ColumnsWaterspotWaterspot: They ripped!Chris AhrensAugust 10, 2017August 10, 20170560Women 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, 2017July 27, 201701173While 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, 2017July 20, 2017July 20, 201702252Sandbars come and go, often popping up overnight....
ColumnsWaterspotWaterspot: Who the heck discovered surfing?Chris AhrensJuly 13, 2017July 13, 201701220Surfing 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, 2017July 6, 20172 1499You 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, 2017June 29, 20170521While 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, 2017June 22, 2017June 22, 201711098I have been assigned my old beat, that narrow strip of sand and water that encompasses the beach and the surf zone, where surfing and...