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Big, Bad & Ugly Photos

To all contestants of Estero Bay Surf Club' "Big, Bad, and Ugly" contest, Feb. 17th:

Photos of nearly every contestant are up on www.esterobaysurfclub.com. There are A LOT of photos, some sequential, taken by Mike Rumble. Some pictures are not for the faint of heart. Look at it this way; nobody broke a board this year... we think.

We hope you all enjoyed the contest and the pictures.

Val Wright
Estero Bay Surf Club

FOUR COALITION CLUBS INVITED TO RINCON

The Doheny Longboard Surfing Association, Sunset Cliffs Surfing Association, San Diego Surf Ladies and the Pacific Beach Surf Club have all been honored by being chosen to surf in the Groundswell Society's "Sharing the Stoke" Team surfing at Rincon, March 29th and 30th. It will be a community-based event that will bring together those surfers and organizations from up and down the coast for a weekend of sharing waves at one of the world's best surf spots. The event will involve literally hundreds of participants as part of the Society's efforts to promote a friendly and welcoming atmosphere throughout the surfing community. Sixteen organizations that have made significant efforts to "share the stoke" of surfing with tomorrow's surfers will be the invited guests of the Society and the Rincon surfing community. And each team will get the famed wave to themselves for an hour as part of the event's activities in recognition of the good work they've done. For more information, visit the Groundswell Society's website.

SURFER FOR SUPERVISOR

Aptos, CA- Santa Cruz County resident DAN YOUNG has officially filed nominations papers to run for the 2nd district county supervisor’s position in the upcoming June 3rd election.

Born and raised in the Pajaro Valley, Dan is an original co founder of the Surfrider Foundation as well as of the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum. Dan is a biogeographer who has worked for a variety of nonprofit organizations including The Nature Conservancy, the National Park Service and the Center for Law in the Public Interest. He has been involved with surfing access issues since 1971.

One of the main goals once he is elected to office is to represent the surfing community which has been traditionally marginalized and disenfranchised by local governments and politicians.

Currently, Dan is the music director at the new environmental Pajaro Valley High School in Watsonville, CA, president of the Santa Cruz Jazz Festival and a board member of the Santa Cruz Surfing Club est. 1936.

Contributions to support Dan’s campaign may be sent to:

Friends of Dan Young
PO Box 1966
Aptos, CA 95001

www.votedanyoung.com (up and running in April)

[Thanx for anything you can do for me]

More info: Dan
831-662-3368 home
831-239-6322 cell
dyoungpr@att.net

photo credit: Boots McGhee

Big Stick Surfing Association's LOGJAM!

April 26th/27th, 2008
Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz

Rules, roster, directions and info on places to stay are attached!

The first 96 paid contestants by March 15th are surfin! What makes our contest fun and unique?

• you will surf at least twice on Saturday, we don't do single elimination on Aloha Day!
• pull out your old board and don't you dare attach a cord. Only boards built before 1970 and weighing more than 20lbs can be ridden
• all NEW for this year, we have an all new Aloha Team Heat, where drop-ins are required! That's right, there must be two surfers and two boards riding the wave and do it with style!
• as always, there's the Saturday night party to find out how you surfed that day and who advances to Sunday's semi's and what the divisions are.
• we don't follow coalition age divisions. If all 96 paid entrants are aged 50-59, then we'll split them up into manageable divisions of 16 surfers each. But the more age diverse teams will do better in the team standings.

We prefer that you email your roster (contests@bigsticksurfing.org), but you can also mail your roster and PAYMENT to:
BSSA
765 LOMA PRIETA DRIVE
APTOS, CA 95003

If you have questions, please contact Tom Radich at 408-667-1089 or Gioni Pasquinelli at 408-460-7673.

LogjamClubPacket2008v2.doc

Letters to Mark and Company Regarding the "Gathering"

Mark Caulkins, contest director of the Gathering of the Tribes, got a mailbox full of letters concerning the contest held January 12-13. They're posted over on the Letters page.

Past Issues of the Newsletter

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