BEST CALIFORNIA SURFING BEACHES

Best cities in California?

Here is what I am looking for. Near by surfing, good surfing, comparable to surf in Hawaii. But not necessarily beach front just within maybe a two hours drive. Near by good shopping and fun things to do. But not a huge city. Somewhere safe and friendly. A place where I can put my daughter in public high school and know that she will be safe and happy. So where would I find that in California? =D

The area around Venice Beach is nice. Look it up, lots of things to do, nice beach, friendly….Also Santa Monica is nearby which isn’t bad either….

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Beach Boys – 20 Good Vibrations, The Greatest Hits (Volume 1) $6.60 The three-volume Good Vibrations series is designed with the hits-hungry fan in mind. Eschewing a strict chronological approach, the best-of sets are arranged according to charting position. Thus the initial collection is laden with the group’s trademark tunes, ranging from the California boys’ first top 10 charter, 1962’s “Surfin’ Safari,” to their last, 1988’s “Kokomo,” a stray, post-Brian Wilso…

Endless Summer $11.98 Brian Wilson’s brilliance manifested itself in the euphoric, cheerfully square, sun-and-fun stuff heard here early on, before it got darker and more complicated. Endless Summer runs from the beginning of the Boys’ pinstriped career to 1965, right before the melancholy of Pet Sounds, but also includes the inescapable “Good Vibrations.” You can hear a few hints of adolescent sadness and fear–”Help …

That Lucky Old Sun (+3 Bonus Tracks) $35.00 Includes 3 bonus tracks – including two duets with Carole King! Track listing: 1. That Lucky Old Sun 2. Morning Beat 3. Narrative: Room With A View 4. Good Kind Of Love 5. Forever She’ll Be My Surfer Girl 6. Narrative: Venice Beach 7. Live Let Live / That Lucky Old Sun (Reprise) 8. Mexican Girl 9. Narrative: Cinco De Mayo 10. California Role / That Lucky Old Sun (Reprise) 11. Narrative: Between Pi…

Step into Liquid $6.22 Dana Brown, son of Bruce Brown of “The Endless Summer” fame, directed and narrates this astonishing look at the dangerous and exhilarating world of surfing and champion surfers. The film follows the daring wave riders around the world, from California and Hawaii to such unlikely spots as Texas and Michigan. Awesome photography captures the thrills and spills they encounter. 87 min. Widescreen (Enh…

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Widescreen Special Edition) $5.48 Before he became an overrated filmmaker, Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire) was a reporter for Rolling Stone who was so youthful looking that he could go undercover for a year at a California high school and write a book about it. He wrote the script for this film, based on that book, and it launched the careers of several young actors, including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, and,…

Surf’s Up (Widescreen Special Edition) $4.70 Surf’s Up is a computer-animated sports mockumentary about penguin surfing contests, which makes it stand out from the crowd of penguin movies. The story unfolds as it would on ESPN, with interviews (with penguins) overlapping footage of (penguin) surfing action, gradually unveiling the tale of Cody Maverick (voiced by Shia LaBeouf, Holes), a young penguin from Antarctica with dreams of winning a …

Surfer Magazine’s Guide to Southern California Surf Spots $11.18 Answers to questions plus helpful maps, photos, and directions….