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11th Annual Halloween Surf at Newport Pier

Over 100 costumed surfers both young and mature strutted their stuff at the 11th annual Halloween Surf happening north of the Newport Pier on Saturday, Oct. 28. Mild temperatures and easy waves made “Donald Trump’s” promise to “make surfing great...
Posted On 31 Oct 2017
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Californians Take Top Spots in U.S. Surf Open

Newport Beach’s neighbor city once again held the Vans U.S. Open of Surfing and this year the top spots for men and women’s divisions went to Californians. Huntington Beach local Kanoa Igarashi placed first in the men’s division and Ventura resident Sage Erickson earned the honor...
Posted On 11 Aug 2017
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Local Focus: Surfing Physician Offers Tips for Ocean Safety

December may be the season to be jolly, but summer ‘tis the season to be surf-and-sun aware.  That cautionary “prescription” comes from avid surfer Bryan Doonan, a sports medicine and family physician who sees more surf-and-sun related injuries in his Newport Center walk-in...
Posted On 30 Jun 2017
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‘Surfing Circle of Honor’ Breaks World Record

Newport Beach’s northern neighbor on the California coastline, Huntington Beach, lived up to its “Surf City” nickname Tuesday as several hundred surfers paddled out into the water, held hands and broke a world record. In celebration of International Surfing Day,...
Posted On 21 Jun 2017
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18th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival is Going Deep

Not content with merely scratching the surface, the Newport Beach Film Festival has decided to “Go Deeper” for its 18th annual incarnation that runs April 20-27. This year’s theme, “Go Deeper,” is both a reflection of the coastal ambiance of the festival and a salute to the...
Posted On 31 Mar 2017
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Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Shares Views on Gun Control, Terrorism and Surfing

By Tim J. Randall | NB Indy In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview during the congressional holiday recess, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a 13-term member of the House of Representatives, discussed local and global topics including terrorism, immigration, San Onofre, the FAA, his...
Posted On 08 Jan 2016
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Local Focus: Newport Surfer Invents Nonskid Safety Surface

Countless entrepreneurs have thrown their competition to the proverbial mat after reading such popular business books as “The Business Black Belt,” “Lead Like a Black Belt,” “Think Like a Black Belt,” “Negotiate Like a Black Belt,” and “Black Belt Marketing.” Unlike the vast...
Posted On 29 Aug 2015
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Newport Man Builds World’s Largest Surfboard

Newport Heights resident Bob Steel’s career has spanned decades and taken him around the world on surfboards, sailboats and first class yachts. He’s sailed with famous names on incredible vessels and raced in nearly every major ocean race. Now, his current venture is building a...
Posted On 21 May 2015
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High Surf Impacts Balboa Peninsula

The city of Newport Beach has released this warning about high surf conditions (like this photo taken by NB Indy photog Larry Sherwin at The Wedge this morning) and the resulting traffic and parking impacts to Balboa Peninsula: A National Weather Service advisory warns that...
Posted On 27 Aug 2014
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Moment for Health: Surfing Fitness

Staring out over the vast ocean from high above, it’s hard to imagine this huge body of blue swirls, washes and waves its salty water all over the world and contains more than 300 million trillion gallons of water. That’s a lot of water rolling through space, yet has made our...
Posted On 14 Jun 2014
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Local Focus: Newport’s Famous “Wedge” Subject of PBS Documentary

A lone rock stands hiding in plain sight to thousands of beachgoers who pass by en route to the Wedge at the entrance to Newport Harbor; they’re going to either risk their bones body surfing, or to oooh and ahhh those watermen on vertical wave faces that challenge both cervical...
Posted On 24 May 2014
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Posted On 21 Feb 2014
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Local Teens Spruce Up Their Wardrobe

A pair of local teens recently took their love for surfing, skateboarding, art, and music and rolled it all into one simple and stylish clothing line. Andrew Boukather and Cole Friedman, both 16-year-old Corona del Mar High School juniors, launched Spruce Clothing in May. “We try...
Posted On 02 Aug 2012
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Shredding Plastic

New Sport Combines Surfing, Skating and Big Blue Tarps     It’s surfing, it’s skating, it’s the parachute game, it’s… Tarp surfing! It’s a new sport, or hobby, or just something to do when the waves are almost nonexistent, and it’s been gaining popularity at coastal...
Posted On 27 Sep 2011
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Now They’re ‘Living It Forever’

Nearly 20 years ago, Newport Beach resident Rick Chatillon was working at Newport Photographics when fellow local Ralph Meyers, Rick’s long time 22nd Street surfing buddy, came in to have his collection of old 16mm reels converted to video.  Ralph, along with friend Tom Jewell,...
Posted On 31 Aug 2011
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Surf’s Up

— Photos by Parker Reposa and Jim Collins The Nike US Open of Surfing beckoned Newporters to the beach between July 30 and Aug. 7. The event offered sport, music and art along 14 acres of sand in Huntington Beach for over 500,000 people. The best in surf, skate, BMX, music,...
Posted On 12 Aug 2011
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A Rainy-Day Sport

With the rain drowning Newport, and grass hills and parks being soaked all week, I thought I’d take a moment to recount my favorite “sport” from my childhood.  I’m not sure if it has an official name, but we would always call it grass surfing. You see,...
Posted On 24 Dec 2010
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Wind Blows

Wind. I can only think of two sports in Newport Beach that are made better by heavy winds, and they’re practically the same sport: windsurfing and kiteboarding.  With the winds kicking up this week into the 30 mph range, most outdoor sports are put on hold until the gentle...
Posted On 03 Dec 2010
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Riding a Wave

  By Sherri Cruz Orange County Business Journal   It’s called a casterboard. It looks like a skateboard except it has two caster wheels that provide a ride that’s more like surfing. A South Korean inventor came up with the Wave casterboard. A Laguna Beach-based...
Posted On 12 Nov 2010
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May I Ask You to Read This, Please?

  As I bounced around Newport this week running errands, surfing this little swell that’s here, and driving down our city streets, I couldn’t think about anything but manners. I thought about the people that have great manners, but even more about the people with a glaring...
Posted On 24 Sep 2010
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