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Follow AlongVeteran’s Association Food Drive 9/11/2020
Hey OLSC, We had a blast handing out food again this month at the Veteran’s Association. This organization organizes over 400 vehicles from military families that drive through the parking lot where volunteers load their trunks with food, diapers, and other items....
COOKIE-CUTTER CONDO DEVELOPMENT FORCES MASTER SHAPER AND BIG-WAVE SURFER TO CLOSE OCEANSIDE SHOP AFTER FORTY-THREE YEARS!
Hit by the gentrification bulldozer… Master shaper and big-wave notable Gary Linden has whittled boards in his Oceanside, CA, shop for forty -three years. Now he’s forced to move. The block is being systematically bought out to build high-end condos. Many will be...
The economics of the Tour de France
How does the world’s most prestigious cycling race make money? Who sponsors the teams? And how does financing impact the riders’ strategy?Right about now, more than 150 of the world’s most elite cyclists are charging up Col de la Hourcère in the French Pyrenees. Over...
Veteran’s Association of North County Food Drive 8/14/2020
Hello OLSC, OLSC volunteered today at the Veteran’s Association of North County today distributing food to military families! It was a fun day, felt great to give back to the community. The next day to volunteer is Friday September 11rh 1-4 PM (show up around 12:0...
Surfers Test Australian Wave Pool Technology
In a paddock in Central Queensland, professional surfers and body boarders have spent the past two weeks training at a world-first wave pool prototype. The Surf Lakes pool, half-way between Rockhampton and Yeppoon, generates five different types of waves for surfers...
Veteran’s Association of North County Food Distribution
The Oceanside Longboard Surfing Club had a fun day volunteering at the Veteran’s Association of North County Food Distribution this past Friday. Everyone gathered in the VA parking lot and passed out food and diapers to military families. This drive by food...
Beluga whale off San Diego mystifies scientists
It was a balmy Friday morning when Domenic Biagini, whale-watching tour captain and wildlife photographer, steered his 25-foot boat out of San Diego's Mission Bay with six clients on board. The plan was to find some whales—perhaps a migrating blue whale—so he radioed...
OLSC 2020 Event Cancelation
Well, my friends, there is no good way to break bad news but to just do it. The Board of Directors and I voted on canceling the 36th Annual surf contest because of this Covid Pandemic. We saw this unfolding in March and watched it through the last few months then...
Oceanside’s ‘Top Gun House’ Moved to New Permanent Home
The Victorian cottage in Oceanside featured in the popular 1986 movie “Top Gun” was moved to it's permanent new home at the Oceanside Beach Resort on Thursday, May 21st. Built in 1887 by Dr. Henry Graves, the home is one of the few “folk Victorian-style” homes in San...