by Kevin Cody Three bronze commemorative plaques are missing from the Hermosa Beach Pier Surfer Walk of Fame. Two were damaged and have been removed by the City…
Hermosa Beach, in the South Bay of Los Angeles, is steeped in surf history. Icons of the yore, who paved the way for modern day surfing in Hermosa, then surfed their way up and down the California coast and over to Hawaii, include: surfers and shapers Dale Velzy and Dewey Weber, surf photographer .
In 2015, mountain guide Zuko Carrasco's world collapsed in a trust fall gone awry. Eight years later, he looked to reclaim his independence with an audacious plan to scale El Capitan.
The 32-mile Catalina Classic is one of the most grueling endurance contests on the planet an ultra-marathon of the sea and an annual rite of passage in Southern California surf culture. This year's race was pure hell.