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6/10/14

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.

Other event photo galleries:

4/29/14

Video: Haunted Heats Surf Contest

Filmed back in October of last year, this is the Haunt Heats Surf Contest held by ZJ Boarding House.

Photos and the full contest write-up was posted back in October: Haunted Heats Surf Contest

4/16/14

2014 Z-Flex Jay Boy Classic

z-Flex riders Oscar Navarro and Malakai Monte

On Saturday, April 12th, Venice Skatepark hosted the first annual Z-Flex Jay Boy Classic, a contest for 21 & under unsponsored skaters. Taking place in the skatepark's pool, 40 skaters competed for the first place prize of a 1 year flow sponsorship from Z-Flex. Not only were there several skaters from states like Hawaii, Texas and New Mexico competing, there was also a little grom named Indiana from the United Kingdom.
Jay Adams was on hand all day skating, signing autographs, and tossing out free stuff. Along with Jay, a who's who of Venice skate legends were present, skating the pool, judging the contest, and having a good time. Christian Hosoi, Eddie Reategui, Aaron "Fingers" Murray, Tim Jackson, Aaron Scott, Pat Ngoho, George Wilson and Eric “Tuma” Britton who also was the contest announcer.

Here's a preview of the full contest edit that will be up soon:

After a morning practice session, the jam format contest started. Each skater got an intro run at the start of their heat. Z-Flez even brought in some bleachers for spectators to watch from, a first for Venice skatepark. From 40 skaters, 8 were chosen to compete in the finals. Highlights included Venice skatepark regular Hezekiah Seales unique stylish pool carves, which sent one of his shoes flying off a few times, Andrew Miller with a bunch of different blunt combos, and "Spacoli", who with his long hair, bandana, and flannel, resembled a young Jay Adams.

Christian Hosoi

"Spacoli"

Jay Adams

Hezekiah Seales

Eddie Reategui

Royalle Bernstine

Andrew Wallace

Andrew Miller

Results:
1. Andrew Wallace
2. "Spacoli"
3. Andrew Miller
4. Royalle Bernstine
5. Hezekiah Seales
6. Alex Vasques
7. Andley Lerma
8. Robert Baltazar

Jay Adams & the 8 Finalists

Aaron Scott

Dogtown's Hadden Mckenna

Malaki Montes

Andrew Wallace

Jay Adams & the 8 Finalists

With Nearly 150 photos taken, they all can't fit on this blog, so check out all the photos from the contest (146 photos total) in the Z-Flex Jay Boy Classic Photo Gallery.

A video of the contest is coming up soon.

Bro fisting Hosoi

12/23/13

Makaha 50th Anniversary Snake Run Mini-Bowl Contest

Sean Johnson

In 1963, Venice Beach lifeguard Larry Stevenson found Makaha Skateboards. The name came from a beach in Hawaii that Stevenson had the chance to visit during his Navy days in the Korean war. Makaha was known for making the first high quality skateboards, and for later inteventing the kicktail.

Pauline Branom

During the same year it opened, Makaha had sponsored a team of skateboarders, which included top surfers such as Mike Doyle, and held the first skate contest. A half century later, Makaha is celebrating it's 50th Anniversary and the 50th Anniversary of the first skateboard contest by holding a Snake Run Mini-Bowl Contest & Food Drive at the Venice Beach Skatepark. Taking place on Saturday December 14, 2013, the contest was open to all with a $10 entry fee and 2 cans of food to donate. 100% of the profits from the event went to the Westside Food Bank which is helping to feed people in need this holiday season.

Food trucks, vendor booths, and music from DJ Bennett Harrada filled the outside of the skatepark as legendary skater contest announcer Dave Duncan called the contest. In the kids divisions, Kiko Fransisco and Asher Bradshaw blast those huge airs they are well known for. Pauline Branom lead the girls division, showing that girls can skate the park just as good as the guys, and in lots of cases, even better. Jesus Estaban had the trick of the day with his ollie from the snake run onto the guardrail where the DJ booth was set up and back into the snake run. Sean Johnson 50-50 grinding nearly the entire snake run bowl then reverting on the drop back in. Dogtown boys Leandre Sanders and Haden McKenna had the most consistent lines, with one-foot airs and a handplant transfers by McKenna and 180- nose grinds out of the bowls channel by Sanders, given them 2nd and 3rd place finishes. Powell's Charlie Blair was crowned the winner for his big airs and tech tricks.