“This year has been super fun,” said Vans US Open of Surfing Announcer Ryan Simmons, a reflective wistfulness deepening his ever-spritely tone. It was the final heat in the final showdown of the competition in Huntington Beach: Brazilian Yago Dora sought to claim victory over Cinderella-story Australian Liam O’Brien, who in an official press release…
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It’s a honeyed kind of light that settles on Newport Beach at sunset. Quiet, warm, calming. Some call it golden hour. Others call it dusk. Magic works, too. On Balboa Peninsula, watching the sunset is a ritualistic experience, like Sunday night football or Monday morning coffee. Here at West Oceanfront, we’re no stranger to celebrating the sorcery…
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