by Mark McDermott and Rachel Reeves By the time the Marleys stepped onto the Hightide stage at BeachLife Festival Sunday night, 51 bands had performed several…
Catalina Channel lays down for famously challenging Rock 2 Rock Paddleboard race
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Photos by Ken Pagliaro (KenPagliaro.com)
by Kevin Cody
The annual Rock 2 Rock paddleboard race is famous for bad conditions. The start at Two Harbors on Catalina Island typically has onshore winds whistling through the Isthmus, churning up the water. The finish, at Cabrillo Beach, is known to windsurfers as Hurricane Gulch because of its powerful offshore winds.
Not this year. The only disruption was a slow moving freighter that forced the slower paddlers to sit up while it passed. Otherwise, conditions were as conducive to fast times any year in recent memory. The water was flat and the feared wind at the finish never materialized.
South Bay Paddleboard season resumes as pandemic restrictions lift
SHARE Bob Meistrell aboard the Disappearance at the start of the 2011 Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race. Photo by Greg Browning
Bob Meistrell aboard the Disappearance at the start of the 2011 Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race. Photo by Greg Browning
Local paddleboard races, all of which were suspended last summer because of the pandemic, will resume starting June 5 with the South Bay Paddle at the Hermosa Beach pier. It will be followed by the Rock2Rock, from Catalina Island to Cabrillo Beach, on Sunday, June 27; and the Catalina Classic, from Catalina island to the Manhattan Beach Pier on Sunday August 29.
Surfing
An unexpected surf swell hit the South Bay earlier this week bringing heavy, powerful waves and many smiles for surfers who were on it. A swell was expected but nothing like this. Waves in the way overhead range arrived Tuesday, March 16th but only lasted for a few hours. Conditions were not great as most waves closed out but there were a few amazing moments, especially on waves caught by Kei Kobayashi and local charger Colin Weinberg. Video produced…
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