The first of four “Checkpoint Challenges”, the Nixon PB Pier Paddle, has been completed at Pacific Beach Pier in unexpectedly treacherous conditions. With an inflatable inner tube around their waists, the surfers were asked to paddle around the Pacific Beach Pier with various pool toys; an alligator, shark, turtle, and a gay dragon of sorts.

The first of four "Checkpoint Challenges" the Nixon PB Pier Paddle, goes down in thumping beachbreak conditions as the ...Lost team takes in early lead in the Transworld SURF Cali Rally.