Santa Monica State Beach is a California State Park operated by the city of Santa Monica.Santa Monica BeachThe beach is located along Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica. It is 3.5 miles long and has parks, picnic areas, playgrounds, restrooms, as well as manned lifeguard stations, the original Muscle Beach, bike rentals, concessions, a few hotels, a bike path, and wooden pathways for warm days and beachgoers with disabilities. Visitor activities include volleyball, surfing, stand up paddleboarding, and swimming. Smoking at the beach is prohibited.At the foot of Colorado Avenue, through the famous arch and sign, lies the historic Santa Monica Pier, which dates from 1909. The pier has a National Historic Landmark -– the 1922 Looff Hippodrome Carousel.A few steps south of the Pier volleyball courts is the International Chess Park. The public chess tables—and a human-scale chessboard set into the sidewalk—draw a wide assortment of players.Palisades Park is located atop Santa Monica’s famed sandstone cliffs, providing a vantage point to see the sweep of Santa Monica Beach and the Pacific Ocean.The beach is the one Baywatch was filmed at and also the beach the album art for Umbrella Beach by Owl City features."Ink Well"A section of the beach was referred to as "Ink Well" and "Negro Beach" in the early 20th century when it was one of the few areas in California where African Americans were allowed to enjoy beach access in a largely segregated society. Other areas for blacks were Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach and the Pacific Beach Club in Orange County. Nick Gabaldon, one of the first black surfers in California, lived in Santa Monica, and used the 200 foot roped off stretch of beach demarcated for blacks. He died after crashing into the Malibu Pier.
The Annenberg Community Beach House at Santa Monica Beach is a public beach site, open to all with no membership required. Beach volleyball courts, beach soccer fields, stand-up paddle board rentals, plus a splash pad and playground are available to the public year-round. We have free cultural programs, including tours of the Marion Davies Guest House, art gallery exhibits, Audubon Society bird walks, and Beach=Culture concerts, readings, and more. Community events, such as the popular "Cardboard Yacht Regatta" and the Community Picnic are fun and free for the whole family! Our public pool is seasonal, open daily in the summer, and occasionally on holiday weekends between October and May. Please call us, or check our website, to confirm public site hours and availability. www.AnnenbergBeachHouse.com Private Events: Historic Hollywood glamour meets modern Southern California style to create an event space like no other. Flexible spaces and ocean breezes provide the perfect setting for your next meeting or celebration. Spaces vary in size and accommodate groups as intimate as 10, to elaborate celebrations for 400 or more when combining indoor and outdoor spaces. The Beach House is also available for commercial film and photo shoots.
Brambila Salon, located in the heart of Santa Monica, offers an intimate hair experience with an ocean view. Owner Mary Brambila, known for her famous stylish color and cuts opened the salon in 2003, and has built a loyal clientele of business owners, producers, musicians, celebrities and just about anyone looking for a unique hair experience, with no fuss or attitudes. Sit and chat, or enjoy the view and get pampered by one of Brambila’s seasoned stylists. Stylists are available for private appointments, special events and red-carpets as well.
Join the #1 Santa Monica Beach Boot Camp. Welcome to Big Mike’s Ultimate Beach Workout - Santa Monica, California. The name of the game is to BLAST body fat and BUILD lean toned muscle at the same time. To get you there, you'll experience 3 specially designed, high-octane beach boot camp workouts per month, these innovative workouts for both men and women are uniquely constructed to accelerate lean muscle-building, intensify fat loss and crank-up endurance. This leading-edge training program, located on stunning Santa Monica beach, dynamically fuses high-intensity interval training, unique sand-bag weight training, cutting-edge body-weight exercises, yoga, circuit training, intensive plyometrics and plenty more to accelerate and sestain your hard earned fitness results. You’ll workout smarter & faster while your energy skyrockets and your body transforms into the lean, toned form you’ve always wanted. Together with your Nutrition Program, Client Results Tracker and Quality Support, you’ll have all the tools you'll need to get to your BEST BODY ever. Join Big Mike's Ultimate Beach Workout today!
Santa Monica being the birthplace of beach volleyball, there is no better place to spend your summer playing volleyball and sharpening your skills. We are offering beach volleyball clinics at the beach for kids ranging from 12 to 18 with all different skill levels. The clinics are designed and run by 4 outstanding NCAA players, who have dedicated their lives to the love of the sport. As a clinic participant you will learn the fundamentals of the game with a fresh new style. Players will be participating in highly structured drills to better master important skill sets as well as gaining a greater overall knowledge of the game. The fun and structured environment will push players to the next level, and allow them to interact with athletes who have recently gone through the process and understand the demands of the sport. Each clinic will be shaped and designed based on the group of players. They range from 1-3 hours, Monday though Friday. We also offer one-on-one training with coaches upon request.
This residence was designed by architect Richard Neutra and built in 1934. It is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #647.
Henry Weaver House, a California Bungalow, is in Santa Monica, California. It was built in 1910 by the Milwaukee Building Company for Henry Weaver, a Midwestern hotel developer. The house's broad roof overhang, prominent front porch and emphasis on natural colors and materials are unique features of the American Craftsman California Bungalow Style, which "fit the Southland landscape, Southland climate and Southland temperament," according to a 1910 Los Angeles Times article on the Weaver house.Restoration of the house began in 1985, and the house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.In Los Angeles: An Architectural Guide, David Gebhard and Robert Winter describe it as “A gorgeous example of Craftsman orientalism, worthy of Charles and Henry Greene.”
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Luma Visuals is an independent film collaborative collective that shares a similar vision of image-making and story-telling. As well as a production rental house, for inperson pick up only, based out of Santa Monica, LA.
Created by well-known trainer Thierno Diallo, the DRIVE Cardio full body conditioning Fitness Training Program (FTP) has been developed through thousands of hours of personal and group training sessions. It combines the best in body weight strength training, free weights, state-of-the-art functional trainers, bands, balls, treadmills, elliptical trainers and more, all used in a fast-paced, dynamic 1 hour class.