Bright yellow Sting ray first aid bags of hot water lined the area just outside the City of Huntington Beach Lifeguard Headquarters where three people, who got stung, in the afternoon recover Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2017. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, Orange County Register/SCNG) Â By SANDY MAZZA | [email protected] and LAYLAN CONNELLY | [...]
Shark attack victim Leeanne Ericson, with her boyfriend Dusty Phillips, with her wetsuit that was shredded by a shark on April 29th. She keeps an upbeat attitude even as she faces a long road of recovery. She is pictured in Capistrano Beach on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Ericson says she is still not ready [...]
Mater Dei frosh-soph water polo player Riley Miller, left, credits classmate James Stanton, right, with saving his life during a surfing accident on Saturday,. Nov. 4 in Huntington Beach. (Photos courtesy of Miler and Stanton families) By DAN ALBANO | Orange County Register  Mater Dei freshman Riley Miller loves the water. He played [...]
Join us for our special holiday edition of BeachFront Cinema. For three nights straight we will be showing the top holiday movies on our supersized movie screen. We will also be building our Beach Christmas Tree Forest, Santa On The Sand, Hot Chocolate station, serving holiday ale at our beach bar, holiday arts and crafts, [...]
The cells in this mesh represent air and water, and Fincham’s group made computations for each one and how they interact with each other. - ADAM FINCHAM AND ALEX POIROT By Jon Cohen | Sciencemag.org  That’s a repeated gag line in The Endless Summer, the classic 1966 documentary that follows two globetrotting surfers [...]
Sumo Sato, center, is greeted by friends during the Sumo Team Challenge in Huntington Beach on Sunday, October 29, 2017. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)  By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register  A fake long, white beard hung from Rick “Rockin’ Fig’ Fignetti’s chin before he hit [...]
Kris Camacho, of Huntington Beach, was known for his big-wave skills, seen here at the Wedge in Newport Beach. Photo by Tom Cozad. By LAYLAN CONNELLY | Orange County Register  Kris Camacho knew how to go big. He had no fear or hesitation when it came to charging massive surf. And his heart [...]
Photo: Gov. Jerry Brown and Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra honor Lifeguard David Wilson (center). Credit: Dionne Grubbs/California Department of Justice.  By Kristina Houck (Patch Staff) - Patch.com OCEANSIDE, CA – An Oceanside lifeguard was recognized Monday for risking his life to save a boater last year. Gov. Jerry Brown and Atty. Gen. [...]
Eric Nurse  By B. Chris Brewster - AQUATICS INTERNATIONAL Many aquatics professionals may wonder what to make of terms they hear in the media, such as: dry-, wet-, near-, silent-, and secondary drowning. Let’s make it simple up front: These terms should not be used to describe drowning. Here's why. Many aquatics professionals [...]
With the restored cottages behind them, a couple takes a morning stroll on the beach at Crystal Cove State Park in Laguna Beach. ///ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Slug: crystalcove.031116, Day: Friday, March 11, 2016 (3/11/16), Time: 9:33:43 AM, Location: Laguna Beach, California - - MARK RIGHTMIRE, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Â By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | [...]
