Sports around Los Angeles

Funny soap box racers tear down a hilly street in Elysian Park

by carollightwoodAugust 21, 2017December 17, 2020

This post is a reminder about those fun and silly things we used to do before COVID 19. This was originally published in August 2017. …

CicLAvia in Glendale under cloudy skies

by carollightwoodJune 12, 2017December 1, 2020

The latest version of CicLAvia, the open road bicycling event for everyone, seemed less crowded than previous ones. Maybe some people went to the Resist …

Hotter than hot at Amgen Cycling Tour and Pasadena LitFest

by carollightwoodMay 22, 2017November 23, 2020

I had ambitious plans for this last weekend but the early summer weather with temps reaching the mid-90sF curtailed things. I did manage to attend …

Rain didn’t stop the bicycling in South Pasadena

by carollightwoodMarch 6, 2017October 20, 2020

The 626 Golden Streets bicycling event in the San Gabriel Valley is the first open streets event of the year. The name of the event …

See 40,000 bicylists at CicLAvia in Pasadena – Wow! Was it ever crowded!

by carollightwoodJune 1, 2015March 12, 2021

In the first CicLAvia outside of the city limits of Los Angeles, the crowds really turned out. The Pasadena Police estimate that 40,000 cyclists were …

Wow! Shaun White’s Air & Style ski jump by the Rose Bowl is colossal!

by carollightwoodFebruary 20, 2015July 29, 2020

Music and ski jumping and California sunshine–sure they go together! Just ask Shaun White who has gone from X Games skateboarder and snowboarder to music …