Harry Perry, worlds most famous street performer, rollerblades along the Venice Boardwalk while singing and playing the guitar on Friday, March 14, 2008. Perry is originally from Detroit, Michigan, and began performing on Venice Beach in 1974.

Jonathan Borofsky's controversial 30-foot-high sculpture "Ballerina Clown" graces the Renaissance building at the corner of Rose Avenue and Main Street on Saturday, February 23, 2008. The Ballerina Clown was fabricated in 1989 out of aluminum, steel, fiberglass and an electric motor that activates the extended kicking leg. This sculpture is an accommodation or resolution of opposites in one. Not only does this image bring the male and female together into one figure, but also, two opposite types of performers are represented: the formal classical ballet dancer and the traditional street performer.

Sand sculptor Larry Nelson, 56, builds his annual New Years Day sculpture at the Venice Beach Breakwater on Tuesday, January 1, 2008. Nelson has built more than 300 sand sculptures since he started in 1994.

1,2,3) Swimmers run into the chilly Pacific Ocean during the 48th Annual Venice Penguin Swim on New Years Day-Tuesday, January 1, 2008, at the Venice Beach Breakwater.  The 2008 Penguin Swim featured more than 80 participants, three-foot waves, and sunny 70-degree weather, with a water temperature of 55 degrees. 4) Bridget King, 23, (left) and Amanda Viola, 18, (right) bare  the cold water tempature of winter Pacific Ocean. 5) Chappie DeHaven, 38, swims ahead of the pack and wins this years 400 yard Venice Penguin Swim race with a time of five minutes and ten seconds. 6) The Venice Penguin Swim club dates back to 1958.

Darin Selby, 47, runs along the Venice bike path pulling his home-made human-powered "Dream Catcher Mobile" on Sunday, December 23, 2007.   With hardly any effort, Selby can pull up to 1000 ponds accomplished via the human-powered rolling lever! In operating the Dream Catcher Mobile, Selby first pulls down a long, padded lever - and in the process uses his own body weight as an advantage.

1) Venice High School beats Santa Monica High School with a score of 33 to 7 on Friday, September 22, 2007. 2) Fans watch the game under their umbrellas. 3) Santa Monica High School head football coach, Zachary Cuda, gives his team a pep talk during half time. 4) Santa Monica High School  Drill & Flag crew. 5)Venice High School cheerleaders. 6)  SAMO's mascot, Victor Viking (left) and Venice High's Mascot, Gunther the Gondo (right), get chummy during the football game.