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<strong>May</strong> 10, <strong>2018</strong><br />
Volume 48, Issue 40<br />
Summer Calendar <strong>2018</strong><br />
Kid camps Sports Concerts Theater<br />
Klineman’s promise Sophisticated Snoops
Stocking Dealer<br />
Free parking in our 6th Street lot<br />
635 Pacific Coast Highway - Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
310-374-3406<br />
Call Our Dexperts<br />
South Bay’s oldest lumber yard<br />
• Trim<br />
• Doors<br />
• Siding<br />
• Decking<br />
• Lumber<br />
• Windows<br />
• Hardware<br />
• Referrals
TAKE A RIDE IN A YELLOW<br />
SEMI-SUBMARINE<br />
View Underwater Sealife<br />
SSV LOOKING GLASS BOAT<br />
310-909-3179<br />
www.fastkayak.com/lookingglass.html<br />
visitkingharbor.com<br />
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King Harbor Association<br />
Invites You To<br />
Think Summer<br />
PEDAL BOAT &<br />
KAYAK RENTALS<br />
Super wide and stable SUP’s<br />
for 1 st time paddlers.<br />
SUP Lessons Available by Appt<br />
Reservations required<br />
(310) 909-3179<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Marina<br />
• Dining<br />
• Sport Fishing<br />
• Boat Rides<br />
• Water Activities<br />
• Boat Hoist<br />
• Special Events<br />
• Slip Rentals<br />
• Shopping<br />
• Mooring Rentals<br />
More Fun in the Sun<br />
181 N. Harbor Drive<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>, CA 90277<br />
(310) 374-3481<br />
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<strong>May</strong> 10, <strong>2018</strong><br />
Volume 48, Issue 40<br />
ON THE COVER<br />
Reporter Dexter Ford aboard a<br />
Pacific Blue Air sky trike.<br />
Photos courtesy of<br />
Pacific Blue Air<br />
BEACH PEOPLE<br />
14 Feet in the sand by Randy Angel<br />
Former Mira Costa and Stanford indoor volleyball star Alix Klineman finds<br />
the transition to beach volleyball challenging and promising.<br />
26 Sky trikes by Dexter Ford<br />
Even though they look like a combination lawn dart, espresso machine<br />
and bloated bobsled, sky trikes are serious airplanes.<br />
30 Sophisticated Snoop <strong>2018</strong><br />
The 45th annual running of the American Martyrs School fundraiser opens<br />
doors to private art collections and homes that themselves are works of<br />
art.<br />
14 <strong>Beach</strong> volleyball<br />
16 International Surf Festival<br />
18 <strong>Beach</strong> runs<br />
19 <strong>Beach</strong> triathlons<br />
21 <strong>Beach</strong> tennis<br />
22 MB Grand Prix<br />
23 Paddle, Surf<br />
29 <strong>Beach</strong> theater<br />
SUMMER CALENDARS<br />
40 Kids beach camps<br />
44 Wine and Dines<br />
47 Farmers markets<br />
48 Shakespeare in the Park<br />
48 <strong>Beach</strong> films<br />
50 <strong>Beach</strong> concerts<br />
53 Kids land camps<br />
61 Home services<br />
STAFF<br />
PUBLISHER Kevin Cody, ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Richard Budman, EDITORS Mark McDermott, Randy<br />
Angel, David Mendez, and Ryan McDonald, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Bondo Wyszpolski, DINING<br />
EDITOR Richard Foss, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Ray Vidal and Brad Jacobson, CALENDAR Judy Rae, DISPLAY SALES<br />
Tamar Gillotti and Amy Berg, CLASSIFIEDS Teri Marin, DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL MEDIA Hermosawave.net,<br />
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Tim Teebken, DESIGN CONSULTANT Bob Staake, BobStaake.com, FRONT DESK Judy Rae<br />
310.937.3902 700 S. Aviation Blvd.<br />
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<strong>2018</strong> Summer Indoor<br />
Volleyball Camps &<br />
Clinics<br />
• 7 week-long<br />
Beginning Camps<br />
(Ages 7-11)<br />
for players just starting to<br />
play volleyball<br />
• 7 week-long<br />
Intermediate Camps<br />
(Ages 11-16)<br />
for Players with some<br />
volleyball experience<br />
• Great Student to Coach Ratio:<br />
Usually 6 to 1 or better<br />
• Campers placed in groups of<br />
similar age & experience<br />
• Coaches: Strong role models and<br />
strong volleyball coaches<br />
• Players can participate in:<br />
• Morning Camp (9am-12pm)<br />
• Afternoon Camp (1pm-4pm)<br />
• All-day Camp (9am-4pm)<br />
• Lunch included<br />
Camp Locations<br />
• Week 1: July 9th - 13th in Palos Verdes<br />
• Week 2: July 16th - 20th in Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
• Week 3: July 23rd - 27th in Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
• Week 4: July 30th - August 3rd in Torrance<br />
• Week 5: August 6th - 10th In Torrance<br />
• Week 6: August 13th - 17th in Torrance<br />
• Week 7: August 20th - 24th : Brentwood<br />
• 6 weeks of High Performance Clinics also available<br />
For Online Signups, Directions & more information regarding our camps and high performance clinics, visit us at<br />
www.<strong>Beach</strong>citiesvbc.com<br />
or call 310-546-9150.<br />
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PEDAL YOUR CRUISER<br />
TO THE PIER ... PLAY & STAY<br />
HAVE FUN ALL DAY ... YOUR WAY<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Pier and Boardwalk<br />
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each sports<br />
determined to take advantage of<br />
every day of training and do everything<br />
we can to maximize our<br />
growth as a team.”<br />
A summer full of volleyball<br />
Mira Costa High School alum Alix Klineman has quickly risen up the ranks since beginning her pro beach volleyball<br />
career last season. Photo by Ray Vidal<br />
by Randy Angel<br />
Over the last decade, South<br />
Bay beaches have become<br />
home to numerous professional<br />
players who take advantage<br />
of the mild climate and deep sand.<br />
This year, there is a new player to<br />
focus on. Alix Klineman rose to<br />
fame as the 2006-07 Gatorade National<br />
Volleyball Player of the Year<br />
at Mira Costa High School. She continued<br />
her standout career at Stanford<br />
University, followed by a stint<br />
with the U.S. National Team and a<br />
career overseas.<br />
Seeking a new challenge, the 6-<br />
foot-4 Klineman retired from the indoor<br />
game and has quickly risen<br />
through the ranks of beach volleyball.<br />
Last year she was named the<br />
AVP Rookie of the Year award.<br />
“From a physical aspect, it took a<br />
lot longer than I thought it would to<br />
get my sand legs,” Klineman said. “I<br />
also had to take a step back and<br />
look at the demands of the beach<br />
game and change the way I train<br />
(both on the court and in the weight<br />
room) to increase my fitness and<br />
have the endurance to play two to<br />
three intense matches a day for two<br />
to four consecutive days. Volleyballwise,<br />
blocking and setting have definitely<br />
been the most challenging<br />
skills to pick up on the beach. Setting<br />
is difficult just because that’s<br />
something I didn’t train for indoors,<br />
and blocking has been an adjustment<br />
because the timing and the<br />
strategy are so much different on<br />
the beach.”<br />
After partnering with former<br />
Mira Costa standouts Jace Pardon<br />
and Lane Carico, Klineman has<br />
joined forces this season with April<br />
Ross, a proven winner on the domestic<br />
and international circuits.<br />
Ross won the silver medal at the<br />
2012 London Olympics with Jennifer<br />
Kessy and the bronze at the<br />
2016 Rio de Janeiro with Kerri<br />
Walsh Jennings.<br />
“The partnership has really been<br />
going smoothly. Not just because<br />
we won a tournament, but I think<br />
the way we work and compete<br />
mesh really well together,” Klineman<br />
said. “She’s been incredibly<br />
patient with me as I’ve tried to<br />
adapt to the international level. She<br />
does so many things well, but the<br />
things that stand out are her ability<br />
to always better the ball, her constant<br />
talk throughout the play, and<br />
her ability to anticipate how the<br />
play is going to unfold. I’m constantly<br />
taking note of all these ‘little’<br />
things she’s great at and trying<br />
to incorporate them more into my<br />
game.”<br />
In January, the pair won gold at<br />
the DELA <strong>Beach</strong> Open, a four-star<br />
FIVB World Tour event, at The<br />
Hague, Netherlands.<br />
They beat Brazil’s Carolina Solberg<br />
Salgado and Maria Antonelli<br />
in the final, 21-12, 21-15. They<br />
went 10-0 in the tournament, including<br />
two country quota<br />
matches and two qualifiers before<br />
beginning pool play.<br />
They came home to compete in<br />
last week’s FIVB four-star tournament<br />
in Huntington <strong>Beach</strong> and<br />
have their sights on the 2020<br />
Olympics.<br />
“Our goals are big and we’re<br />
aiming to win tournaments,” Klineman<br />
added. “We have a lot of room<br />
for improvement still, but we<br />
know when we play our best we<br />
can compete with anyone. But on<br />
a more basic level, I think we are<br />
AVP Tour returns to<br />
Hermosa<br />
Thurs. -- Sun., July 26, 29<br />
The AVP returns to Hermosa<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> for the first time since 2010.<br />
The Hermosa Open had previously<br />
been held every year since 1984. In<br />
1990, NBC’s inaugural telecast of<br />
beach volleyball took place at the<br />
event.<br />
The Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Open will<br />
consist of 24 Main Draw teams for<br />
men and women – 14 auto entries,<br />
2 wild cards and 8 qualifier teams.<br />
The Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Open, the<br />
“Wimbledon” of beach volleyball,<br />
takes place Aug. 16-19. The winning<br />
male and female will have<br />
their names placed on bronze<br />
plaques on the Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Pier.This year’s tournament is the<br />
second of three events of the AVP<br />
Gold Series, with a purse of<br />
$225,000 compared to the $150,00<br />
of regular AVP tournaments. The<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Open will be<br />
made up of 32 Main Draw teams<br />
for men and women – 14 auto entries,<br />
10 wild cards (with many of<br />
them coming from the AVPNext<br />
circuit) and 8 qualifier teams.<br />
General admission is free for<br />
both events.<br />
Avp.com<br />
Collegiate <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Championships<br />
Wed. -- Sat., <strong>May</strong> 9 - 12<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
The <strong>2018</strong> Team USA Summer<br />
Champions Series presented by<br />
Xfinity makes its first stop at the<br />
Bridgestone USA Volleyball Collegiate<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Championships.The<br />
dual-gendered event returns with a<br />
32-team women's bracket and an<br />
8-team men's competition. Main<br />
draw action, which consists of pool<br />
play and a single-elimination<br />
bracket, begins Thursday. Players<br />
will vie for a spot to compete in the<br />
FISU World University Championships<br />
in Munich, Germany, July<br />
9-13.<br />
Teamusa.org<br />
AAU<br />
Sun., <strong>May</strong> 20<br />
Sun., June 10<br />
Tues. - Sat., July 10 - 14<br />
The Amateur Athletic Union’s<br />
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each volleyball season continues<br />
with three tournaments in Hermosa<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>, including the Los Angeles<br />
Open (<strong>May</strong> 20), California Regional<br />
Championships (June 10) and Girls<br />
Junior National <strong>Beach</strong> Championships<br />
(July 10-14).<br />
Aaubeach.org<br />
CBVA<br />
Throughout the summer<br />
The California <strong>Beach</strong> Volleyball<br />
Association holds numerous tournaments<br />
for men, women, boys and<br />
girls, including the Men’s and<br />
Women’s $1500 Opens (Saturday,<br />
<strong>May</strong> 26) and the popular Mike<br />
Cook Mixed (July 7) at Marine<br />
Street, which includes a<br />
father/daughter and mixed coed<br />
tournaments. The season culminates<br />
with the Cal Cup in Hermosa<br />
and Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>. Adults play<br />
Sept. 1-2 and youth (Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>) Aug. 25.<br />
Youth compete in the Premier<br />
Tour, comprised of 12 stops including<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> (July 12-15)<br />
and Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> (Aug. 18-19).<br />
The winning team in each age<br />
group of all the tour stops is invited<br />
to play in the Championship tournament<br />
on Aug. 25 at Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Pier.<br />
cbva.com<br />
Smackfest<br />
Sat., June 14<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Combining beach volleyball,<br />
fashion and music, the beach culture<br />
is celebrated each year at<br />
Smackfest. Smack apparel founder<br />
Bill Sigler’ tourney is celebrating its<br />
24th year and features costumedthemed<br />
coed 4s and Pro 4s tournaments.<br />
New this year on Sunday,<br />
June 15 will be the Smackfest Juniors<br />
and Recruiting Showcase.<br />
(310) 318-5062<br />
Smackfestevents.com<br />
Father’s Day <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Volleyball Tournament<br />
Sun., June 17<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Pier<br />
Open to players ages 10 and up,<br />
the pool play tournament takes<br />
place from 9 a.m. to noon. In this<br />
tournament, children compete with<br />
their fathers while their mothers<br />
cheer them on. Action takes place<br />
on the short course, with four-person<br />
matches held on the long court.<br />
Registration is $50 per person (18<br />
and Under Divisions) and $100<br />
(four-person team). All participants<br />
will receive a T-shirt and other giveaways.<br />
For more information.<br />
citymb.info<br />
(310) 802-5448<br />
BarryBob<br />
Sat., June 30<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
The 12th annual 4-person tournament<br />
takes place at 9th Street and<br />
The Strand in Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
It’s hosted by former pro volleyball<br />
players Mike Walmer and Kevin<br />
Cleary in memory of their dads<br />
Barry and Bob, who were best<br />
friends for over three decades before<br />
passing away in the 1990s.<br />
kpcleary@yahoo.com<br />
USA Volleyball HP<br />
Championships<br />
July 30 - Aug. 1<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
The highlight event for the <strong>Beach</strong><br />
High Performance Program (U13,<br />
U15, U17, U19) features an international<br />
style of match play over three<br />
days. Athletes must either be a part<br />
of the <strong>2018</strong> A1 National Training<br />
Team or qualify through the <strong>2018</strong><br />
A2 program at selected competitions.<br />
International teams are welcome<br />
to compete.<br />
Email beachhp@usav.org or visit<br />
Teamusa.org<br />
Charlie Saikley 6-Man<br />
Volleyball<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Fri. - Sat. Aug. 3-4<br />
The Charlie Saikley 6-Man <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Volleyball Tournament is the premiere<br />
6-man beach volleyball tournament<br />
in Southern California,<br />
drawing over 50,000 spectators<br />
each year. The <strong>2018</strong> event has been<br />
moved to Friday and Saturday to<br />
make team participation more convenient.<br />
Don’t let the costumes<br />
make you think it’s not a serious<br />
tournament. (Last year’s winners<br />
were Team Fletch and Horny Unicorny).<br />
On Sunday, Aug. 5 the 4th annual<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Junior 6-Man<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Volleyball Tournament takes<br />
place and is open to boys and girls<br />
ages 10-18. There will be boys, girls<br />
and co-ed Divisions (registration<br />
deadline Aug.1). Prizes awarded for<br />
the best costume. For more information<br />
call:<br />
(310) 802-5448<br />
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The black stripe on Ryan Bullock’s shoulder during last year’s Dwight Crum Pier to Pier Swim was in memory of retired lifeguard Ed Nelson, who died when<br />
he reached the Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> pier in the 2016 race .Bullock has won the swim the past four out of five years. Photo by Ray Vidal<br />
by Randy Angel<br />
Two of the area’s top swimmers look to return as winners of the<br />
Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim during the 56th edition of the International<br />
Surf Festival, to be held at local beaches Wed., August 1<br />
through Sun., August 5.<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> is the host city for this year’s competition presented by<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>Sport.org, the Chambers of Commerce, the Cities of Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong>,<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>, Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> and Torrance, and the Los Angeles<br />
County Fire Department and Department of <strong>Beach</strong>es and Harbors.<br />
Lifeguard Ryan Bullock, of Torrance, and Lifeguard El Segundo’s Kelsey<br />
Cummings have been the top swimmers in recent years with Bullock looking<br />
for his third straight victory and fourth in five years.<br />
In last year’s victory, the 33-year-old Bullock held off Kevin Fink, of San<br />
Pedro, with a winning time of 41 minutes, 16 seconds. Fink won the race<br />
in 2015 and 2013.<br />
“I always know Kevin will be the guy to beat,” Bullock said after the 2017<br />
race. “He’s only 21 so the age factor comes into play. Except for the strong<br />
current moving south in the second half of the race, the conditions were<br />
great. The water was warm and clear and I could see schools of fish underneath<br />
me.”<br />
Bullock was also a member of the Redondo/Torrance/Cabrillo team that<br />
won the Bud Stevenson Intracrew Relay in 2016 and swam for the LA<br />
County Southern championship team in the Judge Taplin Medley Relay<br />
team that won titles in 2015-17.<br />
“I’m aiming to defend my title, however you never know who’s going to<br />
show up,” Bullock said. “It’s my favorite event of the year because of the<br />
great atmosphere surrounding it with the International Surf Festival. The<br />
hardest part of the race is managing the start then hanging on with a good<br />
pace for the entire two miles.”<br />
On the women’s side, Cummings captured her second title in three years<br />
with a time of 46:48. She finished second in 2016.<br />
“The water was beautiful and warm,” Cummings said. “The first half of<br />
the race was great. Then it became a little bumpier as we headed to the<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Pier. I just focused on the men in front of me and did my<br />
best not to get passed.”<br />
She also competed in the Bud Stevenson Intracrew Relay Friday night,<br />
lifeguarded in Santa Monica on Saturday then returned to Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Saturday night for the Taplin Medley competition.<br />
Cummings was a member of the LA County team that competed at the<br />
United States Lifesaving Association (USLA) National Championships in<br />
Daytona <strong>Beach</strong>, Florida, where she has finished second in overall points in<br />
the women’s division the last two years.<br />
Swimmers who did not complete the 2017 Pier-to-Pier swim must register<br />
for the swim online and then pass a 500-meter “check out” swim which<br />
will be held at the Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Pier on July 14, 21 and 22 from 9-11<br />
a.m. New swimmers can also qualify by competing in the inaugural Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Open Water Swim on Sunday, July 15 at Miramar Park, 201<br />
Paseo De La Playa.<br />
After the Los Angeles County Lifeguard Medal of Valor Dinner is held<br />
Wednesday, Aug. 1 at 6 p.m. in Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>, Surf Festival competition<br />
begins in earnest on Friday with the two-day Charlie Saikley Volleyball<br />
Tournament beginning at 9 a.m.<br />
The LA County Lifeguards Championship take place at 7:30 p.m. at the<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Pier.<br />
Action continues Saturday with a full schedule of events including, the<br />
International Bodysurfing and Surfing Championships, R-10 Paddleboard<br />
Race, Dick Fitzgerald Two-Mile Run and Southern California Lifeguard<br />
Championship event including the Judge Taplin Three-Mile Lifeguard Medley<br />
Relay.<br />
Competition wraps up on Sunday with the Velzy-Stevens Pier-to-Pier Paddleboard<br />
Championship, Sand Castle Design Contest, Jr. 6-Man <strong>Beach</strong> Volleyball<br />
Tournament (boys & girls 12-18), Paul Matthies Dory Race and South<br />
Bay Youth Swims and Paddles.<br />
Surffestival.org. B<br />
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Amid a sea of red, white and<br />
blue, beach runners begin<br />
their Independence Day celebration<br />
by competing in the annual<br />
Village Runner 4th of July 5K.<br />
Now in its 25th year, the UCLA<br />
Health-sponsored race begins and<br />
finishes in Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>’s Riviera<br />
Village, a well-known spot for Juan<br />
Paredes who will be seeking his<br />
third straight victory at this year’s<br />
event<br />
“It’s exciting to win the race two<br />
years in a row,” the East Los Angeles<br />
resident said. “I love the community<br />
race atmosphere. It’s a cool<br />
course, which is why I came back<br />
and I’ll be back next year. The<br />
course is a little challenging on the<br />
way out but it’s downhill at the end<br />
making for fun finishes.”<br />
Last year, Paredes crossed the finish<br />
line in 15 minutes flat and was<br />
later joined by his girlfriend Valerie<br />
Sanchez who posted the women’s<br />
winning time of 16:59. All participants<br />
receive a 4th of July Run T-<br />
shirt with age division awards and<br />
cash prizes given to the top three<br />
overall male and female finishers.<br />
The event also features the Firecracker<br />
Dash for kids who each receive<br />
finisher medals.<br />
$35 for the 5K and $25 for the<br />
Firecracker Dash by June 5 (add $5<br />
thereafter).<br />
Registration at Village Runner<br />
stores. (310) 376-7900. Or at<br />
Villagerunner.com<br />
Roundhouse Fun Run for<br />
the Oceans<br />
<strong>May</strong> 12<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Benefitting the Roundhouse<br />
Aquarium, the 6th Annual Run for<br />
the Oceans 5K run/walk begins on<br />
the north side of the pier. The $35<br />
entry fee includes electronic timing,<br />
commemorative T-shirt, participation<br />
medal and refreshments.<br />
The 1st through 3rd place finisher<br />
in each division receive a medal.<br />
There will also be a raffle after the<br />
race for more fun and prizes.<br />
Register at<br />
Roundhouseaquarium.org<br />
Armed Forces Day 5K<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 19<br />
Torrance<br />
Village Runner hosts the 3rd annual<br />
Armed Forces Day 5K for<br />
Freedom race at 8 a.m. The course<br />
begins and ends on Madrona Avenue<br />
in front of the Del Amo Mall.<br />
All finishers receive a 5K for Freedom<br />
T-shirt. There will be chip<br />
timing and sponsor refreshments.<br />
$40.<br />
Register at Villagerunner.com.<br />
Conquer Our Run<br />
Sat., June 9, Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Sat., July 7, Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
The Conquer Our Run’s Father’s<br />
Best and It’s Hot ConQuest races<br />
begin at 7 a.m. and benefit Lupus<br />
Redondo <strong>May</strong>or Bill Brand runs for<br />
reelection in the Village Runner 4th<br />
of July 5K. Photo by Randy Angel<br />
LA, Breast Cancer Charities and<br />
other charities. $29 (5K) and $32<br />
(10K).<br />
Active.com or visit Conquerour-<br />
Run.org and click SoCal.<br />
Champions for<br />
Children 5K<br />
Saturday, June 23<br />
Ernie Howlett Park<br />
25851 Hawthorne Blvd., RH Estates<br />
The Fifth Annual Champions for<br />
Children 5K Trail Run/Walk, sponsored<br />
by South Bay Children’s<br />
Health Center, will raise money<br />
for quality mental and oral health<br />
services for underserved children,<br />
teens and young adults. Participants<br />
can join either the 5K Trail<br />
Run, beginning at 8 a.m. or the 5K<br />
Trail Walk, beginning at 9:15 a.m.<br />
The event includes vendor booths,<br />
and a Kids Fun Run. Fees are $35<br />
for adults, $25 children 8-12 and<br />
children 7 and under participating<br />
in the Kids Fun Run are $15.00.<br />
Register at Sbchc.com. B<br />
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beach sports<br />
Summer triathlons at the beach<br />
by Randy Angel<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Triathlon<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> hosts the first of<br />
two beach triathlons on Sunday,<br />
June 10 at 7:30 a.m. at Veterans<br />
Park. The Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Triathlon<br />
will be celebrating its 14th year.<br />
Last year’s event was highlighted<br />
by the emergence of younger winners<br />
when 19-year old Duncan<br />
Reid, a former Palos Verdes High<br />
School distance runner, and 18-<br />
year-old Victoria Woolfolk of Santa<br />
Ana claimed the men’s and<br />
women’s titles.<br />
Reid finished the course with a<br />
time of 41 minutes. Woolfolk placed<br />
21st overall with a time of 50:04.<br />
“It’s nice to see new faces win<br />
and the younger generation become<br />
so competitive,” Race Director Rick<br />
Crump said. “It’s great for the<br />
sport.”<br />
The scenic, USAT sanctioned<br />
event consists of a 1/2-mile swim, 6-<br />
mile bike, and a 2-mile run. A noncompetitive<br />
mini-sprint (half the<br />
distances) is also scheduled.<br />
Awards will be given to the top<br />
three finishers in each division and<br />
the top two relay teams.<br />
Limited to 600 entries, the event<br />
includes a sprint race ($80 for ages<br />
13-19 and 65 and older; $95 for ages<br />
20-64), sprint relay ($130), mini<br />
sprint ($75) and mini sprint relay<br />
($100). Add $5 beginning June 1.<br />
rbtri.com<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Triathlon<br />
This year’s Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Triathlon takes place June 24 at 7<br />
a.m. The swim begins on the south<br />
side of the Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Pier and<br />
ends on the north side. The swim is<br />
followed by a 10 mile bike course,<br />
which begins with a small climb up<br />
Pier Avenue and then heads up Valley<br />
Dr. toward Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
The run course is out-and-back<br />
along the Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Strand<br />
with scenic ocean views.<br />
Defending champions are local<br />
athletes Mark Tripp, of Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>, and Megan Cross, of Hermosa<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
Dayatthebeach.com. B<br />
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beach<br />
sports<br />
Redondo’s <strong>Beach</strong> Karue Sell<br />
used a strong backhand<br />
to claim the 2017<br />
Men’s Open title at the<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Tennis Open.<br />
Photo by Kevin Cody<br />
MB Tennis Open<br />
hits mid-century<br />
by Randy Angel<br />
The Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Tennis Open begins its second half century of<br />
play with its 51st annual competition Thur., July 26 through Sun.<br />
29. Players 16 and older of all skill levels compete.<br />
Competition will be held on the Live Oak Park and Mira Costa High<br />
School tennis courts beginning at 8 a.m. Sundays finals will be played at<br />
the Manhattan Country Club, 1330 Parkview Ave., beginning at 10 a.m.<br />
“The Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Open Tennis Tournament is a great showcase of<br />
tennis talent in the South Bay,” said Recreation Supervisor Michael Hudak.<br />
The level of play continues to be stellar, with champions and runner-ups<br />
coming back year after year to defend their titles.<br />
“A special thanks goes out to all of our sponsors, including our title sponsor<br />
Pacific Audi, and all of our supporting sponsors: Manhattan Country<br />
Club, Penn, Head, Essentia water, and Kind bars.”<br />
The single-elimination tournament includes Men's and Women's Open<br />
Singles and Doubles Divisions to Amateur Division.<br />
Prizes and trophies are awarded to all division winners and each participant<br />
receives lunch, a T-shirt, and a goodie bag.<br />
In last year’s Men’s Open Singles championships, Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>’s<br />
Karue Sell defeated Connor Chance of Torrance.<br />
Jenna Moustafa of Los Angeles captured the Women’s Open title, defeating<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>’s Libby Judas.<br />
Brothers Austin and Connor Rapp of Rancho Mirage won the Men’s<br />
Double tournament while Judas and Elizabeth Ferris, of Anaheim, joined<br />
forces to capture the Women’s Doubles title.<br />
For more information or to register, visit citymb.info or call (310) 802-5000. B<br />
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Chevron MB Grand Prix<br />
in its 57th year<br />
Cyclists adapted to the sharp turn at 15th Street during last year’s course reversal<br />
at the Chevron Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Grand Prix. Photo by Kevin Cody<br />
by Randy Angel<br />
After reversing course direction last year, the Chevron Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Grand Prix is sticking with the change for the 57th annual<br />
race on Sunday, July 22 beginning at 7 a.m.<br />
The 1.3-mile course begins across from Live Oak Park (1800 Valley Drive)<br />
and includes a tight opening turn at 15th Street before riders jockey for<br />
position.<br />
Co-sponsored by the South Bay Wheelmen and founded by Ted Ernst in<br />
1961, the event includes Men’s and Women’s Pro racers from across the<br />
United States beginning with the women’s competition at 1 p.m.<br />
Defending champions include Cory Williams and Anita Stenberg, who<br />
won the Men’s Pro 1-2 and Women’s Pro 1-3 events, respectively.<br />
The event begins with the Cat 4 race followed by the 50/60+ 1-4, Male<br />
35+ ¾, Junior 15-19 1-4 and Men’s Cat 3 divisions.<br />
The popular Community Kids races take place at 12 p.m. with every entrant<br />
receiving a T-shirt. Boys and girls ages 6-12 compete with two-wheel<br />
bikes in the 300-meter race.<br />
Younger riders ages 2-6 (tricycles and small bikes - training wheels approved)<br />
line up at noon at the crosswalk just south of the start/finish structure<br />
for the 50-meter race. B<br />
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Paddlers and surfers can find<br />
a South Bay event to compete<br />
in just about every<br />
weekend through the summer.<br />
> sports > waterworks<br />
South Bay Paddle<br />
Saturday, June 9<br />
The inaugural South Bay Paddleboard<br />
Race is being organized by<br />
Catalina Classic’s Scott Rusher and<br />
South Bay Boardriders’ Matt Walls.<br />
It will be the first paddleboard race<br />
to start in Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> since the<br />
Hennessey World Paddleboarding<br />
Championships in 2011 (pending<br />
City approval). The SB Paddle<br />
starts at the Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Pier at<br />
7 a.m., goes south to Torrance<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>, then out to the R10 buoy<br />
and back to the Hermosa Pier, for<br />
a distance of 15 miles. This is for<br />
“hands only,” stock (12-foot and<br />
under) and unlimited prone<br />
boards. Divisions: Groms (under<br />
18), Open Men, Open Women,<br />
Legends (50+).<br />
PaddleGuru.com/races/<br />
TheSouthBayPaddle<br />
Open Prone Paddle<br />
Saturday, June 9<br />
Kurt Fry and the South Bay<br />
Boardriders Club have organized a<br />
“short” course race to start after the<br />
South Bay Paddle. Open Prone<br />
Paddle is a new organization<br />
formed to encourage young paddlers.<br />
SouthBayBoardriders.com<br />
Rock2Rock<br />
Sunday, June 24<br />
The annual Rock2Rock begins at<br />
the Catalina Isthmus and ends at<br />
Cabrillo <strong>Beach</strong>. The 22.17 mile<br />
downwinder is open to both individual<br />
competitors and relay<br />
teams, prone and SUP. Rock2Rock<br />
is a qualifier for the Catalina Classic<br />
and Molo2Oahu races in August.<br />
The race attracts up to 100<br />
prone and stand-up paddleboards.<br />
Escort boats are required. Proceeds<br />
benefit the Ocean of<br />
Hope/Sacroma Alliance.<br />
Rock2RockRace.com<br />
South Bay Dozen<br />
Saturday, July 1<br />
The South Bay Dozen was<br />
founded in 2006 by Los Angeles<br />
County Lifeguards Mike and Brian<br />
Murphy and benefits the Jimmy<br />
Miller Foundation. The familyfriendly<br />
event includes paddleboard,<br />
surf ski, outrigger, swim<br />
and running races. Points are accumulated<br />
for each event participated<br />
in, making for a full day of<br />
water sports. Torrance <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
southbaydozen.com<br />
ISF Body Surfing Contest<br />
Saturday, August 4<br />
The International Body Surfing<br />
Championship features eight<br />
men’s and women’s age divisions.<br />
Age groups are determined immediately<br />
before the contest begins<br />
and will be approximately equal in<br />
size. Limited to 108 male contestants<br />
and 36 female contestants.<br />
The top 2 finishers in each preliminary<br />
heat will advance. The ISF<br />
Body Surfing Championships are<br />
run by the Gillis <strong>Beach</strong> Bodysurfing<br />
Association. Participants range<br />
in ability from the novices to former<br />
World Champions. Swim fins<br />
only. Check in begins at 6:15 a.m.<br />
north side of Manhattan pier.<br />
SurfFestival.org<br />
ISF Surfing Contest<br />
Saturday, August 4<br />
Contest director John Joseph is<br />
hoping (their website solicits<br />
prayers) for surf this year. Divisions<br />
will include men’s and<br />
women's’ shortboards, longboards<br />
and stand-up paddleboards. Advance<br />
registration is advised.<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> entries only if there are division<br />
openings. Check ins begin at<br />
7:30 a.m. south of the Manhattan<br />
pier.<br />
SurfFestival.org.<br />
ISF Riviera Mexican Grill<br />
R-10 Paddleboard Race<br />
Saturday, August 4<br />
The Riviera Mexican Grill R-10<br />
race is a seven mile, in and out race<br />
from Torrance <strong>Beach</strong> to the R-10<br />
buoy off Rocky Point. 8 a.m. The<br />
event is open to paddleboards,<br />
SUPs, and surfboards (boards<br />
under 10-foot-6). There are shorter<br />
races for kids and less serious paddlers,<br />
too. The race is affiliated<br />
with the International Surf Festival.<br />
SurfFestival.org<br />
ISF Velzy-Stevens Pier to<br />
Pier Paddleboard Race<br />
Sunday, August 5<br />
The Velzy-Stevens race, named<br />
after paddleboard builder Dale<br />
Velzy and champion paddler Terry<br />
Stevens. The race starts off the end<br />
of the Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Pier at<br />
7:30 a.m. and finishes on the<br />
beach, south of the Hermosa<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Pier. It’s family-friendly,<br />
with parents and kids paddling<br />
310.937.3902 700 S. Aviation Blvd.<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
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Paddlers of all ages and on all manner of boards compete in the International<br />
Surf Festival Velzy-Stevens Paddleboard Race, from the Manhattan to<br />
the Hermosa pier. This year’s race is Sunday, Aug. 5. Easy Reader File<br />
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solo and tandem and others riding<br />
all sorts of boards.<br />
SurfFestival.org<br />
Grom O Rama<br />
Sunday, August 12<br />
A day of paddling and instruction.<br />
Boards provided free. Organized<br />
by Open Prone Paddle, a new<br />
organization formed to encourage<br />
young paddlers. 9:30 a.m. at 22nd<br />
Street, Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
SouthBayBoardriders.com<br />
Catalina Classic<br />
Sunday, August 26<br />
The Catalina Classic is the oldest<br />
(established 1955) and longest (32<br />
miles) organized paddleboard race<br />
in the world. Legendary watermen<br />
Greg Noll, George Downing, Rick<br />
Gregg and Tom Zahn were among<br />
the 13 paddlers who competed in<br />
the first race. It continues to be the<br />
most prestigious prone paddleboard<br />
race in the world, attracting paddlers<br />
from all over the world. Sorry,<br />
no stand-ups. Starts from the island<br />
Isthmus and finishes at the Manhattan<br />
Pier.<br />
CatalinaClassicPaddleboardRace.org<br />
Paddling resources<br />
Stand up paddleboard lessons and rentals are available in Hermosa<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> at Spyder Surf (Spydersurf.com), and Pier Surf; in Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> at Nikau Kai (NikauKai.com); in Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> at Tarsan<br />
Stand-up (tarsanstandup.com), Paddle House (paddle-house.com) and<br />
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PADDLING, HAWAIIAN STYLE<br />
Lanakila Outrigger Canoe Club in King Harbor trains half a dozen<br />
men and women teams, ranging in experience from novices to world<br />
champions and girls and boys 8-person teams. People who have never<br />
paddled are encouraged to come out and compete in novice races. Visiting<br />
paddlers are also welcome. Novice practices are Monday and<br />
Wednesday evenings for women and Tuesday and Thursday for men.<br />
The practices begin at 5:30 p.m. and continue until dark. Weekend<br />
practices are scheduled at various times.<br />
Lanakila.com.<br />
US Outrigger Championships<br />
September 8, 9<br />
The 59th annual Catalina Channel Crossing/US Outrigger Championships<br />
is the longest Polynesian canoe race in the continental U.S.<br />
The women’s race begins in Newport and finishes 26 miles later, in<br />
Avalon. The men’s race departs Avalon the following morning for<br />
Newport. Proceeds support local charities.<br />
Catalinacrossing.org. B<br />
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each flight<br />
Reporter Dexter Ford and pilot Henry Boger,<br />
owner of Pacific Blue Air.<br />
Photos courtesy of Pacific Blue Air<br />
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trikeFord<br />
Otherwise known as<br />
weight-shift-control light sport aircraft because<br />
that’s how you steer them — by shifting your weight<br />
You’ve seen them buzzing along the beach like<br />
monstrous bees, or swooping low like Skittlescolored<br />
seagulls off the Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Roundhouse. They look—and sound—like the unholy<br />
spawn of a hang glider and an industrial-strength leaf<br />
blower. Some people love these carefree, airborne symbols<br />
of freedom and fun. Others, not so much. As with<br />
many loud, brightly-colored adult toys, from Ducatis to<br />
Lamborghinis to jet skis, these tiny, open-air airplanes<br />
look incredible fun if you’re the one steering. For the<br />
rest of us, those of us staring up at all the noise and merriment,<br />
uninvited from the aerial fun-fest—well, your<br />
emotions may vary.<br />
But where do these things come from? Is there an airborne<br />
biker bar hidden somewhere on the industrial<br />
side of the 405? Is there a secret Batcave that houses<br />
these bat-like airplanes, presumably owned by a reclusive,<br />
wealthy thrill seeker, a kind of <strong>Beach</strong> Cities Bruce<br />
Wayne?<br />
A few seconds on Google provided some answers.<br />
These airplanes are flown by Pacific Blue Air, a flight<br />
school that specializes in what are called Weight-Shift-<br />
Control Light Sport Aircraft. From its base hangar at the<br />
Hawthorne Airport, just south of the 105 Freeway, Pacific<br />
Blue conducts introductory flight lessons that just<br />
happen to go over some of the most beautiful and interesting<br />
sites in Southern California. After the first,<br />
fun-oriented intro lesson, Pacific Blue can also take you<br />
all the way to earning a full Light Sport Pilot’s License,<br />
setting you loose to fly across the country if you want.<br />
G-Whizz<br />
They may look a little Backyard Buck Rogers at first<br />
sight, but these airplanes are FAA certified, exhaustively<br />
tested and rigorously engineered. Small single-engine<br />
airplanes, like routine Pipers and Cessnas, are typically<br />
built to withstand about three times the force of gravity<br />
— that is, to support three times their loaded weight.<br />
The LSA that Pacific Blue flies, the Evolution Revo, is<br />
designed and tested to twice that—6gs. So even though<br />
it may look like a combination of a lawn dart, espresso<br />
machine and bloated bobsled, it is very much a serious,<br />
civilized airplane.<br />
Instead of conventional controls, these trikes, as they<br />
are called in the business, are steered by the pilot adjusting<br />
the angle of the wing relative to the body of the<br />
plane hanging underneath. This method of control is<br />
older than the first airplane. The gliders that inspired<br />
the Wright brothers, flown by German pioneer Otto<br />
Lilienthal, were controlled this way, as are the thousands<br />
of unpowered hang gliders. Instead of a control<br />
yoke or a joystick, the pilot holds the bottom of a big<br />
aluminum triangle that is rigidly attached to the wing<br />
flying above, while the fuselage, complete with engine,<br />
pilot and passenger, actually dangles beneath like a<br />
plumb bob. It sounds sketchy, but it works.<br />
The Blueberry Sea Dragon<br />
Pacific Blue Air’s headquarters hangar is located just<br />
a couple hundred feet north of Elon Musk’s SpaceX<br />
compound. When I arrived, peeling off the 105 freeway,<br />
I saw a bizarre contraption touching down on the runway,<br />
a crazy-looking, blueberry-colored gyrocopter that<br />
looked like a cross between Barney the Dinosaur and a<br />
Leafy Sea Dragon from an aquarium shop. Sure<br />
enough, the madman who was flying it was going to be<br />
my own personal madman, errr, flight guide.<br />
Henry Boger, the company’s owner, is a Certified<br />
Flight Instructor, fully examined and licensed by the<br />
FAA. He has been flying for over 25 years. He’s fun,<br />
smart and warmly proficient, with the rare ability to<br />
teach without making learning feel like work. Since I’m<br />
already a licensed pilot, Henry cut to the chase, giving<br />
me a quick walk around our bright yellow Zonker of an<br />
airplane, setting me up with a flight suit and helmet,<br />
complete with headphones and microphone, and strapping<br />
me into the rear seat of the Revo. You don’t so<br />
much sit in a Revo as on it; my manly legs were soon<br />
wrapped tightly around Henry. Most Light Sport Aircraft<br />
flying is done from smaller, uncontrolled airfields,<br />
but Hawthorne is a bona-fide big boy airport, complete<br />
with business jets and an FAA control tower. Which<br />
meant that when Henry wasn’t chatting to me over the<br />
headphones and intercom, he was talking to Hawthorne<br />
tower as we taxied out, did our preflight checklist and<br />
engine run-up, and then, cleared for takeoff, trundled<br />
out onto the runway. The 5,000-foot runway at<br />
Hawthorne could be considered excessive for our purposes.<br />
Henry gunned the throttle of our 100-horsepower<br />
Rotax engine, and had our lightweight craft well into<br />
the air after only about 500 feet. “That’s Harrison Ford’s<br />
new hangar complex, for his airplane collection,” he<br />
said as we climbed over the runway, pointing out a massive<br />
3-hangar construction site on the northeast corner<br />
of the airport. Hawthorne Airport is right on the boundary<br />
of the LAX restricted airspace. It felt bizarre to be<br />
climbing in a vibrating, open-air June bug, humming<br />
over the gray expanse of the city, flying parallel to huge<br />
Airbus A380s descending into LAX just the other side<br />
of the 105 freeway.<br />
On Top of the World<br />
We climbed to a bit over 1,000 feet and set sail for the<br />
coast, the afternoon sun reddening as we flew. True to<br />
his instructor nature, Henry had me take the controls<br />
to get acclimated to flying this odd beast. If you’re an<br />
experienced pilot, everything you know is suddenly<br />
wrong. In a normal Cessna — or, for that matter, an F-
18 — you pull back on the flight controls to go up, and push forward to go<br />
down. The Revo works exactly the opposite. Which made my first attempts<br />
to keep us flying straight and level an exercise in doing anything but. “Pilots<br />
make some of the worst students,” said Henry, laughing. “New students<br />
don’t have to break any old habits before they can start making new ones.”<br />
Pacific Blue Air will take you anywhere in the Los Angeles area you want<br />
to go. Many out-of-towners choose a tour of the Hollywood sign. But their<br />
usual flight path — which I have observed many times from the comfort of<br />
my backyard hot tub — takes them along the Valley/Ardmore green belt,<br />
over Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> to the pier, then follows the coast south to Palos<br />
Verdes. Once over the ocean, Henry dived down to wave-to-the-surfers altitude<br />
— FAA regulations allow this type of slow, lightweight craft to fly as<br />
low as desired above water or deserted areas, so long as they are not over<br />
people or structures. This is far safer than it looks, or feels. Because of our<br />
slow speed and short landing distance, we could pop down onto the sand<br />
and land in a few seconds if we had an engine problem, with little risk to<br />
ourselves or anyone on the ground.<br />
The low, slow hello<br />
The experience was gorgeous. The entire Los Angeles basin was laid out<br />
underneath us, as if we were flying in our own private beach chairs. We<br />
were low enough to wave to people on the pier and people walking along<br />
the beach, and see them happily wave back. It felt a bit like being the<br />
mayor, waving to the crowd in a July 4th parade. Or like Charles Lindbergh,<br />
waving to the crowd at Le Bourget airport outside Paris after his long, lonely<br />
flight over the Atlantic.<br />
We hummed along over the blue/green Pacific, keeping our eyes peeled<br />
for dolphins and grey whales, swooped down to check in at the Hermosa<br />
pier, and then approached King Harbor. The airspace south of the harbor<br />
is managed by the Torrance Airport control tower, but it took just a quick<br />
radio call to get clearance to fly through — we were so low, there was little<br />
chance we would interfere with Torrance air traffic. Then it was on to Palos<br />
Verdes, skimming along just a couple hundred feet above the cliffs. I pointed<br />
out where my wife and I were married, on a cliff just west of Point Vicente.<br />
“We sometimes go all the way out to Catalina,” Henry said. “But with the<br />
sun going down in an hour or so, I think we’ll turn around and start heading<br />
back.” I had cleverly failed to wear a jacket over my official Pacific Blue<br />
Air jumpsuit, and my hands were starting to ice up in my thin gloves. Note<br />
to self: Flying in February, at 80 mph, in a completely open airplane, suggests<br />
dressing warmly. As a veteran pilot and motorcyclist, I blame myself.<br />
Next time, it’s the full winter riding gear and big, fuzzy ski gloves.<br />
Thar she blows<br />
We did spot one whale blowing, just off the kelp line, as we circled over<br />
the Catalina Channel, shadowing a whale-watching boat out of King Harbor.<br />
But the whale sounded after that breath and disappeared from view. We<br />
tracked back north up the coast, watching seagulls pirouette beneath us.<br />
“I’ve never had a bird come too close to our planes,” Henry said. “My guess<br />
is we are going so slowly, they have plenty of time to see us coming and get<br />
out of the way.”<br />
I had told my next-door neighbor, Kevin Barry, that I would circle over<br />
our Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Tree-Section street during my flight. Sure enough, I<br />
soon spotted our house, with its solar-panel array on the roof, and we took<br />
the time to spiral overhead. I couldn’t see Kevin from our FAA-required altitude<br />
of 1,000 feet above the city, but he told me later that he had, indeed,<br />
spotted us and waved, this time from the comfort of his hot tub.<br />
To the Batcave<br />
After landing at Hawthorne, we quickly taxied back to Pacific Blue Air<br />
headquarters. With the engine shut off, Henry used our momentum to coast<br />
right back into the hangar. From the control tower, it looked like we had<br />
simply disappeared from view. “The controllers like to call our hangar The<br />
Batcave,” Henry said. “We pop in and out, right onto the taxiway, just like<br />
the Batmobile”.<br />
Your turn<br />
Introductory LSA flight lessons, like the one I took, start at $175 for a 30-<br />
minute flight. Bring a nice warm ski parka and big, toasty gloves. For more<br />
information, visit pacificblueairla.com. B<br />
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y Bondo Wyszpolski<br />
> theater<br />
Surf City Theatre<br />
As Hermosa’s only regular theater<br />
company, Surf City Theatre<br />
needs to be smart, entertaining,<br />
and adventurous. It has two productions<br />
opening between now<br />
and the end of summer, beginning<br />
with “An Evening of Durang,” comprised<br />
of comedic one-acts by<br />
Christopher Durang, best known<br />
for “Vanya and Sonia and Masha<br />
and Spike,” which won the Tony<br />
Award for Best Play in 2013.<br />
“An Evening of Durang” is performed<br />
from <strong>May</strong> 25 to 27. Performances,<br />
Friday and Saturday at<br />
8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.<br />
This will be followed by Robert<br />
Harling’s “Steel Magnolias,” which<br />
first appeared as a play in 1987 and<br />
then in 1990 as a film with Sally<br />
Field and Julia Roberts.<br />
“Steel Magnolias” is performed<br />
from June 16 to July 1. Performances,<br />
Friday and Saturday at 8<br />
p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets,<br />
$25.<br />
The Second Story Theater is an<br />
intimate venue so it’s best not to<br />
wait as shows often sell out<br />
quickly. 710 Pier Ave., Hermosa<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>. (424) 241-8040 or surfcitytheatre.com.<br />
Torrance Theatre Co.<br />
Adding to the cultural arts scene<br />
in Old Torrance, The Torrance Theatre<br />
Company is concluding its regular<br />
five-show season with “A<br />
Catered Affair,” a musical by Harvey<br />
Fierstein (book) and John<br />
Bucchino (score) that tells the story<br />
of a Bronx mother’s efforts to give<br />
her only daughter the elaborate<br />
wedding she never had… and the<br />
bride never asked for. During its<br />
Broadway run it received the<br />
Drama League’s 2008 award for<br />
Best Musical. It also garnered 12<br />
Drama Desk Award nominations<br />
and three Tony nominations.<br />
“A Catered Affair” is performed<br />
from <strong>May</strong> 12 through June 17 at the<br />
Torrance Theatre, 1316 Cabrillo<br />
Ave., Old Torrance. Show times are<br />
Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and<br />
Sunday at 2 p.m., plus a Thursday<br />
evening performance on June 14,<br />
followed by a Q&A with the cast.<br />
Tickets, $30. Call (424) 243-6882 or<br />
TorranceTheatreCompany.com.<br />
“Encore: A Murderous Mystery”<br />
is being presented by the Friends of<br />
the Torrance Theatre Company and<br />
it’s their annual fundraiser. This<br />
dinner theater event takes place at<br />
the Doubletree Hotel by Hilton,<br />
21333 Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance.<br />
Doors at 5:30, dinner at 6, and show<br />
at 7 p.m. Tickets are $110 if you’re<br />
quick and $125 if you’re not. For information,<br />
(424) 243-6882.<br />
“How to Succeed in Business<br />
Without Really Trying” is this year’s<br />
big summer show, running August<br />
11 to 25, which the Torrance Theatre<br />
Company is staging in the<br />
James Armstrong Theatre, 3330<br />
Civic Center Drive, Torrance. Abe<br />
Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and<br />
Willie Gilbert wrote the book, and<br />
Frank Loesser handled the music<br />
and lyrics. Reserved seating starts at<br />
$25, but tickets don’t go onsale to<br />
the general public until June 1.<br />
More information by contacting the<br />
Torrance Theatre Company or the<br />
Armstrong box office at (310) 781-<br />
7171.<br />
3-D Theatricals<br />
Formerly Fullerton-based, next<br />
season the company moves permanently<br />
to the Cerritos Center.<br />
They’ve staged a few seasons locally,<br />
most recently presenting “Million<br />
Dollar Quartet” and<br />
“Spamalot.” Jason Robert Brown<br />
and Alfred Uhry’s “Parade” will be<br />
their swan song in the South Bay.<br />
“Parade” is a Tony Award-winning<br />
murder mystery musical and it will<br />
run from June 15 to 24 at the Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Performing Arts Center.<br />
It stars Davis Gaines, Jeff<br />
Skowron, and Rufus Bonds, Jr. T.J.<br />
Dawson directs. Details to come.<br />
More at 3dtheatricals.org.<br />
Kentwood Players<br />
One of the longest-running theater<br />
companies locally, Westchesterbased<br />
Kentwood Players are<br />
presenting “Match,” by Stephen Belber.<br />
It’s a Tony-nominated comic<br />
drama about two journalists who<br />
arrive to interview a famous dancer<br />
and choreographer. Clearly, the interview<br />
veers into uncharted and<br />
unsettling territory. “Match” opens<br />
on <strong>May</strong> 11 and runs through June<br />
16. Performances are Friday and<br />
Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2<br />
p.m. Tickets are $22, less $2 for seniors.<br />
“Daddy’s Dyin’ Who’s Got the<br />
Will” follows “Match,” onstage from<br />
July 13 through August 18. The<br />
weekend schedule is also Friday<br />
and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday<br />
at 2 p.m.<br />
All shows take place at the<br />
Westchester Playhouse, 8301<br />
Hindry Ave., Westchester. (310) 645-<br />
5156 or go to kentwoodplayers.org.<br />
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homes<br />
The 45th Annual Sophisticated Snoop home tour might more accurately<br />
be called the home and art tour. The homes, themselves, are works of<br />
art. But so also are the owners’ collections of work by local and internationally<br />
renowned artists. Proceeds benefit American Martyrs School in<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>. Sophisticated Snoop <strong>2018</strong><br />
A French view<br />
This custom contemporary Tree Section home was designed with personal touches<br />
throughout. After stepping through its lush front gardens, past the French limestone<br />
fountain, you’ll find yourself transported to Provence. It took six years to perfect this<br />
French-inspired residence, from the artistic owner’s stained glass creations in the grand<br />
front door to the hand-sculpted herringbone oak floors in the dining room. Notice the imported<br />
French limestone fireplace and mantle in the living room, hand-carved by local<br />
craftsmen. Don’t miss the lower level, custom-built wine cellar, which stores an impressive<br />
8,500 bottles of curated vintages. The hobby room reveals an extensive model train collection,<br />
and the kids’ lounge features upholstered walls and its own kitchen. The top floor’s<br />
arched entrance to the master suite is encased in maple, and the hand-painted ceiling is a<br />
showstopper. The kitchen is an open floor plan and highlights hand-painted panels to further<br />
enhance the French interiors. The home serves to exhibit the art loving owners extensive<br />
collection of paintings by their favorite artists. Vive la France!<br />
Coordinators: Beth Bayerd, Alex Sheehan, Anne Gumm<br />
Friday, Saturday, Sunday<br />
<strong>May</strong> 18, 19 and 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<br />
Donation: $35 Presale: $30<br />
Proceeds benefit American Martyrs School<br />
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>: American Martyrs, Grow, The Produce Shop, Patterson Cleaners,<br />
Tabula Rasa, Bristol Farms, Look! Optometry and Pages<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong>: Aaron Brothers Art & Framing and Uncorked — The Wine Store<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>: Card de A<br />
Rolling Hills: Bristol Farms<br />
El Segundo: Banner Stationers<br />
Sophisticated Snoop Committee:<br />
Chairperson – Debbie Walmer • Home Descriptions – Catherine Coberly<br />
Photography– Liz Chalmers, Geoff Captain Studios • Staffing – Mary Kutsenoa<br />
Hospitality – Linda Cronkite, Heather Rezner, Chris Mancini<br />
Home Renderings and Ticket Cover – Maryann Nash • Ticket Layout – Lauren Harger<br />
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Sand Section family farmhouse<br />
This beautifully appointed, five-bedroom modern farmhouse in the Sand Section of<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> was built in 2008 and recently renovated for a busy family’s every<br />
need. From the moment you open the oversize Dutch door and view the spa room on<br />
your right, you will appreciate its classic beauty and updated features. The spa room (formerly<br />
the living room) has vaulted ceilings and a fireplace – it’s a perfect family hang-out<br />
spot. The open floor plan features walnut floors throughout. A handsome herringbone-tiled<br />
fireplace warms the dining area, and the custom finishes in the kitchen keep the space personalized<br />
and family-friendly. Turn the corner to head downstairs to the customized teen<br />
“apartment,” consisting of a bedroom and living space, and a full bath. The first floor powder<br />
room is decorator-perfect with painted grey and white stripes from floor to ceiling. A bright<br />
and light second floor features an office, two additional bedrooms and a cozy master suite,<br />
bedecked in blue and white and showcasing a stone fireplace and stunning view of the Hill<br />
Section. It is the perfect family abode.<br />
Coordinators: Janelle Merriman, Genaide Kilduff, Tracy Horan<br />
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Distinctively modern<br />
This stunning, contemporary home, built in 2016 in the Hill Section of Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>, features a dramatic front door and custom wood siding that give its modern<br />
design its own distinctive flair. Upon crossing the threshold you will find yourself in<br />
an open space that lends itself to family living. Upstairs, the dramatic living room offers incredible<br />
views. The airy patio shares an open floor plan with a separate bar and wine cave,<br />
custom-made for the space, as well as a gourmet kitchen and dining room. A mahogany<br />
trellis runs the length of the entire floor, connecting all living spaces with a uniquely artistic<br />
architectural detail. On the second floor, note the master and two bedrooms, the office with<br />
mahogany built-ins, and the large media room with a barn door and clean lines. The yard<br />
boasts a hot tub, ping pong table, fire pit and seating area for privately entertaining guests.<br />
On the ground floor are a glass walled gym, sauna and steam room and two additional bedrooms,<br />
plus elevator.<br />
Coordinators: Seana Daniel, Erin Pieronek, Tamara Garrett Wyatt<br />
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A contemporary coastal statement<br />
This custom built, contemporary coastal masterpiece at the end of a private cul-de-sac<br />
offers sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean from the top of the Hermosa Hill Section.<br />
The extraordinary combination of stone, marble and Venetian plaster surfaces are visible<br />
from the incredible grand entrance, which features soaring, 20-foot ceilings, travertine<br />
floors and glass sphere chandeliers. From the toy room to the modern formal dining room<br />
to the expansive kitchen with massive island, architectural details characterize every space.<br />
The formal living room has a stacked, stone fireplace and gorgeous built-in bookcases accompanying<br />
the distinctive dropped ceiling. The substantial, outdoor patio features an oversize<br />
stone spa, built-in barbeque and plenty of seating for enjoying the ocean view. The<br />
central stairway boasts bleached oak floors and commissioned, glass railings. The upstairs<br />
walkway leads to five bedrooms and the graceful master suite, which includes a massive<br />
closet, expansive bath and an inviting balcony with panoramic ocean views. The paintings<br />
and sculptures, several by local artists, reflect the owners’ love and support of the arts and<br />
are a fitting complement to this elegant estate.<br />
Coordinators: Keri Simms, Dana Speicher, Lauren Forbes<br />
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Hospitality haven<br />
Ahospitality hideaway is in the backyard of this elegant Santa Barbara style residence.<br />
The game house and guesthouse of this gorgeous family homestead are in the center<br />
of an abundant outdoor entertainment area. The stylish guest house is perfect for<br />
extended family and out-of-town visitors. It features a full kitchen, cozy bedroom and inviting<br />
living space, with pale blues reflecting the tranquil pool and complementing the lush<br />
landscaping of the yard. The three-story game house is every kid’s dream. The first floor<br />
includes full-size arcade games, waterproof flooring and a kitchenette. The top floor encompasses<br />
an inviting family room theater, complete with plush custom seating and an oversize<br />
screen. For a round of cards or just to polish their swing, “big kids” can head to the lower<br />
floor and try their hand at the golf simulator while envisioning being on the 18th hole at<br />
Pebble <strong>Beach</strong>. Embodying casual California living in the most stylish of settings, this family’s<br />
sanctuary is a place you’ll never want to leave.<br />
Coordinators: Noelle Stroyke, Tracy Gallagher, Kathy Glynn<br />
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camps<br />
Camps teach the sport of<br />
surfing and ocean safety<br />
by Ryan McDonald<br />
One of the most common<br />
questions directed at Chris<br />
Brown, a Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
native and the owner and executive<br />
director of Campsurf, is, ‘How<br />
do I know when my kid is ready to<br />
learn to surf?’ To find out, Brown<br />
said, all you have to do is listen.<br />
“When your kid is saying, ‘I<br />
want to surf,’ that’s when it’s the<br />
right time. Some kids are early<br />
adopters, They want to charge at a<br />
young age, five or six. Others are<br />
more reserved. It takes until they<br />
are 11 or 12 to feel comfortable<br />
surfing on their own. There is no<br />
right or wrong time,” Brown said.<br />
CampSurf marks 21 years in<br />
business in the South Bay this year.<br />
The camp is open year ‘round, but<br />
its business shifts with the seasons.<br />
It’s a reflection of the fact that, in<br />
Southern California, there are just<br />
two kinds of people: those who<br />
want to learn how to surf, and<br />
those who already know how.<br />
“We have people from all walks<br />
of life. We offer a camp year-round<br />
so that makes us a little different.<br />
We do primarily adults in winter,<br />
and then primarily kids in the<br />
summer when they’re out of<br />
school. But really it’s anybody who<br />
wants to learn. We get people in<br />
their 70s who say, ‘I’ve always<br />
wanted to learn how to surf.’ And<br />
then we get three- and four-yearolds.<br />
If I’m able to focus on them,<br />
I can teach them. What it really<br />
takes is the desire,” Brown said.<br />
Surf camps are scattered up and<br />
down the South Bay beaches during<br />
the summer. CampSurf sets up<br />
its tents on the sand near Rosecrans<br />
Avenue in Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
The camp benefits from the large<br />
parking lot and lifeguard facilities<br />
nearby, Brown said, but the main<br />
attraction is the surf itself.<br />
Even within the South Bay, there<br />
is tremendous variation among<br />
surf breaks, Brown said. Some<br />
areas may not be exposed to the<br />
south swells that are the dominant<br />
wave makers in the summer, while<br />
others don’t draw as well from the<br />
Billy Atkinson, now a Mira Costa High team surfer, shows how much fun a<br />
grom can have with a little instruction and lots of practice. Photo by Steve<br />
Gaffney (SteveGaffney.com)<br />
northwest swells that predominate<br />
in the winter. The El Porto area can<br />
take in both, Brown said. The area<br />
also benefits from a large undersea<br />
canyon just off shore, which picks<br />
up open-ocean swells further out to<br />
sea than other areas, and draws<br />
them in.<br />
“At El Porto, the waves break further<br />
out. When you’re learning, we<br />
start you out in the white water. But<br />
there, you can get pushed in on<br />
white water and still have some<br />
time, and really learn how to surf,”<br />
Brown said.<br />
Once customers commit, equipment<br />
is their next concern. Some<br />
people show up with their own<br />
boards. Brown said that, in that<br />
case, camp staff will give an honest<br />
assessment of the surfer and indicate<br />
whether he or she might benefit<br />
from a different size board.<br />
Once the customer has a board<br />
picked out, camps often go over the<br />
physical basics of surfing, emphasizing<br />
popping up and spring to<br />
one’s feet. Before they get in the<br />
water, though, there’s often another<br />
question that always generates a<br />
chuckle out of long-time surfers like<br />
Brown.<br />
“It seems like people who don’t<br />
surf are much more concerned<br />
about and interested in sharks than<br />
people who do. Are there sharks<br />
out there? We all know that there<br />
are all sorts of fish out there. But<br />
you are a million times more likely<br />
to be hurt driving your car down to<br />
the beach,” Brown said.<br />
The surf camp business is competitive<br />
in the South Bay, with<br />
many options to choose from. So<br />
how do the camps keep things affordable?<br />
Well, they typically don’t<br />
have to spend much on human resources:<br />
at the beach and in the<br />
water, recruitment kind of takes<br />
care of itself.<br />
“Kids come to camp one summer,<br />
then they come back again and<br />
again, because they’re really bonding<br />
with the instructors. Eventually,<br />
some of them will say, ‘Wait, how<br />
old do you have to be to work<br />
here?’ We keep an eye on the good<br />
surfers, the kids with the best people<br />
skills, and that’s where we find<br />
a lot of our future instructors,”<br />
Brown said. B<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>Sports<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>Sports Surf & <strong>Beach</strong> Camps<br />
is celebrating it's 23rd year. Programs<br />
start at age 4 and include 4<br />
camps: Surf Camp, <strong>Beach</strong> Camp,<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Volleyball Camp, and Junior<br />
Lifeguard Ocean Safety Program.<br />
Camps are located at these Lifeguard<br />
Tower locations: 14th St.,<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>, 15th St., Hermosa<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>. Ave. I, Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>. Vista del Mar, Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>Sports.org<br />
Camp Surf<br />
Camp Surf is the official surf<br />
camp for the City of Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>, and <strong>2018</strong> will mark their<br />
21st year. All instructors are accomplished<br />
surfers and CPR certified.<br />
Camp Surf also distinguishes itself<br />
through its partnership with the<br />
Jimmy Miller Foundation, a pioneer<br />
in the field of ocean-based therapy.<br />
Instruction is available year round<br />
from the group’s base at 38th Street<br />
in El Porto, at the south end of the<br />
parking lot. Summer surf camps<br />
feature morning, afternoon and allday<br />
camp options.<br />
(424) 237-2994.<br />
campsurf.com<br />
Champ Camp<br />
Voted “Best Kids Camp,” in Easy<br />
Reader’s “Best of the <strong>Beach</strong><br />
reader’s poll. Kids decide on the<br />
beach activities for the day. Director<br />
Trevor Elder is a South Bay native,<br />
certified lifeguard and EMT.<br />
Champ Camp staffs about 15 firstaid<br />
and CPR-certified college grads.<br />
Full day sessions, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.<br />
Half day sessions 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
(310) 283-4509.<br />
ChampCampKids.com<br />
Freedom Surf Camp<br />
June 11 through Aug. 31<br />
Freedom Surf Camp offers<br />
morning and afternoon sessions in<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>, Venice, Santa<br />
Monica and Malibu. Ages 5-7:<br />
Water safety, boogie boarding,<br />
sand sculpting, sand crabs, dodgeball,<br />
and other games. Surfing 101<br />
for kids who want it. Ages 8-12:<br />
Surfing, boogie boarding, water<br />
safety, and environmental education.<br />
Ages 13-14: Depending on<br />
skill level, all water and beach activity<br />
are offered. Groms: competitive<br />
level surfing.<br />
(310) 770-4410 . freeedom.org<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Skateboarding Camp<br />
The South Bay’s longest ongoing<br />
skateboard camp. Classes start<br />
June 20 and are Monday through<br />
Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Students<br />
must supply their own skateboard,<br />
helmet, knee pads and<br />
elbow pads, and should come with<br />
a drink and snack. Hermosa<br />
Skatepark, 710 Pier Ave.<br />
Hermosabch.Org,<br />
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Hermosa Surf Camp<br />
Hermosa Surf Camp is celebrating<br />
26 years at the Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Pier. Learn safety and surfing basics<br />
in 1-1/2 or 3 hour classes, Monday<br />
through Friday. Instructors<br />
will be in the water helping kids<br />
get through the surf and catch<br />
waves. Instructors are credentialed<br />
teachers and there is always a L.A.<br />
County Lifeguard on duty. T-shirt,<br />
lycra surf shirt, goodie bag and<br />
three photos of included.<br />
Vince Ray (310) 370-1918.<br />
surferjay@losangeles.usa.com.<br />
Hermosasurfcamp.com<br />
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Friendship Circle Surf<br />
Camp<br />
The Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Circle Surf<br />
Camp is for children and adults<br />
with special needs. Ages 7 and up.<br />
2:1 teacher-to student ratio. Teen<br />
volunteers paired with each student.<br />
BZ soft surfboards provided.<br />
All students receive a T-shirt, lycra<br />
surf shirt and three photos of<br />
themselves. Children must be able<br />
to swim.<br />
(310) 214-6677 or (310)-214-4999.<br />
GotFriends.com or<br />
HermosaSurfCamp.com.<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Aquatics<br />
City-offered camp offers oceansafety,<br />
fitness and beach games for<br />
kids 5-13. Morning and afternoon<br />
classes are available. Program runs<br />
June 19 to August 11.<br />
(310) 802-5448.<br />
Citymb.info/registration.<br />
Meistrell private,<br />
advanced surfing<br />
Professional surf coach Jamie<br />
Meistrell draws from his worldwide<br />
surf travels and 12 years as a<br />
professional surfer. His detailed<br />
curriculum emphasises strengthening<br />
drills, contest strategy and the<br />
general stoke of surfing. CPR,<br />
AED, and First Aid certified.<br />
(310) 753-5436.<br />
JamieMeistrell@gmail.com<br />
PCH Skate<br />
Learn to skateboard or take your<br />
skills to the next level. Beginner to<br />
intermediate level skate and safety<br />
instruction, focusing on basic ollies<br />
and turns, flip tricks, grinds, vert<br />
skating and more. Ramps, rails and<br />
fun boxes positioned differently<br />
each day. All campers are required<br />
to wear full pads. Private skate instruction<br />
available at Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> and new Redondo <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Pier locations. PCH Skate runs in<br />
association with <strong>Beach</strong>Sports.org<br />
and Body Glove Camps.<br />
PCHSkateCamps.com<br />
Perfect Day Surf Camp<br />
The Quiksilver/Roxy-sponsored<br />
Perfect Day Surf Camp has locations<br />
in Torrance, Redondo, Manhattan,<br />
Dockweiler, Marina Del<br />
Rey and Santa Monica. Surf and<br />
beach camps are offered for ages 3<br />
to 17. Lessons cover stand up paddling<br />
and surfing and beach workouts.<br />
8 a.m. to noon, noon to 3<br />
p.m. and all day. Daily and weekly<br />
rates.<br />
(310) 985-1458.<br />
PerfectDaySurfcamp.com.<br />
PV Surf Camp<br />
PV Surf teaches ocean safety,<br />
surfing, surf etiquette and appreciation<br />
for the power and beauty of<br />
the ocean. Instructors are trained<br />
in CPR. The camp is surrounded<br />
by picturesque cliffs of Torrance<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> and Palos Verdes, which<br />
keep the surf gentle. Weekly camp<br />
sessions with a 4:1 ratio are offered<br />
for kids ages 6-15, June 11 -- August<br />
17.<br />
(310) 908-8164. PVSurfCamp.com<br />
Skatedogs<br />
Skateboarding Summer<br />
Camp<br />
Skatedogs brings their mobile<br />
private skate park to Manhattan<br />
Heights Park in Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
and Perry Park in Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
Monday through Friday from 8:30<br />
a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to<br />
6:30 p.m. Skateboard, helmet,<br />
knee pads and elbow pads are required.<br />
Ci.manhattan-beach.ca.us,<br />
redondo.org.<br />
Tarsan SUP<br />
SUP Camp is for kids of all ages<br />
(ideally 10 and up). Monday-Friday<br />
with full day classes and half days<br />
from 9 a.m. to noon and in the afternoon<br />
from 1 to 4 p.m. June 26<br />
to Sept. 1. Kids must know how to<br />
swim. $299/child per week. 10 percent<br />
off for additional siblings<br />
(same week only). $275/child per<br />
week if parent is a Preferred Member.<br />
Private dock access. Instructors<br />
are CPR and First Aid<br />
certified. Students will learn water<br />
etiquette, ocean safety, handling a<br />
board in and out of water and<br />
proper technique. (310) 798-2200.<br />
831 N. Harbor Drive, Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
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A day in the life<br />
Summer at the Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Art Center<br />
Depicting “leisure and recreation<br />
through the eyes and<br />
lenses of local artists,” “Day<br />
in the Life of Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>”<br />
opens June 29 with a reception<br />
B<br />
from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Art Center. Consisting of<br />
original work by members of the<br />
community, in a variety of media,<br />
this show depicts “the hometown<br />
feel of the city” and is “a portrait of<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> and its progressive,<br />
laid-back lifestyle familiar to<br />
all.”<br />
Even more promising is “Can’t<br />
See the Forest for the Trees,” which<br />
features the works of several notable<br />
artists: Lowell Nickel, Jacalyn<br />
Lopez Garcia and Nicholas Cesar<br />
Colon, Robert Glenn Ketchum,<br />
Anita Bunn, and Fatemeh Burnes.<br />
The opening reception is August<br />
17 from 6 to 9 p.m., and the show<br />
will be up through October 14.<br />
More information to come, but<br />
“Can’t See the Forest for the Trees”<br />
is being described in these words:<br />
“To discern an overall pattern from<br />
a mass of detail; to see the big picture,<br />
or the broader, more general<br />
situation.” That cryptic teaser will<br />
be replaced as we get nearer to the<br />
opening which, judging from the<br />
artists involved, should be a good<br />
one.<br />
The Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Art Center<br />
is located at 1560 Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Blvd., Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
(310) 802-5440 or go to<br />
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Saturday <strong>May</strong> 12<br />
Artist Unlimited<br />
Artists Unlimited celebrates<br />
their fourteenth group exhibition,<br />
“Kaleidoscope.” Enjoy the art, refreshments,<br />
and classical guitar<br />
music. The exhibit features a wide<br />
variety of works by eight artists<br />
from the Palos Verdes Peninsula,<br />
Torrance, and San Pedro. 1 - 4 p.m.<br />
Malaga Cove Library Gallery, 2400<br />
Via Campesina, Palos Verdes Estates.<br />
Free. Many artworks will be<br />
for sale, with 20 percent of sales<br />
benefitting the Palos Verdes Library<br />
District.<br />
(310) 548-8570<br />
Entries submitted for<br />
the “Day in the Life<br />
of Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>” art exhibit<br />
may be viewed on<br />
Instagram at<br />
#manhappenings.<br />
The show opens<br />
Friday, June 29.<br />
Friday, <strong>May</strong> 18<br />
Late Night at the Library<br />
The Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Art Center<br />
is partnering with the Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Library for Late Night at<br />
the Library. Talk with Rachel<br />
Shimpock, one of the artists featured<br />
in the exhibition currently on<br />
display at the Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Art Center. Hot Stuff, Contemporary<br />
Sculptural Jewelry. Free. Food<br />
and drinks provided by Critics<br />
Choice Catering. Live music by<br />
Lisa Ritchie. 8 - 10 p.m. Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Library, 1320 Highland<br />
Ave., Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
(310) 545-8595<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 19<br />
Vitality<br />
Artlife Gallery group exhibition<br />
brings “Vitality” to the South Bay.<br />
Local artists in an array of styles<br />
and subject matter appeal to a<br />
wide audience. Music performances.<br />
6 - 9 p.m. Plaza El Segundo,<br />
Artlife Gallery, 720 Allied Way, El<br />
Segundo.<br />
(310) 938-2511<br />
Sunday, September 23<br />
Rod, Rides and Relics<br />
Along the Waterfront at the Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Pier, a collection of<br />
carefully selected antique automobiles<br />
will be exhibited at the 15th<br />
Annual Rods, Rides, and Relics,<br />
Classic Car Show. With the <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Boys singing “Fun Fun, Fun” in the<br />
background, prepare to be transported<br />
to a different era among the<br />
100 classics on display. 10 a.m. - 3<br />
p.m. Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Pier, 100<br />
Fisherman’s Wharf, Redondo<br />
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Be Romanian For A Day festival (Ernie Howlett Park, Rolling Hills Estates.<br />
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Church, Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>. Fri.-Sun., July 13-15). Both feature hospitality<br />
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as you enjoy their cuisine. You only get one chance a year at these, so<br />
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Mar’sel at Terranea Resort<br />
Thursday, <strong>May</strong> 17<br />
Five courses by Chef Andrew<br />
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Friday, <strong>May</strong> 18, 6:30 PM<br />
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Ernie Howlett Park<br />
Sunday, <strong>May</strong> 20<br />
The fifth annual event offers tastings<br />
from over 80 exhibitors who<br />
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Sea Change (Chez Melange)<br />
Monday, <strong>May</strong> 21<br />
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over a five course dinner that includes<br />
braised lottefish, smoked<br />
salmon salad, and Provençale 6<br />
hour leg of lamb with rosemary<br />
sauce. 7 p.m. $95. 1611 S. Catalina<br />
Ave., Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
Reserve at (310) 540-1222<br />
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Second City Bistro<br />
Monday, <strong>May</strong> 21<br />
Tastes from 20 Oregon wineries<br />
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p.m. 223 Richmond St., El Segundo.<br />
Reserve at (310) 322-6085<br />
Umbrian Regional Dinner<br />
Gaetano’s Restaurant<br />
Wednesday, <strong>May</strong> 23<br />
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Be Romanian For A Day<br />
Ernie Howlett Park<br />
Saturday-Sunday, <strong>May</strong> 26-27<br />
Try Romanian hospitality at a<br />
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dance, songs, and storytelling, plus<br />
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and food. 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Admission<br />
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Saturday, June 2<br />
Sip a selection of bourbons and beers while enjoying live music and feasting<br />
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feast, one cocktail or beer (cash bar available for subsequent drinks), and<br />
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Sunday, June 3<br />
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benefit the Torrance Del Amo Rotary<br />
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Reservations at (310) 787-7501<br />
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Saturday, June 9<br />
Sample food from 40 restaurants,<br />
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both live and silent auctions. Live<br />
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LA Beer Week<br />
June 16-24<br />
Various South Bay breweries,<br />
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Chef’s Table Summer<br />
Solstice<br />
Mar’sel at Terranea<br />
Thursday, June 21<br />
An intimate dining experience<br />
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Proceeds benefit LA Waterkeeper.<br />
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Monday, June 25<br />
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1611 S Catalina Ave., Redondo<br />
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Hess Winery Dinner<br />
Second City Bistro<br />
Thursday, July 1<br />
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July 4 Block Party BBQ<br />
Wednesday, July 4<br />
Outdoor celebration on Brewport’s<br />
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Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> school kids. Photo by Kevin Cody<br />
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(310) 648-8972<br />
Dine LA Week<br />
July 13-27<br />
Various South Bay venues.<br />
discoverlosangeles.com<br />
South Bay Greek Festival<br />
St. Katherine’s Church<br />
Friday - Sunday, July 13-15<br />
Homestyle Greek food prepared<br />
by the congregation, with Greek<br />
wines and beers. Live music and<br />
traditional dance, plus a Greek marketplace.<br />
$2 at the door. 722 Knob<br />
Hill Ave., Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
SBgreekfestival.com<br />
Bastille Day<br />
Dominique’s Kitchen<br />
Saturday, July 14<br />
Celebrate the French Revolution<br />
with complimentary kir royale and<br />
special menu of French country<br />
dishes. All evening. 522 S. Pacific<br />
Coast Hwy., Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
Reserve at (424) 247-9054<br />
Chefs and Cellars<br />
Catalina View Gardens<br />
Sunday, July 15<br />
Benefit for the Palos Verdes Art<br />
Center, hosted on a working farm<br />
and winery on the Palos Verdes<br />
Peninsula. 4 to 7 p.m. Come for an<br />
elegant dinner by local restaurants<br />
and caterers in the midst of fruits<br />
and vegetables ready for harvest,<br />
and drink wine made from<br />
grapevines you can see. 6001 Palos<br />
Verdes Dr. S, Rancho Palos Verdes.<br />
CelebrateChefs.com<br />
Farm and Vine Dinner<br />
Terranea Resort<br />
Thursday, July 19<br />
Five courses by Chef Andrew<br />
Vaughan using produce from Regier<br />
Family Farms of Bakersfield and<br />
wines from Sonoma’s Flowers Winery.<br />
6 p.m. The farmer and winemaker<br />
will be present to explain<br />
their products. $217. 100 Terranea<br />
Way, Rancho Palos Verdes.<br />
Reserve at store.terranea.com<br />
Walk With Sally<br />
Sunday, July 28<br />
12th annual White Light White<br />
Night, with food from 25 Los Angeles<br />
area restaurants, wine and craft<br />
cocktails, live music. 6 p.m. Plaza at<br />
Continental Park, 870 S. Nash<br />
Street, El Segundo.<br />
Tickets at walkwithsally.org<br />
Chef’s Table Dinner<br />
Terranea Resort<br />
Thursday, August 9<br />
“Tribute to Queen Bee” is the<br />
theme of an intimate dining experience<br />
for only 20 people, featuring<br />
wines from Grgich Estate. 6 p.m.<br />
Profits benefit Vistas For Children.<br />
$297 includes room night at hotel<br />
per two. 100 Terranea Way, Rancho<br />
Palos Verdes.<br />
Reserve at (310) 265-2805<br />
Bite at the <strong>Beach</strong><br />
MBS Campus<br />
Saturday, August 11<br />
Come to the New York City<br />
movie set at MBS Studios to enjoy<br />
beer from 30 craft breweries, nibbles<br />
from 30 restaurants, live music<br />
and Vox DJ. 2 to 6 p.m. $45. $60<br />
VIP. 1600 Rosecrans Ave., Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
Manhattan<strong>Beach</strong>Chamber.com<br />
Summerfest at the<br />
Depot, Torrance<br />
Sunday, August 12<br />
Drinks will flow at the martini,<br />
wine and beer bars and there will<br />
be live and silent auctions. The<br />
Depot will provide their summer<br />
BBQ dinner buffet, live music, and<br />
fun, fun, fun. 4 to 8 p.m. Benefits<br />
Torrance Chamber of Commerce.<br />
(310) 212-5009 or<br />
debby@torrancechamber.com<br />
Evening Under The Stars<br />
American Honda<br />
Saturday, August 25<br />
This benefit for the Torrance Memorial<br />
Medical Center is the South<br />
Bay’s largest annual celebration of<br />
food and wine. Over 80 wineries<br />
contribute their best, with food<br />
from as many as 50 restaurants,<br />
plus a performance by saxophonist<br />
Kenny G, silent auctions, and<br />
more. 4 p.m. Price not available at<br />
press time. 1919 Torrance Blvd,<br />
Torrance.<br />
TorranceMemorial.org<br />
Celebration of Food<br />
and Wine<br />
Terranea Resort<br />
Fri. to Sun., September 7-9<br />
Terranea Resort’s annual Celebration<br />
of Food & Wine includes<br />
seminars about food and drink<br />
plus meals with seasonally themed<br />
menus prepared by Terranea Resort’s<br />
award-winning chefs. The locally<br />
and sustainably grown and<br />
foraged ingredients draws connoisseurs<br />
from around the state as well<br />
as locals. Event prices and schedule<br />
not available at press time. 100<br />
Terranea Way, Rancho Palos<br />
Verdes.<br />
Store.terranea.com<br />
Farm to your kitchen<br />
by Richard Foss<br />
If you are determined to make a<br />
caprese salad in February, you<br />
should go to a supermarket.<br />
The tomatoes won’t be good, but<br />
they will be there. However, if<br />
you’re keeping the season in mind<br />
or are flexible about the menu,<br />
farmer’s markets offer produce<br />
picked at its peak. If you’re planning<br />
a party, do what restaurant<br />
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chefs do: ask growers what will be<br />
available next week. You will be<br />
able to plan a meal using perfect<br />
produce, and your skill in the<br />
kitchen will complement their skill<br />
in the fields.<br />
Farmers markets featuring farm<br />
fresh fruit and vegetables and a<br />
wide range of hot meals can be<br />
found somewhere in the South Bay<br />
every day, except Mondays.<br />
South Bay Farmers<br />
Markets<br />
Tuesdays<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Farmers Market:<br />
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
At 13th St. and Morningside Dr.,<br />
behind City Hall.<br />
DownTownManhattanbeach.com<br />
Torrance Farmers Market:<br />
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
Wilson Park, 2200 Crenshaw<br />
Blvd.<br />
Torranceca.gov<br />
Wednesdays<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Farmers Market:<br />
1 to 6 p.m.<br />
Pier Plaza.<br />
HBchamber.net<br />
El Segundo Farmers Market:<br />
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
In front of the Whole Foods at<br />
760 Sepulveda Blvd.<br />
ElSegundo.org<br />
Thursdays<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Farmers Market:<br />
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
In front of Veteran’s Park, just<br />
south of the pier.<br />
Redondo.org<br />
El Segundo Farmers Market:<br />
3 to 7 p.m.<br />
Downtown, at Main St. and<br />
Grand. Ave.<br />
ElSegundo.org<br />
Fridays<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Farmers Market:<br />
Noon to 4 p.m.<br />
At 11 St., and Valley Dr., next to<br />
Clark Field.<br />
Hermosa<strong>Beach</strong>FarmersMarket.org<br />
Saturdays<br />
Torrance Farmers Market:<br />
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
Wilson Park, 2200 Crenshaw<br />
Blvd.<br />
Torranceca.gov<br />
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arts<br />
Loading up the carts<br />
Shakespeare by the Sea hits<br />
the road with “The Merry<br />
Wives of Windsor” and<br />
“The Winter’s Tale”<br />
by Bondo Wyszpolski<br />
Each year, and this is their<br />
21st, Shakespeare by the Sea<br />
literally begins, and ends, by<br />
the sea, at Point Fermin Park in San<br />
Pedro. Then, like the troupers and<br />
troubadours they are, they take<br />
their productions up and down the<br />
coast and inland to such cities as<br />
Whittier and South Pasadena. By<br />
now the company has attempted<br />
all but one or two of the Bard’s<br />
plays, and the annual repertoire almost<br />
always features one comedy<br />
and one drama, or something light<br />
and something sobering. And this<br />
year?<br />
The ensemble begins with “The<br />
Merry Wives of Windsor,” which<br />
is being described as “a rollicking<br />
romantic comedy that tells of Falstaff’s<br />
folly: courting two married<br />
women at the same time. It’s mischief<br />
and mayhem galore.”<br />
The play is being directed by<br />
long-time company member (director<br />
and actor) Cylan Brown. This is<br />
what he says about tackling it:<br />
“I am fascinated with ‘Merry<br />
Wives of Windsor’ because it is<br />
Shakespeare’s only portrayal of the<br />
Elizabethan middle class. It's also<br />
the only play he named solely after<br />
his female characters, which is fitting<br />
as it is a sheer delight to watch<br />
the two wives of Windsor pull<br />
their delicious pranks on the overconfident<br />
Falstaff. With colorful<br />
characters including bombastic<br />
French doctors, secret young<br />
lovers, jealous husbands and comically<br />
awkward suitors, we are<br />
treated to lighthearted shenanigans<br />
as the denizens of this small borough<br />
gossip, hatch plans and plot<br />
revenges against one another.”<br />
Opening a week later and then<br />
running in tandem with “Windsor”<br />
is “The Winter’s Tale,” this being<br />
“the story of Leontes, a King who<br />
banished his family wrongfully,<br />
only to be taught the meaning of<br />
forgiveness through the inspired<br />
plan of a wise, loyal woman.”<br />
Stephanie Coltrin directs this<br />
one, and like Cylan Brown she’s<br />
been with Shakespeare by the Sea<br />
Shakespeare by the Sea returns to Valley Park in Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> with “The<br />
Winter’s Tale” on Wed., July 11 and “The Merry Wives of Windsor” on<br />
Thurs., July 12. Photo by Kevin Cody<br />
for many years. She begins with a<br />
direct quote: “It is required you do<br />
awake your faith.”<br />
“‘The Winter’s Tale’ is one of<br />
Shakespeare’s final and finest creations<br />
and I am thrilled to be directing<br />
it for our 21st season,” she says.<br />
“The story illustrates the epic,<br />
heartbreaking, tragic consequences<br />
of jealousy, but, unlike Shakespeare’s<br />
tragedies, provides redemption<br />
and forgiveness in the<br />
form of a miracle. Filled with extraordinary<br />
language, its drama is<br />
matched by its comedy, and<br />
throughout there is a sense of the<br />
magical power of grace. When<br />
what’s gone and what’s past help is<br />
not past grief, the story reminds us<br />
that what was lost can indeed be<br />
found.”<br />
All events are free (but you can<br />
donate). Bring food, blankets, and<br />
comfortable clothes. These are the<br />
various South Bay locations:<br />
San Pedro<br />
Point Fermin Park<br />
807 Paseo del Mar, 8 p.m.<br />
The Merry Wives of Windsor<br />
June 14, 15, 16, 28, 30, July 6, August<br />
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The Winter’s Tale<br />
June 21, 22, 23, 29, July 5, 7, August<br />
17<br />
Rancho Palos Verdes<br />
Hesse Park<br />
29301 Hawthorne Blvd., 7 p.m.<br />
The Merry Wives of Windsor<br />
July 9<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Valley Park<br />
2521 Valley Dr., 7 p.m.<br />
The Winter’s Tale<br />
July 11<br />
The Merry Wives of Windsor<br />
July 12<br />
Torrance<br />
Charles H. Wilson Park<br />
2200 Crenshaw Blvd., 7 p.m.<br />
The Winter’s Tale<br />
July 27<br />
The Merry Wives of Windsor<br />
July 28<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Polliwog Park<br />
1601 Manhattan Bch. Blvd., 7 p.m.<br />
The Winter’s Tale<br />
August 10<br />
The Merry Wives of Windsor<br />
August 11<br />
For more information, call (310)<br />
217-7596 or go to shakespearebythesea.org.<br />
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South Bay<br />
Film Society<br />
A first-rate, never ending<br />
film festival<br />
by Bondo Wyszpolski<br />
If you appreciate the artistry of<br />
film, and we’re not talking<br />
about crowd-pleasing blockbusters,<br />
you may have heard about<br />
Randy Berler and his ongoing success<br />
at bringing high-quality motion<br />
pictures to the South Bay.<br />
<strong>May</strong>be it’s his charm, who can say,<br />
but the films he has managed to<br />
find and screen (often before their<br />
runs in L.A. or New York) are often<br />
nothing short of astonishing. To<br />
date, the South Bay Film Society<br />
has shown over 200 new foreign<br />
language and indie films in its six<br />
years of existence, renting theater<br />
rooms at the AMC Rolling Hills in<br />
Torrance. Many times there are<br />
after-screening discussions, and because<br />
many filmgoers know a good<br />
thing when they’ve found it, seats<br />
fill up faster and earlier than they<br />
would for a standard, commercial<br />
film. Tickets are sold online<br />
through the website at<br />
southbayfilmsociety.com.<br />
Upcoming films:<br />
Wed. <strong>May</strong> 23: “Lean On Pete” -<br />
That’s the name of the film and<br />
the aging racehorse that a teenage<br />
boy named Charlie saves from the<br />
glue factory. The two embark on<br />
an odyssey across the new American<br />
frontier.<br />
Wed. <strong>May</strong> 30: “Venus” - Having<br />
recently embraced her own identity,<br />
Sid, a transgender woman,<br />
finds herself tangled in a complex<br />
web of expectations and aspirations<br />
when she discovers she has<br />
a 14-year-old son. This is a new<br />
drama/comedy from Canada.<br />
Wed. June 6: “Skid Row<br />
Marathon” - is an inspiring documentary<br />
about Judge Craig<br />
Mitchell, who has changed the<br />
lives of countless people he met<br />
at the Midnight Mission Shelter<br />
on Skid Row in Los Angeles. Q&A<br />
with Judge Mitchell and the filmmakers<br />
follows the screening.<br />
Wed. June 27: “Three Identical<br />
Strangers” - Identical triplets become<br />
separated at birth and<br />
adopted by three different families.<br />
Their reunion years later becomes<br />
a global sensation, but it<br />
also unearths an unimaginable secret<br />
that has radical repercussions.<br />
This is a remarkable<br />
stranger-than-fiction documentary<br />
Wed. July 11: “Puzzle” - A woman<br />
who has a talent for assembling<br />
jigsaw puzzles sneaks away from<br />
her suburban town and goes to<br />
New York City, where she partners<br />
with a man for a puzzle tournament<br />
in Atlantic City.<br />
Experiencing independence for<br />
the first time, she begins to view<br />
her value, and the pieces of her<br />
own life, in a whole new light.<br />
Mon. July 23: “The Wife” - The<br />
faithful wife (Glenn Close) of a famous<br />
New York novelist decides<br />
to leave her husband on the eve<br />
he's scheduled to receive a prestigious<br />
literary prize. The life-altering<br />
decision unearths the many<br />
dark secrets of their marriage. B<br />
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PENINSULA SPORTS CAMPS<br />
SUMMER <strong>2018</strong><br />
Founded in 1972<br />
Ages: Boys and Girls 5-14<br />
w w w . p e n i n s u l a s p o r t s c a m p s . c o m<br />
If your cosmetic provider offers the<br />
“latest and greatest treatments”, it might<br />
just mean that you’re the guinea pig.<br />
46 h Annual Peninsula Basketball Camp – July 16-20, July 23-27, July 30-August 3<br />
41 st Annual Peninsula Baseball Camp – July 23-27<br />
41 st Annual Peninsula Soccer Camp – July 16-20, July 30-August 3<br />
Location: Palos Verdes High School, 600 Cloydon Rd. Palos Verdes Estates<br />
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm or 9:00am – 12:00pm, Monday – Friday<br />
Fees: $270 Full Day, $150 1/2 Day, Transportation $45.00 Weekly (Full Day Only)<br />
22 ndt Annual 1 ⁄2 Day Peninsula Soccer Camp – July 23-27, August 6-10<br />
14 th Annual 1 ⁄2 Day Peninsula Baseball Camp – July 30-August 3<br />
Ages: Boys and Girls, 5-12<br />
Location: Hesse Park, Rancho Palos Verdes<br />
Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm, Monday – Friday<br />
Fees: $140<br />
Call for More Info!<br />
Contact Info: Tom Maier at (310) 213-5433<br />
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music<br />
South Bay<br />
Summer Concerts<br />
by Mark McDermott<br />
Summer is like one big, ongoing<br />
concert in the South Bay,<br />
with music in parks, plazas, libraries,<br />
up in the hills and of<br />
course on the beach. The Hermosa<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Summer Concert Series is at<br />
the apex of the scene, celebrating<br />
beach life every Sunday night in<br />
August with a mix of nationally<br />
headlining bands — think Everclear,<br />
Robert Randolph and the<br />
Family Band, and the Door’s<br />
Robby Krieger — attracting a<br />
crowd of 10,000 blissed out musical<br />
souls as the sun goes down on<br />
the beach.<br />
Concert guru Allen Sanford, who<br />
has produced the Hermosa concerts<br />
for the last 10 years and<br />
Music on the Meadows at Terranea<br />
the last five years, will take his<br />
game to another level with new<br />
festivals in October and next spring<br />
at Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>’s Seaside Lagoon.<br />
Though the lineups have yet<br />
to be announced, the intention is<br />
to create a nationally prominent<br />
West Coast music festival.<br />
“I just tried to find a way to contribute<br />
positivity to the world,”<br />
said Sanford, who owns and operates<br />
music club Saint Rocke and<br />
several local restaurants but has<br />
tapped into a larger vision with this<br />
ambitious series of concerts. “I<br />
found my niche. The world is in a<br />
weird place right now. So if we<br />
give 10,000 people an afternoon to<br />
forget about their problems and all<br />
the bad things happening in the<br />
world, then we’ve succeeded.”<br />
Nothing brings people together<br />
quite like music, and the scene at<br />
any of the summer concerts listed<br />
here delivers moments of simple<br />
communal joy.<br />
“Every year there is probably<br />
one song that is sung where everybody<br />
gets in sync,” Sanford said of<br />
the Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Summer Concerts.<br />
“I think last year it was Everclear,<br />
other years the English Beat,<br />
Jimmy Buffett — where everyone<br />
on the beach is singing the same<br />
words, dancing to the same<br />
rhythm. There’s just really a beautiful<br />
energy to that. It’s really fun<br />
to watch.”<br />
The Hermosa Summer Concerts<br />
take place August 5, 12, 19, and 26<br />
beginning at 5 p.m. at the pier.<br />
Concerts at the <strong>Beach</strong> at the Hermosa Pier draw big crowds and big name<br />
bands. This year’s concerts are every Sunday in August. Photo by Kevin Cody<br />
<strong>May</strong> 13<br />
Mother’s Day concert<br />
Treat mom to a Mother’s Day<br />
concert as the Palos Verdes Symphonic<br />
Band plays at the South<br />
Coast Botanic Garden. Tickets are<br />
free with a garden admission.<br />
Adults $9, seniors $6, children $4,<br />
students $6, toddlers free. Bring a<br />
picnic lunch, a blanket or a beach<br />
chair for outdoor seating. No alcohol<br />
is allowed but snacks, beer and<br />
wine will be for sale. 26300 Crenshaw<br />
Blvd, Rancho Palos Verdes.<br />
(310) 544-1948.<br />
Pvsband.org<br />
southcoastbotanicgarden.org<br />
<strong>May</strong> 18<br />
Late Night at the Library<br />
The Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Public Library’s<br />
Late Night series features<br />
artist Rachel Shimpock and singer<br />
songwriter Lisa Richie, 8 to 10 p.m.<br />
June 27<br />
Sounds of the Caribbean<br />
In a show tailored for kids, the<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Public Library<br />
features the Caribbean music of<br />
Joseph Peck. 11 a.m.<br />
July 1<br />
Concerts in Polliwog Park<br />
This year marks the 40th anniversary<br />
of the Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Concerts<br />
in the Park, now presented by<br />
OneWest Bank. Every Sunday for<br />
10 weeks enjoy live music at Polliwog<br />
Park, beginning July 1 with<br />
Salute to the Troops. Now in its 4th<br />
year, Salute to the Troops honors<br />
the military service and sacrifice of<br />
South Bay men and women in uniform;<br />
Navy Band Southwest, a 45-<br />
piece ensemble which is one of the<br />
Navy’s oldest and finest, is the<br />
headliner. New to this year, local<br />
bands will kick off festivities at 3:45 p.m.<br />
July 4<br />
Music On The Meadows<br />
Terranea Resort's annual oceanfront<br />
concert Music on the Meadows<br />
has become a highlight of the<br />
music scene locally, an afternoon<br />
that features nationally touring<br />
bands such as Big Voodoo Daddy<br />
and the Ol’ 97s, farm-to-table cuisine<br />
and local breweries. The<br />
lineup has yet to be announced,<br />
but keep an eye on terranea.com/<br />
events/music-on-the-meadows for<br />
updates.<br />
July 5<br />
Redondo Concerts on the Pier<br />
The Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Summer of<br />
Music Festival kicks off on its International<br />
Boardwalk stage with Tenn<br />
West performing from 6 to 8 p.m.<br />
July 7<br />
Redondo Concerts on the Pier<br />
Smokin’ Smitty and the Masters<br />
of Music perform on the Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> pier from 6 to 8 p.m.<br />
July 8<br />
Manhattan Concerts in Park<br />
The Dropoffs, an R&B outfit, and<br />
the African music of Ricardo<br />
Lemvo and Makina Loca are featured<br />
at Polliwog Park from 3:45 to<br />
7 p.m.<br />
July 11<br />
El Segundo Music at the Point<br />
The Point in El Segundo kicks off<br />
its summer music series with local<br />
legends Feed the Kitty from 6:30 to<br />
8:30 in its outdoor plaza.<br />
July 12<br />
Malaga Cove Concerts in the Park<br />
Malaga Cove Concerts in the<br />
Park kicks off with The Motown<br />
Thang, featuring singer Angela Carole<br />
Brown. The show starts at 7<br />
p.m. but you can save your place<br />
on the grass by putting a blanket<br />
down as early as 3 p.m.<br />
Redondo Concerts on the Pier<br />
The Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Summer of<br />
Music features Beatunes from 6 to<br />
8 p.m. on its pier stage.<br />
July 14<br />
Redondo Concerts on the Pier<br />
Dark Desert Highway performs<br />
on the Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> pier 6 to 8<br />
p.m.<br />
July 15<br />
Manhattan Concerts in the Park<br />
Local wunderkind Jamison<br />
Jarvis and tribute band Petty and<br />
the Breakers play Polliwog Park.<br />
Music begins at 3:45 p.m. and goes<br />
til 7 p.m.<br />
July 18<br />
El Segundo Music at The Point<br />
The Radio Rebels jam ‘80s tunes<br />
at The Point’s summer concert series<br />
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.<br />
July 19<br />
Redondo Summer of Music<br />
The Wild Kings play the International<br />
Boardwalk in Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> from 6 to 8 p.m.<br />
Malaga Cove Concerts in the Park<br />
Malaga Cove’s concert series<br />
continues with the Hodads, a<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Boys tribute band, beginning<br />
at 7 p.m.<br />
July 21<br />
Redondo Concerts on the Pier<br />
Big Mess plays the Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> pier from 6 to 8 p.m.<br />
July 22<br />
Manhattan Concerts in the Park<br />
Concerts in the Park continue in<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> with the alt rock<br />
of Alinea and the classic covers of<br />
The Pine Mountain Logs. 3:45 to 7<br />
p.m.<br />
July 25<br />
Show for kids<br />
The Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Public Library<br />
features multi-instrumentalist<br />
Craig Newton’s “Celebration of<br />
Songs” at 11 a.m. as part of its summer<br />
programming for children.<br />
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El Segundo Music at The Point<br />
Americana band Barley play The<br />
Point from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.<br />
July 26<br />
Malaga Cove Concerts in the Park<br />
Local legends Andy and Renee<br />
play Malaga Cove’s Concert in the<br />
Park beginning at 7 p.m.<br />
Redondo Concerts on the Pier<br />
The Summer of Music continues<br />
on the Redondo pier with the Laurie<br />
Morvan Band from 6 to 8 p.m.<br />
July 28<br />
Redondo Concerts on the Pier<br />
1969 play the Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> pier<br />
from 6 to 8 p.m.<br />
July 29<br />
Manhattan Concerts in the Park<br />
Fate Unbound, rockers from Redondo<br />
Union, and the Afrofunk outfit<br />
Jungle Fire play Polliwog Park.<br />
3:45 to 7 p.m.<br />
July 31<br />
Kid’s music<br />
The Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Public Library<br />
presents “Kid’s Imagine Nation”<br />
at 11 a.m.<br />
August 1<br />
El Segundo Summer music series<br />
The Kevin Sousa Band plays The<br />
Point in El Segundo from 6:30 to<br />
8:30 p.m.<br />
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Redondo Concerts on the Pier<br />
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p.m.<br />
Malaga Cove Benoit Concert<br />
Jazz great David Benoit plays a<br />
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Cove’s Concerts in the Park. 7 p.m.<br />
August 4<br />
Redondo Pier Summer of Music<br />
The L.A. Swing Barons play the<br />
Redondo pier from 6 to 8 p.m.<br />
August 5<br />
Manhattan Concerts in the Park<br />
Alt rockers Good Vibe and rockabilly<br />
band Aileen Quinn and the<br />
Leapin’ Lizards play Polliwog Park<br />
3:45 to 7 p.m.<br />
August 8<br />
El Segundo Music at The Point<br />
Jack Dani’s ‘90s Rock Review<br />
continue the music series at The<br />
Point from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.<br />
August 9<br />
Concerts in the Park<br />
The Peaceful Easy Eagles play<br />
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August 11<br />
Redondo Concerts on the Pier<br />
Danny Dean and the Homewreckers<br />
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pier from 6 to 8 p.m.<br />
August 12<br />
Manhattan Concerts in the Park<br />
Local singer songwriter Kato Rose<br />
and Beatle’s tribute band Hard<br />
Day’s Night play Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>’s Concerts in the Park 3:45 to<br />
7 p.m.<br />
August 15<br />
El Segundo Music at The Point<br />
Rock out with Detour at The<br />
Point from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.<br />
August 16<br />
Malaga Cove Concerts in the Park<br />
The Malaga Cove summer concert<br />
series continues with Bad Haggis,<br />
the Celtic rock band featuring<br />
Eric Rigler, the locally-based bagpipe<br />
player famous for his work on<br />
the “Braveheart” soundtrack. 7 p.m.<br />
Redondo Concerts on the Pier<br />
Identity Theft plays the International<br />
Boardwalk as part of the Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Pier’s Summer of<br />
Music from 6 to 8 p.m.<br />
August 18<br />
Songs of Polynesia<br />
The Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Public Library<br />
features “From Polynesia to<br />
California: Polynesian Music and<br />
Dance” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
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August 19<br />
Manhattan Concerts in the Park<br />
Classic rockers Minor Problem<br />
and Country & Western outfit the<br />
Doo-Wah Riders play Polliwog<br />
Park from 3:45 to 7 p.m.<br />
August 22<br />
El Segundo Music at The Point<br />
Rockit play top 40 music from<br />
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.<br />
August 23<br />
Malaga Cove Concerts in the Park<br />
Jim Curry and Company sing the<br />
songs of John Denver at Malaga<br />
Cove. 7 p.m.<br />
Redondo Concerts on the Pier<br />
In Contempt play on the Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> pier from 6 to 8 p.m.<br />
August 25<br />
Redondo Concerts on the Pier<br />
Like Zeppelin play the Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Pier from 6 to 8 p.m.<br />
August 26<br />
Manhattan Concerts in the Park<br />
Pop and rock band Pier Pressure<br />
and jazz/blues/Motown outfit Blue<br />
Breeze Band play Polliwog Park<br />
3:45 to 7 p.m.<br />
August 29<br />
El Segundo Music at The Point<br />
The summer music series at The<br />
Point wraps up with the blues and<br />
soul of Pink Roach from 6:30 to<br />
8:30 p.m.<br />
August 30<br />
Malaga Cove Concerts in the Park<br />
Malaga Cove closes out its concert<br />
series with the honky tonk of<br />
the Cody Bryant Show. 7 p.m.<br />
Redondo Concerts on the Pier<br />
The Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Pier’s Summer<br />
of Music concludes with<br />
Strange Days from 6 to 8 p.m.<br />
September 2<br />
Manhattan Concerts in the Park<br />
Chroma Haze and DSB, a Journey<br />
cover band, rock out the final<br />
installment of Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>’s<br />
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land camps<br />
Into the Wilderness: Nights in Redondo’s backyard unique<br />
among the city’s summer camp options<br />
by David Mendez<br />
Wilderness Park is a patch<br />
of parkland that’s one of<br />
the few public places in<br />
the South Bay that a person is allowed<br />
to sleep outdoors. The missile<br />
site-turned-park has become a<br />
hub of activity since it was opened<br />
by the City of Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> in<br />
1977, particularly in the summer<br />
months.<br />
Summer Wilderness Camps, offered<br />
by Redondo’s Community<br />
Services Department, fill up<br />
quickly each year, and the summer<br />
of <strong>2018</strong> is no different — many sessions<br />
are already waitlisted, and<br />
camps don’t begin until June.<br />
“What’s wonderful about it is not<br />
only the location, but it’s one of<br />
our smaller camps – it caps out at<br />
35 campers each, so it’s almost like<br />
a classroom setting,” according to<br />
Monica Bruno, an after-school<br />
recreation assistant.<br />
All of the camp activities are<br />
planned with enrichment in mind.<br />
Often, they’re nature-themed<br />
crafts or projects, alongside games<br />
that take advantage of the treelined<br />
setting.<br />
“The kids are going to come<br />
home tired and dirty, making<br />
friends, but it’s nice that way,”<br />
Bruno said.<br />
Families can also get in on the<br />
action through the city’s Family<br />
Camp nights. Permits for overnight<br />
camping on weekends at Wilderness<br />
Park are available year-round,<br />
but the special weekends planned<br />
by the City offer themed activities<br />
and games that allow families to<br />
enjoy the woods from their own<br />
backyard.<br />
“Locals don’t have to drive far.<br />
Some families set up their campsites<br />
and have dinner at a restaurant,<br />
while others will get as close<br />
to camping as possible,” Bruno<br />
said.<br />
The Wilderness Park summer activities<br />
are only a sample of the<br />
land-side selections offered by Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>. The city offers 17<br />
camp options, including soccer,<br />
skateboarding, horseback riding<br />
and dance camps. The City also offers<br />
creative camps focused on art,<br />
computer coding, filmmaking and<br />
Lego engineering.<br />
“We seemingly never can have<br />
enough programs to get families<br />
and their kids booked into,” said<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Community Development<br />
Director John LaRock.<br />
His department is constantly<br />
looking to add programs for campseeking<br />
customers. They’ve even<br />
tossed around the concept of putting<br />
together a “free-agent” membership,<br />
for people to attend<br />
multiple camps.<br />
“Especially with children – socially,<br />
varietally – we’re trying to<br />
give them as much to absorb, and<br />
we’re trying to stay ahead in their<br />
interests,” LaRock said. “Give the<br />
people what they want, and what<br />
they want is more cool stuff.”<br />
Redondo’s camps begin on June<br />
25, with new sessions beginning<br />
weekly for most camps. Prices<br />
vary by program.<br />
Wilderness Park is at 1102<br />
Camino Real, Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
For more information on Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>’s camp offerings, call<br />
310-318-0610, ext. 3460, or visit redondo.org/camps.<br />
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Herons are among the many<br />
breeds of birds that find refuge in<br />
Wilderness Park. Photo by Bev<br />
Morse<br />
Dance 1 Summer Camps<br />
The owners of Redondo’s Dance<br />
1 believe their studio to be a place<br />
for all learning dancers to train in<br />
a comfortable, secure environment.<br />
The 3D Camp, for ages 6 to<br />
12, is themed “Take Me to the<br />
Movies,” featuring songs from<br />
“Trolls,” “The Greatest Showman,”<br />
“Descendants 2” and “Annie.” The<br />
3D Jr. Camp, for ages 3 to 5 years<br />
old, is built on different daily<br />
themes, and will teach children elements<br />
of ballet, jazz, tap and hiphop<br />
dance styles.<br />
$360 per session for 3D Camp,<br />
running July 16 to July 20 and Aug.<br />
6 to Aug. 10, and $150 for 3D Jr.<br />
Camp, from June 25 to June 29.<br />
redondo.org/camps<br />
PlayWell TEKnologies<br />
Summer Camps<br />
The LEGO-centrict PlayWell<br />
Summer Camps are designed to let<br />
kids explore their imaginations –<br />
and STEM concepts – through<br />
LEGO sets and pop-culture franchises.<br />
Engineer-designed projects<br />
allow campers to complete objectives<br />
through the lens of Minecraft<br />
and Star Wars-inspired worlds.<br />
Camps are for kids aged 5 to 6 and<br />
7 to 11, and are offered by both the<br />
City of Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> and the<br />
City of Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>. Camps<br />
begin June 25. Hermosa camps<br />
cost $184 for residents, and $194<br />
for non-residents. Redondo camps<br />
cost $165.<br />
redondo.org/camps or<br />
hermosabch.org<br />
Code to the Future<br />
Video game lovers can become<br />
budding game designers and programmers<br />
with Code to the Future,<br />
a camp designed to help curious<br />
campers modify games through<br />
coding. Minescratch will teach<br />
campers programming through a<br />
block-based tool called “Scratch,”<br />
while Minecraft Modding will give<br />
campers the tools to modify the<br />
popular game Minecraft through<br />
the Java programming language.<br />
Minescratch costs $171, and is for<br />
kids 7 to 12 years old. Minecraft<br />
Modding costs $242, and is for kids<br />
9 to 14 years old. Both programs<br />
are at the Aviation Dance Room at<br />
Aviation Park, 1935 Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Blvd., Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
redondo.org/camps<br />
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Aqua Surf<br />
Begins June 11<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> fun, and surfing for kids and teens. Aqua Summer Camps instill ocean safety<br />
and surfing skills while creating lifelong skills, incredible lasting memories, and treasured<br />
friendships. Instructors tailor the experience based on the needs of each individual,<br />
while maintaining a group/family-style atmosphere. Aqua Surf accommodates complete<br />
beginners to kids and teens learning to surf at a pro-level with a 3 to 1 ratio (students<br />
to teacher) to ensure the highest quality of safety practices and personalized<br />
attention for each student. Students can attend by the day or by the week. Summer<br />
camps run Monday - Friday, for the entire summer break. Half days run from 9 a.m. -<br />
noon. or noon - 3 p.m. and full days are from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.<br />
(310) 902-7737 info@aquasurf.com<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Cities Volleyball<br />
Begins July 9<br />
Established in 2000, BC Volleyball’s mission statement is to "Teach life skills and volleyball<br />
skills to young people." BCVC works very hard to help create successful, well balanced<br />
adults through wonderful volleyball experiences. BCVC teaches beginning,<br />
intermediate, and advanced players from different communities, ethnicities, and income<br />
levels. Priorities are to have fun and build volleyball skills. Players are placed in groups<br />
of similar age and experience, and then progress from station to station, followed by<br />
spirited competition allowing the players to practice the skills they just developed.<br />
(310) 546-9150 <strong>Beach</strong>CitiesVBC.com<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>Sports and PCH Skateboard camps<br />
Begins June 11<br />
Make your summer awesome! Starting at age 4, <strong>Beach</strong>Sports camps are designed<br />
with parents and campers in mind. <strong>Beach</strong>Sports collaborated with lifeguards and teachu<br />
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CAMPS & SCHOOLS FOR SUMMER FUN<br />
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camps&schoolsforsummerfun<br />
ers to create a program that is inclusive, fun, educational and, most importantly, safe<br />
for all campers. Camp activities include surfing, boogie boarding, beach volleyball,<br />
ocean safety exercises, Jr. Lifeguard skills, skateboarding, age-appropriate games and<br />
more! Learn to skateboard or take your skating to the next level, with PCH Skateboard<br />
Camps. Camps in Manhattan and Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> provide beginner to advanced<br />
skateboarding instruction for boys and girls age 5 and up.Flexible day pass system<br />
and extended hours make parents’ lives easy and allow campers to experience all the<br />
fun activities <strong>Beach</strong>Sports and PCH Skateboard have to offer.<br />
(310) 372-2202 <strong>Beach</strong>Sports.org PCHSkateCamps.com<br />
Camp Surf<br />
Begins June 4<br />
Camp Surf is "Los Angeles' Premier Surf School", according the LA Business Journal. It<br />
offers surf instruction in Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> for all ages and abilities, with both private<br />
and group lessons. Lessons include summer surf camps, after school programs, birthday<br />
parties and corporate events. Instruction is available year round with a 1:4 instructor<br />
to surfer ratio. Surfboards and wetsuits are provided. Camp Surf also offers youth and<br />
adult volleyball classes and clinics through their CampVolley programs.<br />
(424) 237-2994 Campsurf.com<br />
Destination Science<br />
Begins June 25<br />
The fun science day camp for curious kids! Top notch, enthusiastic educators and leaders<br />
make STEM learning an adventure! Topics include: Science Makers & Inventors;<br />
Amusement Park Science; Transforming Robots; Rovers Rocketing to Space plus special<br />
Minecraft 101: Mod Design for campers entering 5th, 6th, 7th grade only. Enroll now<br />
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South Coast Botanic Garden - 26300 Crenshaw Blvd, Palos Verdes<br />
Richmond St School - 615 Richmond Street, El Segundo<br />
United Methodist Church - 540 Main Street, El Segundo<br />
Trinity Lutheran Church - 1340 11th Street, Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
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424-237-2994 info@campsurf.com<br />
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Valor Christian Academy - 525 Earle Lane, Redondo <strong>Beach</strong><br />
(888) 909-2822 destinationscience.org<br />
Freedom Surf Camp<br />
June 18 - August 31<br />
Freedom Surf Camp offers a wide range of activities at camps in Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>,<br />
Venice, Santa Monica and Malibu. Morning and afternoon sessions. Ages 5-7: Water<br />
safety, boogie boarding, sand sculpting, sand crabs, dodgeball, and other games.<br />
Surfing 101 for kids who want it. Ages 8-12: Surfing, boogie boardin, water safety,<br />
and environmental education. Ages 13-14: Depending on skill level, all water and<br />
beach activity are offered. Groms: competitive level surfing.<br />
(310) 770-4410 freeedom.org<br />
Montessori Preschool of Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
July 2 - July 27 July 30 - August 24<br />
Explore Camp Hawaii at Montessori Preschool of Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>. Tennis lessons<br />
by Hotshots, soccer by Kickin It Youth Soccer, Polynesian dance performance by<br />
Tausala Polynesia, Hawaiian singer performance, ukulele lessons for ages 3 - 8, SEA<br />
Lab’s Traveling Tide Pool, Mobile Zoo of Southern California, Hawaiian style cooking,<br />
crafts and fun facts. Two locations!<br />
Ages 18 months - 6 years old; 2617 Bell Ave. (310) 545-8104<br />
Ages 2 - 8 years old; 315 S. Peck Ave. (310) 379-9462<br />
Montessorimb.com<br />
Our Lady of Guadalupe School<br />
Ongoing<br />
Entering its 9th season in summer programming, OLG offers 6 weeks of fun and learning.<br />
The program is divided into a 2 week Summer Adventures Camp and 4 weeks<br />
of Summer School/Camp, providing opportunities to students entering grades K-8 and<br />
their families. Offerings include academics, enrichment, performing and visual arts,<br />
and summer camp! Summer at OLG will be filled with learning, fun, friends, and great<br />
memories.<br />
340 Massey St., Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
(310) 372-7486 summeratolg.com<br />
SUMMER AT OLG<br />
PLAY • LEARN • GROW<br />
340 Massey Street, Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong>, CA 90254 • 310-372-7486 • ourladyofguadalupeschool.org<br />
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Performing Arts Workshops<br />
Begins June 18<br />
Winner of BEST Summer Camp “LA Parent Magazine!” It’s the ultimate arts experience<br />
for kids ages 5-14. PAW teachers are nurturing, skilled instructors who have or working<br />
towards their Bachelors or Masters degrees in their respective disciplines. Their teaching<br />
experience and knowledge combined with the PAW philosophy provides students a<br />
level of training comparable to private studios and conservatories. “Our kids don’t need<br />
to be experts – just have a curiosity and love for performing,” says Cheryl Appleman,<br />
PAW President. “Each session campers participate in a free performance attended by<br />
family and friends.” Award-winning camps include Musical Theater, Guitar, Laugh Out<br />
Loud, Rock The Mic, Filmmaking, Magic, Photography, Stage F/X Makeup and Debate<br />
Camp.<br />
(310) 827-8827 PerformingArtsWorkshops.com<br />
Rolling Hills Country Day<br />
June 25 - August 17<br />
Join Rolling Hills Country Day School for summer fun with academic and camp programs<br />
for grades K-8! A traditional 6-week summer school academic program and<br />
weekly Experium Science camps are offered. Camps are filled with fun activities that<br />
include swimming, arts & crafts, cooking, dance, sports, imagination & creation, and<br />
weekly themes and shows. Art camp, swim camp, private swim lessons, and extended<br />
day care are available until 6 p.m. Request a brochure online or call for information.<br />
Our Lady Guadalupe<br />
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We are offering 6 weeks of fun and learning:<br />
• 2 week Summer Adventures Camp<br />
• 4 weeks of Summer School/Camp<br />
Academics, Enrichment,<br />
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Join us this summer for learning, fun,<br />
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Ages K-8<br />
Summer Registration please visit:<br />
summeratolg.com<br />
(310) 377-4848, ext. 7051<br />
msandoval@rhcds.com<br />
rhcds.com<br />
South Bay Art Dept.<br />
Ongoing<br />
South Bay Art Department aims to nurture<br />
individuality and confidence through personal,<br />
creative expression. Classes for<br />
kids and teens include: Introduction to<br />
Fine Art (ages 5-11), Comics and<br />
Manga, Fashion Illustration, Intro to Cartooning,<br />
Fundamentals of Painting, Fundamentals<br />
of Drawing. For adults:<br />
Contemporary Painting, Figure Drawing<br />
sessions. In addition to classes, day<br />
camps, week camps, private lessons,<br />
kids and adults parties, custom events,<br />
and space rentals are offered.<br />
1075 Aviation Blvd.,<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
(310) 379-5879<br />
Sbartdept.com<br />
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<strong>Beach</strong> Cities Volleyball<br />
<strong>2018</strong> High Performance Clinics<br />
• Week 1: Advanced High Performance Clinic for current High School Players<br />
looking to future college careers! (13s & 14s on Gold Division Club teams & current<br />
college players also invited)<br />
• This clinic is coached by college coaches, for future college players. Coaches include:<br />
• Christian Cammayo, Head Coach Los Angeles Harbor College<br />
• Chrissie Zartman Courtney, Head Coach, Marymount California University<br />
• Matt DeLotto, Whittier College, NCAA Division 1 National Championship for UC Irvine<br />
• Sophia Ahumada, former coach at Cal State Dominguez Hills, Head Coach Narbonne High<br />
• Richell Squire, former coach at Portland State University, Head Coach Torrance High<br />
• Ryan Cronin, former coach at Holy Cross University, Head Coach North Torrance High<br />
• Martha Baillif, former coach at LB City College, Head Coach Banning High<br />
• Monday July 9th - Friday July 13th, 1-4 PM LA Galaxy Volleyball Courts,<br />
540 Maple Ave., Torrance<br />
• Clinic includes discussions & materials on how to market yourselves to college coaches<br />
• <strong>Beach</strong> Cities Volleyball alum currently play on their college teams across the country<br />
• Over the last 3 years, over 150 offers to play in college have been made to <strong>Beach</strong> Cities<br />
players graduation from high school<br />
9th Grade & Under High Performance Clinics<br />
• For school & strong club players 12-15 years looking to become high level high school players<br />
• Coached by College & high school coaches, to players expecting successful volleyball careers<br />
in high school & college (High School players also invited)<br />
• Coaches include in addition to the coaches listed above:<br />
• Kevin Williams, Head Coach, Peninsula High School<br />
• Brenda Gonzalez, Peninsula High School<br />
• Christine Regadio-Auberry, Head Coach, Hawthorne High School<br />
• Tony <strong>May</strong>rie, Former Head Coach, Serra High School<br />
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