ColumnsWaterspotWaterspot: They ripped!Chris AhrensAugust 10, 2017 August 10, 20170488 Women surfers seem to innately possess a ballet flow that most men come by only with great effort, if at all....
ColumnsWaterspotWaterspot: The great GodfreyChris AhrensJuly 27, 2017 July 27, 20170965 While being a girl and living on your own in a tent in someone’s yard may be nearly acceptable these days, in 1970 it was...
ColumnsWaterspotWaterspot: The joy of shifting sandbarsChris AhrensJuly 20, 2017July 20, 2017 July 20, 2017July 20, 201701954 Sandbars come and go, often popping up overnight....
ColumnsWaterspotWaterspot: Who the heck discovered surfing?Chris AhrensJuly 13, 2017 July 13, 201701097 Surfing goes back farther than 1939, or even 1905 when George Freeth brought a surfboard to Redondo Beach for an exhibition....
ColumnsWaterspotWaterspot: A local heroChris AhrensJuly 6, 2017 July 6, 20172 1387 You may not believe this, but I used to be better, far better, than local surfing legend Rob Machado....
ColumnsWaterspotWaterspot: Return of the ploverChris AhrensJune 29, 2017 June 29, 20170388 While many people enjoy watching those sparrow-sized white birds with the dark markings pumping their tiny legs in a game of chicken with the waves,...
ColumnsWaterspotWaterspot: Sharks are no laughing matterChris AhrensJune 22, 2017June 22, 2017 June 22, 2017June 22, 20171947 I have been assigned my old beat, that narrow strip of sand and water that encompasses the beach and the surf zone, where surfing and...