Thursday, February 26, 2004
A few images of Thursday, February 26th, 2004.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2004
The backcountry has gotten almost an inch of rain already but will this storm live up to the media hype? More hype is the 24hr and 36hr buoys offshore showing 30ft wave heights.
A good time was had by all on Saturday night for the premier of "Country Surf" along with September Sessions and a set by Tom Curren. Being as it was at the Junior High School, groms outnumbered the crowd by a good margin, but it still managed to attract quite a few old timers as well. Curren played first, a half hour set of acoustic tunes along with his shy, humble and awkward stage presence. You can certainly say that Curren is no attention seeker. His music and lyrics were great but the sound system had some major problems, mainly in that his finger work sounded superb but his strumming sounded like I was listening thru a drainage pipe. Following Tommy's set was a film shot in the 70's on super8 by Jay Allen. You may reconize Jay from his time as DJ for a Jazz show on KCSB for awhile. Jay's footage was a rare glimpse into the surfing world in Santa Barbara County during the 1970's. Jay didn't mention any spots or any surfers but it was non-stop 70's singlefinning at it's best. The soundtrack was non-stop as were the clips, especially this one mysto left that had a fast pipeline-esque takeoff before fading. A good compilation of Jay's closet-full of video and well worth checking out. It can kind of drag on at the end, it depends how much coffee you've had. The night also had a lot of raffles and September Sessions, all this for a bunch of good causes.
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Friday, February 20, 2004
Don't forget tomorrow night at SBJHS, 1 talented musician, 2 films, 4 worthy causes, 10 bucks. Last I had heard it was close to selling out. UPDATE: Tom Curren is officially the musical guest. A.M. Report: Cold, Windy, Messy.
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Monday, February 16, 2004
Saturday, 
February 21st at 7:00 is a Surf Movie Benefit at the Marjorie Luke Theatre. A double header featuring September Sessions and Country Surf, a movie that features 1970's Gaviota clips. Also is a "musical guest" along with a raffle. Tickets are $10 and available at SBJHS as well as your usual surf shops. Profits benefit Heal the Ocean, the SBJHS Surf Team, and the Healthy Schools Lunch Program in addition to the fund to pay for Brandon Yates' medical bills as he fights cancer.
Also you can place a free add in the Santa Barbara Independent for a limited time if it is surf related. Look for Santa Barbara Surfing in Thursday's issue. To place you add simply email the independent.
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Friday, February 13, 2004
The Swell Model is looking EPIC.
Steve has a CarveBoard for sale in the classifieds.
This Saturday is the Elephant Bar Campus Point Surf Challenge at Campus Point in Goleta.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Greg points out a new class in the UCSB Geography department, "Geography of Surfing" that will be offered this Spring. The press release is here(44kb .pdf).
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Geog 20 - Geography of Surfing, 4.0, Sweeney
Social and Physical science concepts manifested in the sport of surfing. Topics include wave generation and forecasting, economics of the surf industry, spatial search, strategic behavior under crowding, territorialism, and the generation /diffusion of regional surf cultures. (Spring).
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It is looking like the class will be MWF from 2:00-3:00.
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Monday, February 09, 2004
Pete is selling his 9'6" Takayama over in the classifieds.
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The IV Parking meeting has been moved back. It is now Wednesday March 10th, 2004 at 6:30pm at the University Religous Center. The public comment period has also been moved back to March 23rd. Details.
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Thursday, February 05, 2004
Singlefin Yellow sold out early with 100+ people still in line, including pope. Thus, no movie review today. If anybody has a Singlefin Yellow review please submit.
Plan ahead for Wednesday February 11th at 6:30 for the IV parking meeting. More info at Surfrider.
Awhile ago a reader pointed out that the Campus Point cam was vandalized right about the time of our big swell in the middle of January.
Start reading up on your district supervisor for March 2nd.
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Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Don't forget tonight is "Singlefin: Yellow" at Victoria Theatre at 9:00 as part of the Film Festival.
Also NPR's National Geographic "Radio Adventures" is coming to UCSB tonight at 8pm featuring none other then Alex Chadwick. $10 for students and $15 for the rest of us. Past Radio Expeditions can be heard on NPR's site.
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Santa Barbara Surfing. Created by Tim Maddux. Continued by Pope.
February 21st at 7:00 is a Surf Movie Benefit at the Marjorie Luke Theatre. A double header featuring September Sessions and Country Surf, a movie that features 1970's Gaviota clips. Also is a "musical guest" along with a raffle. Tickets are $10 and available at SBJHS as well as your usual surf shops. Profits benefit Heal the Ocean, the SBJHS Surf Team, and the Healthy Schools Lunch Program in addition to the fund to pay for Brandon Yates' medical bills as he fights cancer.
