----- Winter special: $35 includes  a 2 hour tour, bike, water & lunch. (Saving of $10) ---- What: A 2- hour tour starting in Venice, hitting all the highlights from Venice Beach to Dogtown, including the famous Venice canals, star homes, Santa Monica Pier, Skate park and more! --- 2 hour Venice Beach Bike Tours: Tours daily from Venice to Dogtown: 9am, 12pm 3pm. ----- When: The tour takes off three times...more

KETTLEBELL BOXING is a state of the art private training facility located in Venice, Ca.  We use Russian kettle bells as the basis for our strength and conditioning programs and focus on precision techniques in regards to boxing skills.  We offer small group classes and private training.   Coach Edizen Stowell  holds a Canadian national title in women’s boxing. Coach Alex Stowell has over 2o...more

Start the New Year's right with these cool Venice workouts. COOL AND UNIQUE VENICE WORKOUTS! Take a look around Venice, and one thing that becomes obvious real quick is that its population is in pretty good shape. Venice is a physical city with a legacy that includes the birth of both skateboarding and modern bodybuilding. So, when you are in Venice, you should workout! But where to...more

ARBOR’S WEEKLY WIN FREE STUFF IS BACK! This week they are giving away a full streetwear kit. - Venice, CA - January 23, 2012 - The Arbor Collective is giving their eco-friendly products, every week, all winter long in their Weekly Win Free Stuff giveaway. They will be kicking down a variety of their bamboo apparel, skateboards and snowboards. It’s really easy for anyone to enter and win. To...more

Click here to Like Arbor Venice on Facebook. Arbor Venice is the Venice, CA area showroom for the Arbor Collective. We carry, for sale or demo, the full range of Arbor Snowboards, Arbor Skateboards, Arbor/Firewire Collab Surfboards, and Arbor Apparel, as well as other popular brands that share our performance, style, and eco-minded DNA. Use this page to receive Arbor Venice event info as well...more

Kettle Bell Boxing.  $75/hour private lessons kettlebells-boxing.  Indoor training with an ocean view. Women and travelers encouraged. - KETTLEBELL BOXING is a state of the art private training facility located in Venice, Ca.  We use Russian kettlebells as the basis for our strength and conditioning programs and focus on precision techniques in regards to boxing skills.  We offer small group classes and private training.   Head coach Alex...more

Happiness is Made. By V.P. Health & Fitness Expert/Correspondent Jill Rudison. ______________________ “To be happy, turn to page 51.” As we do with damn near everything in life, we fall behind on the things that at one time we were completely on top of.  In my case over the past few weeks, ok, months, it was my writing.  I was on the outskirts of a nasty breakup, had just...more

Hello Venecians! It's summertime and that can only mean one thing; I'm 2.5 weeks out from my NPC Physique debut at the USA's!!! Aghhhhh!! It's getting down to the wire for my show - constant prepping, cardio, cooking, planning, dancing, posing, more cardio, sleeping (not much, sigh), researching, watching videos of past winners, more cardio, spx, eating... Recently, I did squeeze in an interview with Dave...more

These days all you hear about is WINNING.  Damn you Charlie Sheen. But, what really makes a winner?  Drive?  Success?  Achievement? Material Possessions?  How about big-winded job titles and a trophy spouse?  A substantial win at the track?  What, REALLY? You can try to be a winner in every aspect of your life and fail miserably if you haven’t taken care of the most important person –...more

The New Authority on SPX Pilates – The Studio (MDR) ------------ Article by V.P.'s HEALTH AND FITNESS EXPERT Jill Rudison. ------------ As a devoted and slightly obsessed student (and soon to be teacher) of SPX Pilates (go take a class already so you can enjoy my articles even more!), I recently began taking classes at The Studio (MDR), located on Washington, across from Baja Cantina, in the retail...more