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The Venice Breakwater is an acclaimed local surf spot in Venice. It is located north of the Venice Pier and lifeguard headquarters and south of the Santa Monica Pier. This spot is sheltered on the north by an artificial barrier, the breakwater, consisting of an extending sand bar, piping, and large rocks at its end. [citation needed]
In 1907 George Freeth demonstrated surfing as a publicity stunt at Venice Beach to promote Abbot Kinney's resort, Venice of America. [10] [11] Surfing on the East Coast of the United States was pioneered in 1909 by Burke Haywood Bridgers in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. [12]
By 1991, Surfline was providing more than one million phone-based surf reports a year. [10] In 1992, it started distributing surf reports via fax and pagers, before moving on to internet-based services. [12] [14] [16] In 1995 Surfline became an online service, offering live video streams of surf breaks in addition to written surf reports.
Zuma Beach, looking northwest, near the county park. Zuma Beach is a county beach at 30000 Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in Malibu, California.One of the largest and most popular beaches in Los Angeles County, California, it is known for its long, wide sands and excellent surf.
Surf pounded the pilings and topped the decks of piers across San Luis Obispo County on Thursday. The Pismo Beach and Cayucos piers were both closed due to the unusually high waves.
Playa del Rey in the 1950s and early 1960s was known as a great Los Angeles area surf spot, but due to the many rock jetties that were built to prevent beach erosion, the good surf has mostly disappeared. The construction of Marina Del Rey, which involved the hardening of the Ballona Creek mouth and the addition of a massive breakwater ...
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