SUP: Andrew Prowd

Standup Paddleboarding with Andrew Prowd from Queensland, Australia.

Video: Skater Getting Arrested Throws Big Tantrum

B4BC's Skate The Coast

Now in it's 8th year, Skate The Coast is 18-mile skateboarding marathon held by Boarding For Breast Cancer to raise money for breast cancer awareness, prevention, and support programs. Participants skate, bike, or rollerskate along the 18-mile course starting at the Santa Monica Pier, and taking the bike path along the beach, passing through such areas as Venice Beach, Marina Del Rey, Manhattan Beach, till they reach the Redondo Beach Pier, where there was an after party at Wahoo's Fish Tacos. Each participant needed to raise at least a minimum of $50 in order to take part, and with so many of these awesome guys and girls each raising way beyond that, the total amount raised ended up to be well over their goal of $25,000.

Welcome and safety meeting before the skate.

Pre-skate yoga.

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One of the hydration stations along the course.

rolling through Venice Beach.









Check out Boarding For Breast Cancer for more info on them and their events or if you'd like to donate or volunteer.

There are a ton more photos(almost 300 photos), in the complete gallery. If you participated, or know someone who did, there's a good chance there are a couple photos of them in there, along with the large versions of all the photos on this blog:





Check out photos from last year's event too:

Video: Venice Breakwater Surfing - Big Storm Swell Part 3

Filmed the first weekend of March 2014, when that huge swell hit the Los Angeles area beaches, bring waves hitting 30'. Many calling it the biggest waves to hit our area in decades. This is third of 3 video edits from that weekend. Most of the footage in this part was shot during the rain on Sunday.

 Previous blog post on this: Surfing the biggest waves to hit Venice Beach in years 

Saturday's Photo Gallery:  Venice Surfing 3-1-2014
Sunday's Photo Gallery:  Venice Surfing 3-2-2014

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70' Boat Beached At Playa Del Rey

This 70-foot cabin cruiser went aground back on February 27. According to reports, the captain awoke in the middle of the night to find that he was dragging anchor. He was unable to get the engine started and the rough seas that night sent the boat onto the beach. Luckily missing the rocks. Everyone was able to get off the boat, unfortunately, not much was able to be done for the boat since. It has been sitting here in sand getting destroyed more and more everyday by the waves and by vandals.

The owner is need of help to remove his boat from the beach, this is from a donation site he has set up: "My name is Cosmo, I am 49 years old, and for the past five years have been battling congestive heart failure.I am disabled on a fixed income.The "Angelique" was our pension , our retirement, and our life savings all in one basket. She was our past our present and our future. Not to mention our pride and joy.Due to the response of my insurance company. I have no choice but to reach out to the public for assistance.Your contributions will help me remove the "Angelique" to her final resting place and restore the beach to its original state. Please I need your help to complete this task, Beaches and Harbors will invoice me triple the cost and it will take the rest of my life to pay thier amount.We lost everything, and durring the nights of our recovery what personal belongings which were salvageable went to the looters. I.hope it helped their families.I have three boys, thier rooms were ransacked,everything a young boy values was taken.My only goal is to return our Beach in the way I found it. Thank You"