Summer Outdoor Activities Preview

Fun in the sun in the OC

Enjoy a lazy day at the ballpark with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Orange County's home professional baseball team. Take in the sights, the sounds and catch the smell of peanuts and popcorn at Angel Stadium as the defending 2007 AL West champions make another run at a world championship title.

There’s a lot happening at the beach as competition heats up both on the water and on the sand. The Guy Takayama Longboard Pro Am competition will be held on the south side of Huntington Beach Pier April 18-20. The Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) Huntington Beach Open will be held just south of the Huntington Beach Pier by Pacific Coast Highway and Main Street May 1-4. The US Open of Surfing, which is held July 18-27, is a mixture of various action sports as competitions are also held in skate, BMX and freestyle motorcross

For headline entertainment, exhibits, carnival rides, delicious food and everything in between, the 116th Annual Orange County Fair (July 11-Aug. 3.) in Costa Mesa. Thousands of visitors and locals, from all walks of life, attend the annual event. The fair has a photo-driven theme this year with the appropriately-enough tagline, “Say Cheese!”

Get the inside scoop on all things OC from the people that work, play and lounge here. See what a lifeguard, a surfing chiropractor, a master Sommelier, and an executive chef have to say about the OC in our new PODCASTS. Check out the comprehensive list of events for 2008.