were friends of Jimmy Miller, the foundation’s namesake, who succumbed to mental illness 20 years ago. Miller was a […]
by Brianna Smith Photos by Steve Gaffney (SteveGaffney.com) Nearly 200 women and young girls competed in the first annual Queen of the South Bay surf contest on Saturday, June 11 in El Porto. Among the competitors were U.S. National Team members, and novices who had never previously competed. The novices were seeded in their own […]
by Brianna Smith photos by Steve Gaffney The 12th annual Tour de Pier took place Sunday, May 19 as a fundraiser for cancer research. Over 300 stationary bikes were located on the Strand in front of the Manhattan Beach Pier, and thousands of participants came to ride them. The event combines intensive workouts that cycling […]
Photos by Steve Gaffney (SteveGaffney.com) by Kevin Cody The South Bay Boardriders Big Wave Challenge for the largest wave ridden in the 2023-24 winter season had plenty of worthy entries. Photographer Steve Gaffney’s photos from the last week in December are among the contenders. The swell invited comparison to the swells that flooded the Hermosa […]
photos by Steve Gaffney (SteveGaffney.com) Photos made the surf look good at the South Bay Boardriders/El Porto Surf Shop contest two weeks ago in El Porto, but only because the level of surfing in the Boardrider contests keeps improving. Nowhere is this more evident than in the women’s divisions. In the Women’s Open division, competitors […]