Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Jon Husak, 2001 College Longboard champ and friend of Santa Barbara Surfing, now has a journal online of his adventures working at a surf camp in Samoa. This week's entry is here, and some photos are here. If Jon has you so stoked that you'd like him to be your surf camp guide, book your trip right here.
The Groundswell Society got a write-up on the Pacific Sunwear site, of all places.
The Surfrider Foundation is having a benefit at SoHo on April 23rd with Jason Campbell, Tommy Curren and then the Jason Campbell band along with local Super 8 and 16mm film by Steve Miller. $10 for the 21 and over event.
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Monday, March 29, 2004
Altough the water is still chilly, the air is in the 80's, so trunkable conditions have returned to Santa Barbara.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Surfrider reminds us that the deadline for the public comment period for the proposed IV Parking Plan is today at 5:00. If you haven't already, drop a note to Joy by 5:00:
Joy Hufschmid
County Public Works Department
123 E. Anapamu Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Or you can try emailing Joy (this address is unverified).
Surfrider also discovered that the much anticipated IVParking.org is now online, including the proposed rates. Interesting that the public comment period is ending smack in the middle of the UCSB spring break, another victory for the small group of people pushing this plan through. You gotta love government bureaucracy on this one, kids, the proposed plan is to charge each car $125 a year for the right to hunt for a spot in IV. This will generate over 1 Million dollars, of which Half a Million Dollars goes into 8 new county employees. Would you like to head into IV at 6:00pm, eat at The Cantina, go get a snack at the IV Food Co-Op, raid the bin candy at IV Market before heading over to watch the Lady Gauchos earn a berth in the Sweet 16? That will cost you the first two hours in parking fees ($3.00), but wait theres more because under the current plan the meters will only hold 45 minutes worth of coins.
Then of course there is surfing. Of the 70 free parking spots in IV, 65 of them are where we park to surf Deveraux and Sands. 65 spots to not only handle the beachgoers like us, but also cheap students and employees who will discover our little parking niche and cause mad chaos. Surfrider tells us the Board of Supervisors is tentatively planning on hearing this on May 4th.
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Friday, March 19, 2004
A couple of local surf culture announcements:
Pete Pierce is having a new opening at 'The Art Den' - 416C Anacapa St at 6pm this Saturday, March 20th. Original Paintings, Handmade Glass Art, and live traditional Indonesian Music all in one place.
"March 16, 2004, Santa Barbara, CA – 
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum will display the first ever retrospective on surfing icon and innovator George Greenough, plus an art exhibit entitled "Inspired", which features artistic interpretations using Greenough as the focal point for the pieces created. This exhibit, developed by the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum, is especially significant to the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum and the Central Coast because Greenough grew up in Montecito, and much of his pioneering in film, and wave-riding surfboard and boat design, was developed and tested in local waters".
This runs from April 12 well into October. Admission is $3 and more details are in this 72Kb .pdf and soon at the SBMM website.
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Monday, March 15, 2004
This Friday, March 19 is a benefit to help pay for the medical expenses of local surfer Brandon Yates. It's at The Sandbar (formerly Calypso) on lower state st. from 7-10pm. $35 Presale, $40 door, 100% proceeds to Brandon Yates. Wine and Hors d' oeuvres served. Check it out at brandonswave.com and ask questions at yatesbenefit@hotmail.com.
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Saturday was the Freestyle 2003-2004 Surf Happens SBSS Season Championships @ Tarpits in Carpenteria. No news on the results but it looks like SurfSB has the results from the Rincon Classic and the Campus Point contest also.
Ocean Beach charger Blakestah has developed his own "rotating fin" which is has already been submitted to the USPTO. Read all about it here. Word on the streets is that Clyde Beatty can get you one of these on your next board.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004
The IV planning meeting apparently was supposed to just be about "environmental impacts." I don't think anybody knew this until they got into the room tonight, as even the county's website made no mention of this limitation, which I believe took many people off guard. However, the speakers talked about anything that was on their mind, from holier than thou over the top meddlers with way too much time on their hands to mom's who just wanted to be able to park to go to the food co-op. Surfers like Cary Penniman, Matt Graham, Ken Palley, Scotty Bull and Paul Franzen spoke with authority on why free beach access is needed in IV while on the other side we had characters such as Dianne Kahn and Robert Bernstein taking the opportunity to explain their grand plan on automobile usage in the USA.
Another meeting is planned that will provide a better opportunity for people to offer their comments, although I'm unsure of the date on that one. You still have until March 23rd to submit your written comments though:
Joy Hufschmind
County Public Works Department
123 E. Anapamu St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
If you just can't get enough of these planning meetings keep in mind the Joint Proposal for the Ellwood-Devereux Coast people will present their plan this April 4th.
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Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Don't forget that this Wednesday, March 10th at 6:30 is the meeting to decide the fate of beach access parking in IV. This may be your only chance to have your voice heard on the future of IV coastal access.
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Monday, March 08, 2004
Another Fortman Foto from 18 January, 2004 at Rincon.
Help a brother find his lost wetsuit:
"I drove off from a fun session at Jalama Saturday morning, March 6 and left my wetsuit right by the side of the road. Drove back out and sure enough it was long gone... if anyone found a black XCEL 4/3, size extra
large at Jalama Saturday morning March 6..." Email pope if have info.
Also, John is wondering who were the guys behind the camera lens's along the Gaviota Coast during our swell of Feb 26-27, and where he can find the footage of his wave of the winter.
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Friday, March 05, 2004
New Title Image from Fortman from Rincon on January 18th. More to come from him.
A short little wrap-up with pictures from the Swell of February 26th is now up.
Finn wants you to know about Badmoon. Continuous reminders about the IV Parking meeting this coming Wednesday.
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Santa Barbara Surfing. Created by Tim Maddux. Continued by Pope.
