With students gone for the summer what’s a California boarding school teacher to do?
The Webb Schools photographer, and blogger, Scott Nichols answers this question with a visit to the Santa Monica Pier for their Paddle Board Race & Ocean Experience.
As Nichols says, “I caught a little bit of what I think truly embodies the SoCal experience.”(WB)
Nichols has some nice pictures and a good link to the Santa Monica Pier Paddleboard Race and Ocean Festival.
Exposing my ignorance, I had to look-up paddleboarding. I had no clue.
“…Paddleboarding experienced a renaissance in the early ‘80s after Los Angeles County lifeguard Rabbi Norm Shifren’s “Waterman Race” (22 Miles from Point Dume to Malibu)…L.A. lifeguards Gibby Gibson and Buddy Bohn revived the Catalina Classic event in 1982 for a field of 10 competitors. Concurrently in Hawaii, the annual Independence Day Paddleboard Race from Sunset to Waimea was drawing a few hundred competitors, many using surfboards due to lack of proper paddleboards on the Islands…”(Wikipedia)
Photo credit: Scott Nichols, The Webb Schools
