Surfing Newport Beach: The Glory Days of Corona del Mar (Sports History)

Surfing Newport Beach: The Glory Days of Corona del Mar (Sports History)

Corona del Mar was once California’s premier surfing spot, holding the sport’s first Pacific Coast competition in 1928. Attempts to tame Corona, the “Waikiki of the West,” and to make the Newport Beach harbor mouth safe for watercraft influenced board riding. Newport experienced the Great Rescue of 1925 by Duke Kahanamoku, the rum runners of Balboa, the evolution of Newport Bay, and the famous surf giant, the “Wedge.” Pioneering surfers such as George Freeth, Tom Blake, the Vultee brothers and P

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The Curse of the Crying Woman (La Maldición de la Llorona)

AKA: La Maldicion De La Llorona A visually lush, gothic story based loosely on the real legend of La Llorona, the Crying Spirit. Beautifully filmed and dripping with atmosphere, Baledon’s Curse of the Crying Woman is considered a true horror classic. A phantom figure attacks a horse-drawn carriage in the woods. As the police investigate the grisly murders, young Amelia (Rosa Arenas) travels to the old mansion of her Aunt Selma (Rita Macedo) close to where the murders took place. Shortly after he

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