More than two dozen men’s and women’s teams paddle 20 miles round-trip in the 40th Annual Whitey Harrison Classic. Spectators watch from vantage points up and down the coast.
Garrett Crayton, 11, helped his teammates get their nine-person, 40-foot outrigger canoe up out of the waters of Dana Point Harbor. He and his Lanakila outrigger canoe club members had just completed the 20-mile Whitey Harrison Classic race from Dana Point Harbor to Laguna Beach, and back to Doheny Beach  … More
LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)–The National BMX Hall of Fame will add four new inductees for the class of 2011 including Donny Atherton, John Purse, Mike Dominguez and Russ Okawa.
Pioneer BMX Racer – Donny Atherton
As Schwinn’s marketing poster-boy throughout the late ’70s and early ’80s, Donny Atherton was … More
In the wake of two dramatic accidents this year at the Mavericks surf break near Half Moon Bay, the federal government and San Mateo County are working on a plan to lift a controversial ban on Jet Skis for surfers and photographers who receive special rescue training.
Jet Skis and other personal watercraft are generally prohibited at the surf site off Pillar Point because of harm they could inflict on wildlife and water quality in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The ban does not apply to public safety agencies, and it is relaxed during  … More