San Diego/Beach/Labor Day 2106
Ryan Field and Carly Topazio carry an inflatable pink flamingo toward the ocean to ride the surf on it at Pacific Beach. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Two-year-old Ayla Gates, daughter of San Diego Chargers football player Antonio Gates, hugs her aunt, Antonio Gates’ sister-in-law, Natasha Noreiga at Pacific Beach. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Anna Eckbers pulls Kelsie Roche out into the surf to ride their inflatable pink flamingo and donut at Pacific Beach. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Muharem Duakovic, right, does handstand with Dillion Freeman and Sarah Chang after Duakovic saw Dillion and Chang doing handstands and asked them if they would do one with him so that his friend could take a picture at Pacific Beach. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Ryan Field and Carly Topazio carry an inflatable pink flamingo out into the surf at Pacific Beach. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
A wave breaks in front of Ryan Field and Carly Topazio as they try to ride the surf on an inflatable pink flamingo at Pacific Beach. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Penid Sapili stands on a wooden beam above other beach goers while under Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Rick Suarez, a San Diego resident who said he and his family came to the beach for ice cream and sun, stands with his son Aiden Suarez, 14, and daughter Katelyn 10, while under Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Rick Suarez, a San Diego resident who said he and his family came to the beach for ice cream and sun, poses with his son Aiden Suarez, 14, and daughter Katelyn 10, as his wife Celia Suarez takes a group selfie while under Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Surfers ride a waves next to Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
A surfer rides a wave next to Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
A surfer rides a wave next to Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
A look south toward Mission Beach from Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)