Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.
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We dig into the Off-Ramp archives for our trip to DooDah Surf in 2007, an annual event that strives to put the Aloha back in surfing. It's hard to take yourself seriously if you're surfing in a Fred Flintstone costume.
We start the show with a chat with Michael Uhlenkott, one of the organizers. He's going to be dressed as ... (MORE INSIDE)
... SORRY. Michael says his costume is secret.