Remembering Ray Buresch, the Minnesota aeronautical engineer who invented the Hydrobike around 1990 and brought pedal-powered fun to waterways around the world.
Author Archives: Long Beach Waterbikes
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Sep
Before Naples had its bridges and canal homes, it needed a way to get people there. That came from the Pacific Electric Red Cars, the railroad that helped sell a neighborhood, and you can still find traces of the line today.
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Sep
Alamitos Bay is a busy boating harbor, but it is also a working piece of nature. Before the marinas and seawalls, this was part of a huge coastal marsh where the San Gabriel River met the ocean. Here is what lived here then, what is protected now, and what you might spot in the bay […]
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Sep
Sep
How a duck-hunting marsh became Naples Island: Arthur Parsons’ canals, the Red Car, Olympic rowing at Marine Stadium, the Naples Sabot, the Frank House and decades of holiday lights on Alamitos Bay.
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Sep
Sep
Riding a bicycle across the water sounds like a modern invention, but the idea is more than 150 years old. Here is how the pedal-powered boat went from a 19th-century curiosity to the hydrobikes you see on Alamitos Bay today.
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Aug
Long Beach has more shoreline than most people realize, and many of its best days happen on the water. Here is a local guide to things to do on the water in Long Beach, from calm bay paddles and gondola rides to whale watching. Start with the right water Alamitos Bay and the Naples Island […]