It's too late to join Blue Ballerz, Panama Joes, New Kicks on the Block, the Real Kickballerz of the LBC or any World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA) team playing out of Long Beach this season, as competition has already begun.
But if you'd like to follow along and/or start the process of joining a team next season, visit CA Big Kahuna , which has all the details about the local-est adult kickball league around. This marks WAKA's 11th year.
Competitions are held weekends at Marina Vista Park, Colorado Street and East Santiago Avenue in Long Beach. Panama Joe's at 5100 East 2nd St., Long Beach, hosts post-game parties. Surely the fierce competitors would not mind if some kickball groupies darkened those corners alongside them.
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