The public and the academy generally dismiss surfing as either irrelevant or irresponsible, both as an activity and as an object of study. This oversimplification is contradicted by the power and ubiquity of surfing imagery, not to mention the economic force of what has become a substantial industry. Despite the generally grim image of the surfer, he (and I use "he" deliberately here) remains one of the most powerful and enduring icons of twentieth century America. The most popular television show in the world, Baywatch, is little more than an updated version of the 1960s movies Beach Blanket Bingo and Gidget. And southern California, the center of the world’s largest imaging machine and the promised land of American mythology, is virtually equated with surfing and beach lifestyle in much the same way that the cowboy is equated with the wide open spaces of the American West... .
We set up an online petition to thank the Commissioners for protecting Trestles. It's very important that we thank decision makers when they do the right thing!
This landslide vote was a watershed moment for the environmental movement and we need to make sure the Commissioners are positively acknowledged!It's super easy. Go here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/406462345 and sign your name. Surfrider will print up all the signatures and then hand deliver them at the next CCC hearing in So Cal.
We are having a party next Saturday (Feb 23) at the OC Tavern to celebrate our win at the Coastal Commission hearing. We have three outstanding bands lined up (Bushwalla, Anna Troy and Austin Jennings). Plus, there will be a killer raffle…..and most importantly, all your friends who have helped protect Trestles and San Onofre will be there! Pass around the invite!
When: Sat Feb 23 at 8pm
Where: OC Tavern: 2369 El Camino Real,San Clemente
Flocking to the sea Crowds of people wait for me Sea gulls scavenge Steal ice cream Worries vanish Within my dream
I left my soul there, Down by the sea I lost control here Living free
I left my soul there, Down by the sea I lost control here Living free
Fishing boats sail past the shore No singing may-day any more The sun is shining The Water's clear Just you and I walk along the pier
I left my soul there, Down by the sea I lost control here Living free
I left my soul there, Down by the sea I lost control here Living free
A cool breeze flows but mind the wasp Some get stung it's worth the cost I'd love to stay The city calls me home More hassles fuss and lies on the phone
I left my soul there, Down by the sea I lost control here Living free
I left my soul there, Down by the sea I lost control here Living free
I left my soul there, Down by the sea I lost control here Living free
I left my soul there, Down by the sea I lost control with you, And living, living, And I, living, by the sea... .
Attend the October 11th California Coastal Commission (CCC) meeting in San Pedro and tell the Coastal Commissioners to deny the proposed Foothill South Toll Road through San Onofre State Beach.
The most important hurdle before the TCA is the powerful, non-partisan Coastal Commission. The Coastal Commission will be meeting in October to decide whether to approve construction of the toll road in the coastal zone.
Additionally, the Coastal Commission is charged with making sure the TCA's road doesn't pollute the water or harm the surf at Trestles. We expect that the TCA will spend a lot of time and money convincing the CCC that their road is a good idea. We need you to attend the Coastal Commission meeting and let the Commissioners know that Trestles and the San Mateo Campground are too important to be sacrificed for a "pay to drive" road.
In preparation for the October 11th hearing we are hosting an organizing meeting on Monday, October 1st with Sierra Club's Coastal Director, Mark Massara. The meeting will be held at 7 pm the San Clemente Community Center at 100 North Calle Seville, San Clemente CA 92672.
Please mark your calendars and plan to take a day off of work or school to join us at this important hearing on October 11th. The hearing will be held at the Crowne Plaza Los Angeles Harbor Hotel at 601 S. Palos Verdes Street, San Pedro CA 90731.
Do your part to ensure that a great campground, great community and great surf beach remain livable, pristine and protected. We owe it to our community, our kids and future generations.
Sincerely, Friends of the Foothills Campaign
Organizing Meeting Monday, October 1st at 7 PM San Clemente Community Center 100 North Calle Seville San Clemente CA 92672
Coastal Commission Hearing Thursday, October 11th at 9 AM Crowne Plaza Los Angeles Harbor Hotel 601 S. Palos Verdes Street San Pedro, CA 90731
For more information or to RSVP contact Robin Everett or call at 949/361-7534 .
This is a 5 min version of what will become a feature length documentary that follows my journey through the controversy surrounding the proposed extension of the 241 Toll Road, part of which if built would traverse through the inland portion of the San Onofre State Park... .
Dancers are dancing up and down the Southern California Coast to show our appreciation to the ocean. We will document the dance rituals, adding interviews and news articles describing the environmental changes within the shores of Southern Ca. coastline. We hope to bring awareness that it is our duty to participate in cleaning up the pollution created by our street run off, sewage systems and other problems. We want the dances to inspire the spirits of people, in the deepest way. The truth is we and ocean are one in the same with the waters and salts we are made of... .
Then Gov. Ronald Reagan established San Onofre State Beach in 1971. It has become one of the five most-visited state parks in California, hosting swimmers, campers, yakers, birders, fishermen, off-duty Marines, bicyclists, sunbathers, and surfers. This southern California state park contains seven archaeological sites, including a Juaneño Indian village. Seven threatened or endangered species live within the park, and it protects significant portions of San Mateo Creek, The last relatively unspoiled watersheds in Southern California.
In establishing the state park at San Onofre, Reagan said, one of "the greatest legacies we can leave to future generations is the heritage of our land… But unless we can preserve and protect the unspoiled areas which God has given us, we will have nothing to leave them..." .
Opposing a Proposed & Un-Needed Tollroad Alignment
WHEREAS, lands of California’s State Park System are designated for their protection and preservation on behalf of this and future generations and should not be used in a manner inconsistent with state park purposes; and
WHEREAS, California State Parks provide a significant economic benefit to the people of California, attracting millions of visitors from around the world; and
WHEREAS, San Onofre State Beach is located on property leased for fifty years from the United States of America and was established in 1971 by Executive Order of President Nixon and at the urging of Governor Ronald Reagan; and
WHEREAS, San Onofre State Beach is one of the five most-visited of California’s 278 state parks and provides valuable and rare upland and wetland habitats (including unique habitat for eleven protected species listed as threatened or endangered under federal laws), wilderness, coastal beaches, affordable camping, nationally recognized historic and archeological sites; and
WHEREAS, the (YEACH) Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency (Foothill Toll Road Agency) has proposed construction of a multi-lane toll road of over four miles in length through the heart of the nearly 1,200 acre inland Cristianitos Subunit portion of San Onofre State Beach; and
WHEREAS, the loss of over 320 acres or 27% of this portion of San Onofre State Beach for a toll road right-of-way would result in the park’s fragmentation, adversely affecting the remaining acreage in the park, including the potential for additional recreational opportunities, such as hiking, equestrian use and camping; and
WHEREAS, all the sites in the popular year-round San Mateo Campground are reserved six months in advance and receive more overnight use than any other of San Onofre State Beach’s two campgrounds and would be severely impacted by the noise, vibration, and visual intrusion of a major roadway if it were built; and
WHEREAS, San Onofre State Beach includes Trestles Beach, the only surfing World Championship Tour stop in the continental United States, so chosen because of the unique conditions that exist in the undeveloped San Mateo Creek watershed, conditions that provide the natural processes of erosion and sediment flows through the creek to the ocean, creating a clean, unique beach and surf, processes that would be altered and blocked by a multi-lane toll road through the watershed; and
WHEREAS, critical protection provided by section 4(f) of the Federal Transportation Act of 1966 designed to protect and preserve public park and recreation lands has, by language contained in a year 2000 appropriations bill, been waived; and
WHEREAS, viable alternative routes and traffic improvements exist which do not depend upon San Onofre State Beach including, but not limited to, the Interstate-5 corridor; and
WHEREAS, on November 3, 2005 the California State Park and Recreation Commission meeting in the City of San Clemente and in a hearing held before a crowd exceeding 1,000, took public testimony which was overwhelmingly in opposition to the use of San Onofre State Beach as a toll road route; (AND THE TCA SHUT THE LIGHTS OFF ON US WHEN IT WAS OUR TURN TO TALK!)
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the record of the hearing of the California State Park and Recreation Commission for the meetings of November 3 and 18, 2005 be transmitted to the Transportation Corridor Agencies for their records; and be it
RESOLVED that the Transportation Corridor Agencies reconsider and abandon a toll road route through San Onofre State Beach; and be it
RESOLVED that the California Department of Transportation be requested to review, investigate and report on alternatives to a toll road route through San Onofre State Beach including, but not limited to, Interstate-5 improvements; and be it
RESOLVED that the Commission requests that the State of California and its agencies take all appropriate and necessary actions within their power to protect the natural, cultural, recreational, and aesthetic resources of San Onofre State Beach; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Commission respectfully requests that the Governor, in concert with the Attorney General’s office, oppose any major transportation arterial through San Onofre State Beach using all appropriate methods, including litigation if necessary, to defend this valuable and irreplaceable public resource...
Another part from Herbie Fletcher's surf video "Doin it on the Good Foot". This section was filmed in San Onofre, California and features Mike Gee, Jed Morouse, Colin McPhillips, Tommy Witt, Matthew Moir, and Taylor Jensen. These guys truly look like their having some fun... .
World champion Kelly Slater broke a year-long drought to break Tom Curren's record and beat Pancho Sullivan in the final of the Boost Mobile Pro in California.
Despite admitting to being 'bummed' for not making the most of his waves, Slater did enough to win his 34rd career title on the elite tour, eclipsing the previous mark set by Curren 16 years ago.
To say it was a long time coming for Slater would be an understatement, as he equalled Curren's tally 16 months ago at Bells Beach.
"Part of me is kind of sad," Slater said after his victory at Lower Trestles. "I was hoping Tom and I would end up on the same number forever, but somebody is bound to come along and get to where I got."
"You've got to surf to the standards, but someone else is always going to be coming along that has the time and desire..." .
Chris Ward and Kelly Slater go big in Chile. With the contest zone at 2007 Search WCT out of control and the contest cancelled, Chris and Kelly surf a huge outer-reef and team up the next day for the Nation vs Nation Expression Session back at the contest zone. Also starring Ramon Navarro and Manuel Selman who won the expression session for Chile. Video and edit by Joe Alani. Music by Jane's Addiction... .
This area is well known among surf aficionados around the world for the quintessential surfing experience. Welcome to scorpion bay official web site... .
Remember the part in "Lost Across America Volume Two: The Decline" where Majica the Surfing Dog kept dropping in on Tom Curren? Well, now you too can introduce the rewards of wave riding to your dog!
With The Dog's Guide to Surfing, you can learn all the basics about teaching your dog how to rip. With personal stories, lessons, advice, movies, gear and surfwear, your dog will learn everything it needs to be a surf-dog. From grommet status to pro, your dog will crawl from their first boogie board onto the nose of your longboard... .
The first Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship was held on Easter Sunday in 1966. It is named in honor of the "Father of Modern Surfing", Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku. The contest is by invitation only, and the 1966 contest featured only 24 of the world's best surfers. It was broadcast on CBS as a sports spectacular with an estimated 40 to 50 million viewers.
The competition is held at Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oahu... .
THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN THINGS ARE NOT how they appear. This is one of those precious times. Remember, this is the year of Our Lord, two thousasnd seven, not 19&56. So then, you must be prepared for the worst. The camera does not lie. This is an $85,000.00 Sony betacam. Enjoy, have a nice day. BTW, NeoN's in the wrong biz, if you know what I mean.
Written by Joe Shlump. BRUCE SAVAGE SAND ASSOCIATES... .
Got an invite from FoamEZ to go and check out this years ASR, Here we are getting a demo from one of the new surfboard blank companies. This was not staged, it really happened!
Noll was born in San Diego, California in the month of February 1937. Soon after, he moved north with his mother to the small town of Manhattan Beach. It was here, in the shadow of the pier, that his life was profoundly influenced by such individualists as Jack Wise, Barney Briggs, and Dale Velzy. His job as bait boy at the end of the pier, gave him a birdseye view of the surfers below. Greg started surfing in 1948 and began shaping soon after under the guidance of Dale Velzy. Soon it was off to Oahu, and a quonset hut at Makaha. While on an exploratory trip to the North Shore in 1957, the Pied Piper of Waimea Bay (as Buzzy Trent would call him) talked his friends into paddling out into the taboo waters of The Bay. Waves were caught, everyone came out alive and Waimea was now another spot to surf. As it turned out, Waimea Bay would become the place at which Greg carved his name into surfing history, and he continues to have a love affair with it to this day... .
Takes a step back from the informative approach and allows the viewer to experience surfing in a different context. In a more traditional surf film format, “A Brokedown Melody” allows the visuals of the latest surfing combined with music, images and select commentary to tell the story of a surfer’s journey. Featured is the surfing of Kelly Slater, Tom Curren, Gerry Lopez, the Malloys, Rob Machado, CJ Hobgood, Jack Johnson and others. These surfers take us on their travels to Jamaica, Indonesia, Tahiti, Hawaii, Mexico and South America. Finally, in this age of big wave surf exploration, this film reveals Kelly Slater and the Malloys pioneering two new waves never before seen... .
While Austronesian seafarers or Arab traders may have been the first to visit the uninhabited Seychelles, the first recorded sighting of them took place in 1502, by the Portuguese Admiral Vasco da Gama, who passed through the Amirantes and named them after himself (islands of the Admiral). The first recorded landing and first written account was by the crew of the English East Indiaman Ascension in 1609. As a transit point for trading between Africa and Asia, they were occasionally used by pirates until the French began to take control of the islands starting in 1756 when a Stone of Possession was laid by Captain Nicholas Morphey. The islands were named after Jean Moreau de Séchelles, Louis XV’s Minister of Finance... .
The name means spouting water in Hawaiian. In ancient times, Waikiki was an area of wetlands and marshes that separated it from the island’s interior. Until 1922, when the Ala Wai Canal was built to dry out the area, there had been many rice and taro fields and fish ponds. Beginning at the end of the 19th century, small family-owned cottages were built here. In 1901, the first hotel, the Moana Surfrider, opened its doors. It was followed by the well-known Royal Hawaiian Hotel, also known as the “Pink Palace,” which opened in 1927. For many years, the Moana and the Royal Hawaiian were the two main hotels on Waikiki Beach serving wealthy tourists... .
Imagine living your life in complete darkness — never being able to see a sunrise or sunset. Now imagine taking a leap of faith, and trying to stand up on a surfboard and ride a wave in that world of darkness. Impossible? Not quite... .
Surfing wooden longboards and a standup paddleboard. Experience the Hula and say hello to the Duke. This clip was made from an ancient piece of 1930's 8mm 'Castle' film supplied by Mr John Mellor of Swaylocks. Tom Blake makes a cameo appearance... .
The Doheny Longboard Surfing Association is an organization comprised of individuals dedicated to the enjoyment of board surfing in a clean and natural environment. In relation to that philosophy, the DLSA will act as a support group to other organizations with similar views and objectives... ,
Buttons is the style master whose spontaneous nature and powerful style paved the way for the future surfing generations both in and out of the water. He is also, the original founder of the young and hungry pack of Hawaiian watermen who led the shortboard revolution on both North Shore and Waikiki surf breaks from the early 70’s to present day. Buttons inspired present day surfing styles that have influenced not only today’s surfing elite, but the roots for technical moves in skate boarding and snow boarding.
The “No Limits” lifestyle in and out of the water have evolved into a revolutionary vision of today’s unpredictable surfing world. We all paddle out into a uncertain world only to catch the outrageous energy and Mana (Power) from the ocean. We follow in our ancestors foot steps which fulfills our soulful spirit of the slide... .
Exploring those who influenced the surfers who influence us.
The older Beschen brother has been influenced by a lot of people, but none more than Mom and Dad.
People influence us. From day one we watch others—on the street, in school, on television, in books, in our house—and they all have a hand in shaping us. A few of those leave more striking impressions than others. Some lead us into the gutter, some lead us to glory. Some simply push us to go farther than we might have without their example... .
Longboards were still all that was known, and Bertlemann borrowed anything he could get his hands on. He eventually found a 9'6" in the bushes and rode it for a month before snapping it. Rather than mend the hulking plank, he glassed a fin on the front half and set out for some serious fun. By this time, school had become a nuisance, so after eighth grade, he dropped out in favor of the beach. The only graduating he was interested in was going from the bunny slopes of Waikiki to the bowl at Ala Mo... .
The Master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in the whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing, To him he is always doing both - Zen Buddhist text... .
This association of surfers, black surfers, is one of a kind. Our intent and purpose is the continuous search for our unique character and individuality so fluidly expressed in dancing, wave dancing. We are the literal main ingredient of a developing organization of young and old, male and female, Black persons who seek to share the pleasures of our Creator's oceanic rhythms... .
This is our chance to hammer a silver spike into the heart of the 241 Toll Road extension: California Assembly Bill 1457proposes to ban the building of roads throughState Parks. If this bill passes, The Transportation Corridor authorities degradation of San Mateo campground (itself a mitigation for the San Onofre nuclear plant), San Mateo watershed, and the Trestles wave complex will be stopped. Under normal circumstances in the Sacramento dynamic, a bill of this nature would fail due to business-as-usual, political process that grinds on behind the scenes. Unless the unusual happens and the surfing community collectively rises up and mobilizes to pass this bill, it to will fail and likely Trestles along with it. As a member of our surfing community no matter what party you support or where you sit on or in the state of California (Or the nation) please work hard to support this bill the survival of Trestles (San Onofre and San Mateo) as we know it is at stake. Your break (or campsite) will be next. Contact your local state government representatives and request that they support assembly Bill 1457 banning new roads through state parks! -- S. P.
What happens to the backcountry, happens to the beach, contact your California State Representative to keep the link between trestles and the wilderness corridor of San Mateo Creek untrammeled... .
Same like wut ‘da Classic Longboard is, but with a fuller nose outline and a more teardrop shape; designed for tip time in the classic sense. Features 50/50 rails, rolled vee bottom, scoop in the nose; built for trim speed and dangling toes. Also available with volan cutlaps, knee paddle patches, cloth inlays, acid splashes, resin swirls, tailblocks, nose blocks, pigment opaques, tints, pinline art, gloss and polish ….you name it we do it. Get one…or a quiver of ‘em! .
A living legend and unique icon in the surf world best known for his innovative surf photography, surfboard design and ingeniously conceived and constructed devices including everything from wind generators to hand-made air mattresses and blue water fishing boats. When George becomes fascinated by an idea or object, he goes about re-inventing it in a way marked by his unusual signature. He has produced films, sailed the Pacific in a 39' yacht he built in his back yard, and built countless toys ranging from ultimately practical to amusingly whimsical in nature... .
