By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger The goal may be to go over the line for the players, but some step over line of decency when it comes to team names. That is part of the culture and colorful history of one of San Diego's signature events, the Over The Line Tournament, or OTL. The softball-style event, held each year on Fiesta Island in the middle of Mission Bay, … [Read more...]
Over-The-Line, San Diego’s Summertime Beach Party, Canceled For 2020
Old Mission Beach Athletic Club OTL Due To COVID-19 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger It was as inevitable as a July heatwave. San Diego's beach summertime party, the Over-The-Line Tournament – known by locals simply as "the OTL" – will not take place in 2020. It has been canceled by organizers because of coronavirus fears. The two-weekend … [Read more...]
Two Big San Diego Summer Events That Have Not Been Canceled
Del Mar Opening Day & OTL Still Scheduled To Take Place In July By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Comic-Con is gone. So, too is the county fair and the pride parade. But not all the big and fun events – decades-long signature summertime happenings in this city – have not been canceled in San Diego. As of this writing, two big summertime ones … [Read more...]
Over The Line San Diego Still A Fun (And Funny) Annual Top Party Event
Blogger Report On The OTL Team Names, Alcohol Allowed On Beach And No Bad Attitudes By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Within a minute of stepping onto the dusty sand of the Over The line tournament grounds on Fiesta Island in San Diego's Mission Bay, we were laughing. Not only were we laughing at this annual event put on by the Old Mission Beach … [Read more...]
Over The Line Kicks Off Fun Summer Of Events In San Diego
Del Mar Opening Day, Concerts, Bodysurfing Championships & Padres Add To SD's Festivities By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The summer of fun in San Diego may seem to be never ending but it truly kicks off with the Over The Line tournament on Fiesta Island. This Chicago-invented softball game that made its way to the West Coast takes place over … [Read more...]
Over The Line San Diego 2023 Top Things You Need To Know About This Event
The Over-The-Line softball tournament takes place in San Diego during two weekends each July. While its premise is athletic competition – some teams take this event very seriously – it's really all about being social. And in San Diego that means a party, and a big party. The OTL attracts tens of thousands of people who make this an afternoon or even weekend beach … [Read more...]
The Single Most Important Thing I Learned About Attending The OTL San Diego
Over-The-Line Tournament Biggest Party Is The First Weekend By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger If there's one thing I've learned through the years of covering events for not only PubClub.com but for other news organizations (I began this kind of life as a newspaper sports reporter) it's that no matter what you hear about something, nothing beats actually … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Over The Line Organizers Hosting Craft Beer Festival
San Diego's Top Breweries Participating In Inaugural OTL Event The fine folks at the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC) know a thing about two about drinking beer and having a good time, and the organizers of the renowned Over the Line tournament are putting on their first craft beer festival. It's Saturday, May 20 as part of the first rounds of Over the Line at … [Read more...]
San Diego July Party Report: Top Singles Events
All-Star Game, Del Mar Opening Day & The OTL There's no finer city to be at in America right now than San Diego. While that could be written for just about anytime of the year, it's especially true in July, for San Diego, and specifically for singles. There's a series of events coming at you faster than dingers at the Home Run Derby. There's the Major League … [Read more...]
Over-The-Line San Diego 2016 Calendar Dates
WHAT: A softball tournament of sorts that's the biggest beach party in California. For two weekends, tens of thousands of people head to Fiesta Island for beers, balls and babes in bikinis. The highlight event is the "Miss Emerson" contest on the second Saturday. WHERE: FIesta Island, San Diego's Mission Bay PARTY SCENE: Outstanding For the OTL, people can legally drink … [Read more...]
OTL San Diego Miss Emerson Contest Over The Line Girls History
By Chelsea Hunter, PubClub.com PubClubette The Ms. Emerson competition…the undeniable zenith of the hazy days filled with sand, sweat, and beer at the annual Over-the-Line (OTL) tournament each year held at Fiesta Island in San Diego. It’s what pulls men away from the dusty game courts with vortex-like power over to the competition area where ladies deftly tiptoe up … [Read more...]
OTL Over-The-Line San Diego 2016 Weekend Dates
The Biggest Beach Party Of The Year In California One of the biggest, best and most fun – and certainly the wildest – singles party events of the year in San Diego takes place on two weekends in July, with the 2016 dates being July 9-10 and 16-17. It's the Over-The-Line tournament or, quite simply, the OTL. Put on by the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (with money … [Read more...]
Over-The-Line OTL San Diego The Ultimate Party Guide
A Hot San Diego Singles Beach Bash & The Miss Emerson Contest By PubClubette Chelsea Hunter Held in the beautiful Mission Bay area of San Diego, the Over-the-Line Tournament (better known to locals as the OTL tourney) takes place on Fiesta Island, a small island in the midst of the bay. I had never heard of it before, so when PubClub.com sent me to experience … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Is Over The Line Not San Diego’s Fun Beach Touranment
OTL Should Be Left Alone As SD's Top Summertime Party Event It's not the Over-The-Line tournament that's out of line, but rather a group that entered a lawsuit against it and, in particular, one lady named Lori Watson. I'll get to the lawsuit in a second, but first my attention must go to Ms. Watson. She is identified in a Los Angeles Times article as an "associate professor … [Read more...]