{"id":318019,"date":"2026-05-16T00:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T00:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/318019\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T00:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T00:09:08","slug":"bikin-the-beach-returns-to-long-beach-for-second-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/318019\/","title":{"rendered":"Bikin the Beach returns to Long Beach for second year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LONG BEACH, Miss. (WLOX) \u2014 The second annual Bikin the Beach rolled into the Long Beach Harper McCaughan Town Green, bringing riders from across the region for a three-day motorcycle event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The free event features live entertainment daily, live bands nightly and stunt shows three times a day on Jeff Davis Avenue, said organizer Jason Stearman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This year\u2019s event centers around an America 250 freedom theme while raising money for Wounded Warriors of Mississippi and Tunnels to Towers, honoring veterans and their families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cEverybody here has got a great attitude and believes in the same things and freedom and patriotism and motorcycles and having fun,\u201d Stearman said. \u201cWe love that we can raise money for great causes while having fun at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Riders said events like this help break old stereotypes surrounding the biker community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cSometimes people have a bad taste for bikers, but that\u2019s everything in the past. That\u2019s gone,\u201d said Ricky Holland, a 30-year rider and participant. \u201cYou meet the best people on a motorcycle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This marks the event\u2019s first year in Long Beach. Organizers said they plan to return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201c1,000 percent, we will be in Long Beach, year after year after year,\u201d said organizer Jennifer Miller.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cYeah, I\u2019ll say Long Beach, MS is the new home of Bikin the beach,\u201d Stearman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Holland traveled from near Meridian for the weekend event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe just rode up for the weekend, and just see what this is about, and trying to get all my other guys in the bike club to start coming down here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Vendors said the move to Long Beach has been good for business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cLong Beach is great. We love it over here,\u201d said Brittany Harrison of Brewed Barber Co.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI\u2019ve made as many connections here in the very first day in Long Beach than I do in a lot of other ones in the whole weekend,\u201d said Talina Covert of The Texassippi Hippie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">See a spelling or grammar error in this story? Report it to our team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlox.com\/page\/error-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">HERE<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WLOX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Miss. 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