Tuesday, June 22, 2004
A new report from last week, after missing out on two days of funs waves. This weekend the swell was so non-existant, the fog so dense, and the water so murky and choppy that one could hardly imagine crisp winter mornings surfing in head high waves groomed by offshores.
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Thursday, June 17, 2004
A rare evening of Surf Music in our region this Friday at 9pm at Mercury Lounge in Goleta. The Phantom Riders are opening up for Kelp.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2004
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is showing two of George Greenough's films on Thursday night at 6:00 and 8:00. "Innermost Limits of Pure Fun" and "Echoes". Admission is $6 and while you are at it you can check out the George Greenough exhibit there.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2004
From Surfrider:
"Unfortunately, the County Board of Supervisors has just unanimously approved the parking program. There were some modifications made which are unknown to the Surfrider volunteers at this time. The first reading of the modified parking ordinance is tentatively scheduled for July 6th. Look to the local newspaper for details in the coming days. We will send out another email when we get the complete facts."
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Friday, June 11, 2004
Isla Vista Surf Company 
is selling the photography of local surfer Nick Presniakov, so go in and check it out. In other news the men and women of the firefighting services have done a great job and contained the Gaviota Fire. The train is still shut down, but no word on if the campgrounds are open again.
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Wednesday, June 09, 2004
A new report 
from yesterday. Some wild fire action going on up past Refugio in Arroyo Hondo. This site has captured some interesting photos of Arroyo Hondo during the fire, and the state has updates on the fire too.
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Tuesday, June 08, 2004
Check it, Elie is selling a boat that may come in handy this summer.
Also, the 101 between Winchester and Bueltin has been in varied states of closure and openness today, check the CHP Incident page before heading up or down.
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After 6 months of not writing reports, I'm back online with a new surf report format. Check it out here. Although not as nicely organized as the Maddux way of doing things, I'm hoping the ease of use of the new system will allow me to writeup reports quickly, thus making me more likely to stay on top of things. Sublte improvements should be in the works.
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Monday, June 07, 2004
Right now 2 southbound lanes are open, and 1 northbound lane is open on the 101 thru Gaviota in response to the wildfire.
KEYT has all the details.
"Fire investigators need your help this morning. If you happened to be in the area when the fire broke out around 11:30 a.m. Saturday and saw anything suspicious or have any information, fire officials are asking you to call the tip line at 346-8486."
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Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Scotty Bull from Surfrider reports in about IV Parking: "At the Board hearing today, it was made clear that the plan needed improvements and more clarification. Gail Marshall requested the University to help out more, and suggested a phased approach to the plan where meters would be installed downtown. She felt enforcement could be ramped up in other parts of IV as well to alleviate cars that are stored in IV streets and illegal parking. She also wanted a more robust staff report on alternative transportation and options for keeping ticket revenue in IV. This was a good start but staff pointed out problems with just installing meters. Therefore the Board passed a continuance to make a final decision on June 15 after more information could be presented. If you are ready to have this plan move forward as proposed then I suggest you do nothing. If you want to make changes, then please get involved. This may be your last opportunity." Sounds like the County is once again making a major decision about I.V. after school is out.
Steve is selling his Toyota Tundra in the classifieds.
A new radio show about surfing called "Let's Talk Surfing" is at 8:00am on Saturdays on AM 1340.
Magic Latern Films is having an encore showing of VINYL, "directed by UCSB Film Studies students and about local surfers" and afterwards September Sessions. It's Friday, June 4th at 7:30 and 10:00, costs $4 and is at Islan Vista Theatre.
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Santa Barbara Surfing. Created by Tim Maddux. Continued by Pope.
is selling the photography of local surfer Nick Presniakov, so go in and check it out. In other news the men and women of the firefighting services have done a great job and contained the Gaviota Fire. The train is still shut down, but no word on if the campgrounds are open again.
