There's been a passing of the party torch in the South Bay. Smackfest, the 30-year-old beach volleyball tournament, is now King of the Beach Cities when it comes to fun and entertaining events. The once-untouchable Manhattan Beach Surfest and its 6-man tournament is so yesterday, so in the past, like neon volley shorts. We're over it. Time for the "new kid" to shine. And … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man 2022 Everything You Need To Know
A one-time must-do weekend event in the Los Angeles South Bay, the Charlie Saikley Manhattan Beach 6-man is not quite what it used to be, but it still provides for plenty of entertainment and a pretty good party scene for teams and spectators. Instead of being on a Saturday – its traditional huge day when 20,000 people would show up to party – and Sunday, it is, for the … [Read more...]
U.S. Open Of Surfing Is An Event More For Teenagers Than Adults: A Review
Anticipating Big Waves and Hotties in Bikinis, The Event Is More Like the ESPN X-Games Than a True Southern California Experience By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Lifestyle Blogger When I first moved to Los Angeles, one of the first things I wanted to do was go to was the U.S. Open of Surfing, a week-long surf competition that occurs the first of each August in … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man 2017 Event Dates Add To Calendar
WHAT: A dress-up beach volleyball tournament in which players of all levels wear costumes and play six-vs-six with themed teams. It is returning to a Saturday for one day for the the first time in several years. The event is free to spectators. THE SCENE: Crazy. A couple thousand people on the beach playing and socializing. Top collegiate indoor players, some Olympians and … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man 2016 Event Review
Shellback Tavern And Team Fletch Keep The Tradition Flowing Thank goodness for Shellback Tavern. The lively scene inside this beachside dive bar was about the only thing keeping alive the grand tradition of the Manhattan Beach 6-man beach volleyball tournament in 2016. That and Team Fletch, the incredibly-skilled players who dressed up in their afro wigs and Los … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man 2010 The Crackdown Year
Popular Costume Beach Volleyball Gets Spiked In 2010, the city of Manhattan Beach – led by the police chief – implemented a crackdown on the the Charlie Saikley 6-man beach volleyball tournament, which had become the top singles party event in the South Bay. This PubClub.com article looks at the arguments and provides responses based on fact. As predicted, with the … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-man 2009 Review Magnum PI Wins Surfest
Beach Volleyball In Costumes In A Big California Bash Here is PubClub.com's review of the 2009 6-man, when there were hundreds of teams, thousands of spectators and it was still a party. The best beach party in L.A. – rivaled only in Southern California by the Over-the-Line in San Diego, is the annual Manhattan Beach Charlie Saikley 6-man beach volleyball tournament … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-man Surf Festival History – The Glory Days Party Guide
Forget what you see now, take this flashback trip down memory lane to the heyday of this wild and crazy beach volleyball tournament in Manhattan Beach CA. This is a look back to the original PubClub.com story on 6-man in its mid- to late- 2000s heyday. It is what Manhattan Beach, CA is all about here in the South Bay of L.A. The annual Surf Festival may be curiously named as … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man 2013 Registration Open For Teams
Beach Volleyball Event Takes Place On Wednesday And Thursday If you want to put a team into Manhattan Beach's Charlie Saikley 6-man beach volleyball tournament, I highly recommend you do so before July 1. After that date, registration prices increase significantly. Unless you are a corporate team; that fee stays the same but it's expensive enough to begin with, at least … [Read more...]
Summer Beach Volleyball Dates Set For Hermosa And Manhattan Beach
Hermosa And Manhattan Open, Smackfest, 6-Man And The Gills 2013 It's not summer in Southern California unless there are beach volleyball tournaments and here's the dates for the key pro (and fun) ones in Hermosa and Manhattan Beach. • SMACKFEST: JULY 20 North side of Hermosa Beach Pier to 15th Street What a way to start the South Bay summer of beach volleyball! It's … [Read more...]
6-Man Manhattan Beach Is Still About the Volleyball
Focus on The Party Atmosphere Takes Attention Away From The Players Despite the controversy, the change from a weekend to the middle of the week and the Manhattan Beach Police's SWAT team approach to the event, the 6-man tournament is still all about the volleyball. And it always has been about the volleyball, even with the one-day party of the past. That's been … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man Party Scene After First Alcohol Crackdown
The Annual Volleyball Tournament and Beach Bash Has Security, Crowds, Too Many Barricades, House Parties, and Hulk Hogan Editor's Note: In 2011, the Manhattan Beach Police Department issued a crackdown on alcohol on the beach during the 6-man coed beach volleyball tournament. PubClub.com reported on the scene that first year. I saw Hulk Hogan. Well, he's not really … [Read more...]
Smackfest Beach Volleyball Party: The Ultimate Fun in Hermosa Beach
Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach Are Full Of Things Like This Party-First Volleyball Tournament If ever there were a fun place to live, it has to be the South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa and Manhattan Beach, a pair of party places within Los Angeles. For it is here that the young and social go out to bars, fill places for cultural happenings like the weekly Taco … [Read more...]