Wednesday Wipeouts

Every Wednesday, a collection of the best and worst wipeouts that been caught by Six12 Media. This week's are from the Santa Monica Pier Raddleboard Races that went on last Saturday.

Santa Monica Pier Paddleboard Race

The Santa Monica Pier Paddleboard Race & Ocean Festival took place once again on the south side of the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday. This all day event featured several races for paddleboarders, standup paddleboarders, and swimmers, as well as lifeguard dory racing. Aside from the racing, there was several youth beach competitions and a large vendor's village up on the pier that included a pop-up surf history museum.    Last year, huge surf cause carnage on all the races, with racers being tossed off their boards like rag dolls. This year the surf was just right.

Elite SUP Men - Jamie Mitchell Elite SUP Women - Shae Foudy Elite Paddleboard Men - Shane Gallas Elite Paddleboard Women - Candice Appleby Paddlecross Paddleboard Men - Shane Gallas Paddlecross Paddleboard Women - Candice Appleby Paddlecross SUP Men -Mo Freitas Paddlecross SUP Women - Candice Appelby (yes, again!) One Mile Swim Men - Ryan Bullock One Mile Swim Women - Leah Timmerman Run-Swim-Run Men - Ryan Makuta Run-Swim-Run Women - Kira Makuta Youth 250M Swim Boys - Ryan Keith Youth 250M Swim Girls - Natalie Smith Youth Soft-top Paddle - Sydney Brouwer

Check out over 500 more photos of the races in the Santa Monica Pier Paddleboard Race Photo Galley. There's photo albums for each race. Also check out the 2013 Photo Gallery for photos of the carnage cause by the huge surf at last years event.

UPDATE! New video edit of the races:

Last year's racers faced some huge surf.

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Wipeout Wednesday

Every Wednesday, a collection of the best and worst wipeouts that been caught by Six12 Media.

Life Rolls On: They Will Surf Again

Life Rolls On held their first They Will Surf Again (TWSA) event of the season on May 17, 2014 in Santa Monica. TWSA is an award winning series of surfing events that "empower paraplegics and quadriplegics to experience the freedom of mobility by riding a wave with the assistance of adaptive equipment and the support of hard working volunteers."   Over 200 volunteers, along with event sponsors such as Red Bull, gathered just south of the Santa Monica Pier on this Saturday morning to help make this go down in the books as one of the most amazing TWSA events ever. A huge number of people affected with spinal cord injury(SCI), both young and old, from all over southern California came out to surf the waves. Using specially designed surfboards and the guidance of expert instructors, they were able to experience the fun and excitement of surfing. With their family and friends, as well as everyone on the beach, cheering them on as they caught wave after wave, emotions ran from laughter to tears of joy.

Life Rolls On was founded by Jessie Billauer. It was 1996, Jessie was just 17 years old and on the verge of becoming a professional surfer when he hit his head on a shallow sandbar at Zuma, breaking his neck and severing his spinal cord, sustaining a C-6 complete spinal cord injury, which resulted in quadriplegia. After leaving the hospital, Jessie was determined to do two things: to surf again and to help inspire others to follow their passions, which led to creating the Life Rolls On Foundation.

This event starts off the 2014 Get On Board Tour, which will have eight more TWSA events in cities on both coasts, as well as a They Will Skate Again event in Venice Beach and a charity golf tournament in New Jersey.

Check out all the photos in the They Will Surf Again Photo Gallery. There's photo albums for each team color with over 400 photos total. Also check out the They Will Skate Again Photo Gallery for photos of the adaptive skate clinic and contest held in the Venice Beach skatepark last year.

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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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