I’ve been a Long Beach resident for nearly 7 years. Never have I heard of surfing like this here. We have an enormous breakwater (Built in to protect subs and ships in WWII) Long Beach was known as the Waikiki of Southern California before the construction of the breakwater in 1941. A surf contest was [...]

I rode in a Zeppelin last week (one of the perks for “writing” a column for lbpost.com) It was amazing. I posted plenty more images on lbpost, so make sure to go there (& leave a comment!)  www.lbpost.com/samuel The world is much different from the Zeppelin’s point of view. I will say this…Long Beach water [...]

Wanna know why  I’m thanking Bud Johnson? This retired engineer is dedicated to figuring out the scientific logitics in removing/fixing the breakwater in Long Beach. LBpost did a story on him and his report, check it out HERE. “I grew up on this beach,” says Bud Johnson, a retired engineer and Long Beach native who [...]