The Ebony Beach Club has partnered with Black Lives Matter for a Juneteenth celebration at the Santa Monica Pier featuring free surf lessons in the morning and live music in the evening (sold out).

With a push from Aqua Surf School instructor Genevieve Grossmueller, camper Sienna Cohee rides a wave in Santa Monica. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) The wave is all anger and elegance. Shaped ...

What makes a surf school the best in California? Is it the waves? The boards? The beach vibes? Maybe it’s all of that. But if you ask the students, the parents, and the surfers who keep coming back, ...