Sports & Recreation
Bridge to Nowhere
Camp Bonita Rd., Los Angeles, CA, 91702
Few hikes in Southern California make one feel as intrepid as the five-mile haul to the Bridge to Nowhere.
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2012: Do, Best of LA: 2012, Best of LA: Do, Family Fun, Sports & Recreation
Burn 60
159-161 S. Barrington Pl., Los Angeles, CA, 90049
310-476-5656
When celebrity trainers Valerie Waters (Jennifer Garner, Jessica Biel) and Teddy Bass (Alicia Keys, Lucy Liu) think their clients could use some extra cardio, they send them to Burn 60…
Website: http://burn60.com/
Neighborhood: Brentwood, Los Angeles
Category: Fitness & Instruction, Sports & Recreation, Sports & Recreation Instruction
Canyon Beachwear
106 Entrada Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90402
310-459-5070
At Canyon Beachwear, moms and daughters can get suited up in classic silhouettes from Anne Cole…
Website: http://www.canyonbeachwear.com
Category: Clothing, Shopping, Sporting Goods, Sports & Recreation, Women's Clothing
Chick’s Sporting Goods
770 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90245
310-726-9123
More than 400 baseball bats hang from the racks of Chick’s Sporting Goods, their handles up and barrels down…
Neighborhood: El Segundo
Category: Sporting Goods, Sports & Recreation
Cove Paddle Fitness
23823 Malibu Road, Malibu, CA, 90265
310-429-2058
A choppy ocean can be intimidating, but Tyler Lennon of Malibu-based Cove Paddle Fitness instills confidence with a combination of unwavering attention and skillful teaching
Website: http://www.covepaddlefitness.com
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2015: Do, Best of LA: 2015, Best of LA: Do, Fitness & Instruction, Sports & Recreation Instruction
Doll Factory
1910 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA, 90026
Roller derby is a sport in which tough, smokin’ women circle a ring on skates—gracefully yet guerrilla-like—and plow into one another…
Website: http://derbydolls.com/
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Westlake
Category: Recreation Facilities, Sports & Recreation
Douglas Park
2439 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90403
310-458-8974
At the colorful playground at Douglas Park is a shallow rink that shoots jets of water in the summer and is prime turf for tot cycling the rest of the year…
Website: http://www01.smgov.net/parks/douglas.htm
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Santa Monica
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Family Fun, Parks & Beaches, Sports & Recreation
Downtown LA Bicycles
1626 S. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA, 90015
Forlorn, neglected rides can rejoice. The technicians at this bike repair shop will get those pedals turning once more.
Website: http://www.downtownlabicycles.com
Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2013: Shop, Best of LA: 2013, Best of LA: Shop, Sporting Goods, Sports & Recreation
Dreams Unlimited
14210 Cholame Rd., Victorville, CA, 92392
800-246-8247
As a rule, hot-air balloon companies steer clear of the city, preferring the less congested areas of Palmdale and Palm Springs. But Dreams Unlimited will launch from your lawn…
Website: http://dreamballoons.com/
Category: Family Fun, Sports & Recreation
E. Waldo Ward
273 E. Highland Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 91024
800-355-9273
Before all the tract houses, there were oranges, millions of oranges. At the end of the 19th century, the San Gabriel Valley was booming with agriculture…
Website: http://waldoward.com/
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Sierra Madre
Category: Family Fun, Sports & Recreation, Tours & Excursions, Travel
Edge Performing Arts Center
1020 Cole Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90038
323-962-7733
Taught in an industrial-looking room at the Edge Performing Arts Center, jazz funk fuses the fluid movements of contemporary dance with house and waacking…
Website: http://www.edgepac.com/
Neighborhood: Hollywood, Los Angeles
Category: Fitness & Instruction, Sports & Recreation, Sports & Recreation Instruction
El Porto
Pacfic Coast Highway, Los Angeles, CA, 90266
Wedged against the ominous Hyperion sewage treatment plant, with its tubes and domes and belching chimneys, El Porto will never be a glamour beach
Category: Family Fun, Sports & Recreation
Electric Bikes LA
221 Main St., Los Angeles, CA, 90245
310-640-2453
More than a dozen models are available (mostly from one brand, eZee, and maxing out at $2,695) in styles that vary from heavy-framed commuters to beach cruisers to a folding bike…
Website: http://electricbikesla.com/
Neighborhood: El Segundo, Los Angeles
Category: Sporting Goods, Sports & Recreation
Elysian Park
1880 Academy Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90012
213-485-5054
Want to play tennis on a Saturday afternoon? Good luck finding a court that’s not mobbed
Neighborhood: Elysian Park
Category: Family Fun, Sports & Recreation
Escondido Falls
Winding Way, Los Angeles, CA, 90265
There are no elevation changes on the just-over-two-mile trail leading to Escondido Falls in Malibu, but there are scenery shifts galore
Website: http://www.localhikes.com/Hikes/EscondidoFalls_4472.asp
Category: Family Fun, Sports & Recreation
Fire Groove
671 N. Berendo St., Los Angeles, CA, 90004
1-800-755-6423
The quest for a hot body meets hippie spirituality in the burgeoning trend known as fire dancing.
Website: http://www.firegroove.com
Neighborhood: Hollywood
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2012: Do, Best of LA: 2012, Best of LA: Do, Dance Studio, Family Fun, Sports & Recreation
Fishermen’s Spot
14411 Burbank Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 91401
818-785-7306
Convincing a fish that your feather-clad hook is a skittering dragonfly or chad minnow requires an angler’s patience and a golfer’s finesse.
Website: http://www.fishermensspot.com
Neighborhood: Van Nuys
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2012: Do, Best of LA: 2012, Best of LA: Do, Fishing & Hunting, Sports & Recreation
Franklin Canyon Ranch
2600 Franklin Canyon Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90210
Trail running is basically hiking—for crazy people. The mountains above Malibu and Santa Monica have some lovely views, but running uphill for 50 percent or more of the stint left us feeling insufficiently fit
Category: Family Fun, Sports & Recreation