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Events / Dana Point Ocean Challenge - March 5th
« on: March 01, 2011, 12:49:13 PM »
Come on down to Dana Point for the 23rd annual running of DOCC Ocean Challenge.  There's long and short courses plus a kid's race this year.  You can do both races for $25 bucks - now that's a deal !!  The event link is:
http://docc-race-info.blogspot.com/  

Come early as it's the Festival of the Whales weekend and there should be a pretty good turnout - probably a few more SUPs than we had in 2006 (below).  If you're travelling and need a place to stay see my post in the Travels. Trips, Destinations category


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Come and check out our Dana Point vacation rental overlooking Salt Creek and Strands Beach.  Great place to relax, whale watch, and paddle the harbor or surf the fun waves of south Orange County.  We normally rent for one week minimum but I can do two nights for Zoners if we have an opening one week in advance of the requested dates.  We can arrange equipment and lessons as need.  See our HomeAway listing at: http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p188732

Come stay with us during one of the many great paddleboard races or events in the area:
March 5th: Dana Point Ocean Challenge
March 5 & 6th: Dana Point Festival of the Whales
March 12th: Munoz Paddle Surf Fiesta
March 27th: Ocean Ohana Catalina Challenge
April 16th: SoCal Woodie Club and Car Show
April 30th: Waterman’s Applied Science Paddle for Humanity
May 21 and 22: Doheny Blues Festival
May TBD: Rainbow Sandals King & Queen of Dogpatch
June TBD: Hobie Hennessey Watermans Challenge
July 23: Surf-A-Rama
July TBD: San Clemente Ocean Festival
August 6th: Whitey Harrison Classic Outrigger Race
September TBD: DLSA Velzy Luau
September TBD: Dana Point Tall Ships Festival
September 24th & 25th: Rainbow Sandals Battle of the Paddle
November TBD: Cosmic Creek Surf Festival

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SUP General / RIP Flippy
« on: November 11, 2010, 04:05:08 PM »
SUP related for a number of reasons:
Munoz shaped his AWOOoooo board for tackling outer reef cloudbreaks long before the tow in era.  It was in the Surfers Heritage Foundation - not sure if it's still there.
If any of you ever surfed that south OC way offshore spot on a big swell the last couple years you might have shared a wave with him - on his jet ski.
Finally, since we're all "Gerry's kids" there's some good tales of adventures with Flippy in the book Surf Is Where You Find It. 

RIP to an original wildman:
http://www.surfersjournal.com/journal_entry/phillip-flippy-hoffman-1930-2010


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Events / The Pacific Paddle
« on: September 05, 2010, 09:46:04 AM »
FYI to any paddlers that want check it out and offer support.  I'll be hosting Margo and her support crew in Dana Point on Tuesday and will post up the arrival/departure times if anyone wants to join her. 
Margo's schedule is:

9/5 -  Redondo Beach, LA
9/6 -  Long Beach
9/7 -  Dana Point
9/8 -  Oceanside
9/9 - Mission Bay
9/10 -  media day at San Diego Harbor
9/11 - day off
9/12 - finish at Ocean Beach, San Diego - Paddle For Clean Water Event

Margo Pellegrino does what many of us who care about the environment do.  She constantly picks up trash in her own community and participates in beach cleanups several times a year.  She considers sustainability and environmental impacts of every consumer decision she makes.  She instills environmental stewardship in her children and anyone else who listens to her speak – which is more than just a few. 

About two months a year, this 43-year-old mother of two takes off and paddles part of America’s coastline, in what has become her personal ocean conservation campaign.  She paddles into communities to call attention to the about the threats facing our ocean and what we need to do to heal it.  She paddled her outrigger canoe over 2,000 miles from Miami to Camden, ME in the summer of 2007.  She followed that trip with a “short” 500 mile trip from New Jersey’s Long Beach Island to Washington D.C in 2008 and a 1,500 mile trip from Florida’s Atlantic coast around the Gulf of Mexico into New Orleans in 2009. 

This summer she is paddling the Pacific coast – from Seattle all the way down to San Diego.  After braving the exposed and rough seas of Washington and Oregon through most of July, and entered northern California in early August.  She paddled down through the heart of Big Sur and around Pt. Conception will land on the weekend of Sept 11-12 in San Diego Harbor & then participate in the Surfrider SD Paddle for Clean Water event at Ocean Beach on Sunday, Sept 12. 

It hasn’t been easy and she’s already had her share of big swells, rough beach landings, and unplanned layovers. Nonetheless she’s having a great time and her blog is full of stories about the kindness of strangers and the beauty of the places she’s travelling through.  Margo's journey is tracked online at www.seattle2sandiego.com  where broadcasts her current location as she paddles, and post daily blogs featuring where she shares the experiences of her journey along with pictures and video clips.   

Margo’s working with the Blue Frontier Campaign, an organization that provides tools to raise awareness of the solution-oriented marine conservation community. She’s stopping in communities along the way, speaking about the ocean environment and meeting with people who share her passion for the sea. 

Her journey from the beginning - Seattle, WA on July 3rd - is maintained on her Google Map page, although her current whereabouts can be tracked in real time through her satellite beacon.  She also travels with a one-woman land support crew, June Barnard, who is Margo point person on land.  She carries all the equipment, supplies, communication and other gear necessary for the pair to be self-sufficient during their journey southward.  That is, everything except real estate.

As Margo is paddling her way southward, she is looking for the following support locally:

Events to be hosted by marine conservation organizations, which are intended to help generate media attention for Margo’s message of ocean conservation, as well as that the host organization.  (Sample press release templates & event hosting FAQ document is attached);

Overnight hosting for Margo and June, which can be a bed, a couch or even a backyard where they pitch a tent.  The status of locations where they need hosting support is captured in the Google Map

Any boats which may be interested is heading out to help escort Margo for any stretches she’s paddling;

Any local knowledge on Margo’s selected landing sites, including alternatives.
 
Any networking with others down the coast, who may be able to provide any of the support listed above.

Margo, an activist and mother of two from New Jersey, was committed to carrying out this paddling campaign in the name of the ocean, and launched this journey and mission despite the lack of sufficient funding raised prior to the paddle. In addition to the in-kind support identified above, she is also in need of financial support for the paddle.  Please support her Pacific Coast paddle by donating securely on her website.

Margo sums up the drive behind her paddling journey as her “way to call attention to the need for healthy oceans.” Her philosophy is guided by being a mother of two and she embraces the importance of being a role model as well as an environmental steward. She states that “While not every thing we do, every decision we make or action we take carries the weight of the world upon it, it does carry a lot more that most people think it does. Every one of us is also a living example for every one else around us – and none more so than the children around us.” A great message we can all agree with.

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Fish Tales, Stand Up style / SUP on River Monsters
« on: May 31, 2010, 09:21:05 PM »
This is a great series on Animal Planet - Jeremy Wade is brilliant.  Just saw the episode where they go after the Kamba Catfish and there's lots of 1 and 2 man stand-up paddling in "wobbly" dugout canoes.  Not any mention of the history of this type of fishing but the locals all show very good techniques and you can be sure this type of fishing has been around for a long, long time. http://animal.discovery.com/tv/river-monsters/episode/episode.html

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Events / Blackburn Challenge July 18th
« on: June 24, 2009, 12:53:19 PM »
Anyone doing this?  Looks like a fun paddle.  Gotta love the history. 

http://www.blackburnchallenge.com/Blackburn.html

The event both celebrates and helps to keep alive the story of Howard Blackburn’s desperate mid-winter 1883 rowing of a small fishing dory from the Burgeo Bank fishing grounds to refuge on the south coast of Newfoundland. Blackburn and his dorymate Thomas Welch had become separated from the Gloucester fishing schooner Grace L. Fears during a sudden squall and found themselves nearly sixty miles from the nearest land. Over the course of the ensuing five-day ordeal, Welch would give up and succumb to a merciful death, whereas Blackburn would allow his bare hands to freeze to the shape of the oars, and row until he reached land.

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Sessions / Paddling in Palau
« on: June 15, 2009, 12:51:06 PM »
Story about the released Gitmo detainees.  Looks like a nice place to paddle.  Great product placement. 
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-palau-gitmo14-2009jun14,0,2897549.story

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Events / Watermans Surfaid Paddle
« on: April 29, 2009, 10:52:44 AM »
This Saturday at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point.  All proceeds from this event will go directly to SurfAid International to help support their efforts in bring Malaria education and prevention, sustainable clean water projects, and sanitation to parts of the world connected to us through surfing.  There's a 2 mi recreational paddle and 6 mi race, and they even have demo boards available if you need one.

Event info at: www.watermansappliedscience.com

If you can't make it you can kick in a donation to a fellow Zoner at: https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=307487&supId=254522640

Mahalo

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Events / Dana Point Ocean Challenge Saturday March 7th
« on: March 04, 2009, 11:17:00 AM »
Registration at 7 / race at 9.  Last year we had about 35 SUP.  Come on out.

http://www.eteamz.com/SoCalOceanRacing/index.cfm?showreg=1&nopromo=1

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Events / The Bark 200 Sunday Sept 7th
« on: September 04, 2008, 10:12:37 AM »
No not 200 miles - it's 200 meters.  This is for paddleboards and SUP.  The venue is the Long Beach Marine Stadium and if you're paddling stock Bark provides the board.  If you want to go unlimited BYO.  Sounds like fun - shoild be good to check out even if you're not paddling as I don't think a paddleboard event like this has been done in at least 60 years.

http://www.paddleboard.com/events


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Events / Fourth of July Dana Point Harbor
« on: July 03, 2008, 04:16:29 PM »
For some real fun tomorrow try paddling down the East Basin after 2pm and try to stay dry...

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Travel, Trips, Destinations / SUP in the Caymans?
« on: June 20, 2008, 03:05:47 PM »
Posting up for a friend.  Any SUP rentals?  It's long been a sail and kiteboard destination so I figure somebody has got them for when the wind is down.  Post up as the guy is leaving Monday.

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Events / Akolu Downwind Paddle Race Saturday June 7th
« on: June 02, 2008, 03:00:30 PM »
Abalone Cove near Wayfarers Chapel, Palos Verdes to outer Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro / 7 miles    Race starts at 4:00 PM
contact: Frank Bird  birdfj@mac.com

I did this one last year and it was really fun.  No entry fee, great food and lots of Akolu freebies at the finish.  Very cool event put on by the Cabrillo crew.

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Events / 25th Annual Bay 2 Bay Saturday June 7th
« on: June 02, 2008, 02:57:17 PM »
Mission Bay to San Diego Bay / 20 miles &  5 miles.  Entry form is at:
http://www.peninsula.ymca.org/english/pdfs/Bay2Bayregistration_002.pdf

There's a Stand-up Kayak-Open division which I believe is meant to be SUP.

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Sessions / paging Steamroller
« on: February 15, 2008, 04:50:08 PM »
Heading south anytime soon?  Sent you a pm.

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