Doheny Surf Festival Day 2 - Doheny State Beach - 8/12/12
Categories: Last Night
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| Jackie Connor |
| The crowd raises their glasses at the Doheny Surf Festival on Sunday August 12th, 2012. |
See Also:
*Doheny Surf Festival Day 1 - Doheny State Beach - 8/11/12
*Outside Lands Spirit Guide: Top Five Do's and Don't's For the Festival Folk
*Pacific Festival: The Dunes Announced--Mayer Hawthorne, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Poolside and Fools Gold to Perform
As the second day of the first annual Doheny Surf Festival commenced, so did the swell, the music and the island vibes. The smell of sunscreen and coconut oil lingered in the air over the beach and tents stocked with Polynesian jewelry, surf art and board shorts of all materials began to slowly break down for the evening as headliners Common Sense, Fishbone and Everlast prepared to wrap up the weekend. It'll be less than a month before we're back on these shores again for the massive Doheny Days festival in September featuring the Flaming Lips, Jane's Addiction, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and more. But as far as last night is concerned, experience the best of what we saw on the beach after the jump.
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| Jackie Connor |
| Legendary surfer John Peck paddles out to Doheny at the Doheny Surf Festival on Sunday August 12th, 2012. |
While the voice of the festival announcer blared obnoxiously through the speakers and the crowd mixed and mingled on the beach throwing up the occasional "shakka brah's," legendary surfer John Peck slid through the crowd mostly undetected. One of the first to tackle the ever-challenging break known as Pipeline on the north shore of O'ahu, Peck now strolls down to Doheny, the polar opposite of Pipe. While stand-up paddleboarders savagely tore apart the water, Peck stared off into the distance with singlefin under arm in a calm meditative gaze and the chiseled body of grey-haired Jesus as waves poured in to shore.
Oldest crowd: First Rodeo
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| Jackie Connor |
| First Rodeo plays old school rock tunes at the Doheny Surf Festival Sunday August 12th, 2012. |
Best Reggae Vibes: Zhen
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| Jackie Connor |
| Zehn plays with all smiles at the Doheny Surf Festival on Sunday August 12, 2012. |
As if by some divine magic, this Carson-based island singer and his band managed to pull everyone out of the shade and/or ocean to do a little hip-shaking, two-stepping and singing about island life. Kids and adults tripping on the aloha spirit danced and smiled right along with Zhen, who beaming under his fedora through his entire set. Those were some good island vibes, right?
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