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Big waves enticed a number of surfers and body boarders to head out to the Wedge last weekend. People flocked to the beaches on the Balboa Peninsula to watch the action in the water, including Indy photographer Jim Collins.

Billed as the largest active sporting event in North America, the 2018 Vans U.S. Open of Surfing concluded its nine day run in Huntington Beach on Sunday. Local fans packed the beaches in Newport’s northerly neighboring coastal city, just south of the pier. Onlookers...

Surfers and history buffs alike will be interested in an upcoming free lecture, being held 90 years, almost to the day, after the Corona del Mar Surf Club hosted the first Pacific Coast Surf Board Championships. Paul Burnett will speak at Sherman Library & Gardens on Aug. 7...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

— 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,...

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,...