Thursday, March 06, 2008
2008 Rincon Classic 
The Rincon Classic is scheduled to go down this weekend March 8 and 9. Info from an earlier post stays the same with the dates moved to this Saturday and Sunday (also note that the Hugs for Cubs benefit was already held.) Some info about the trophies was sent in :
Gill Kaufman created the 2nd place, 4th place, and 6th place trophies, as well as art work / sculpture's for the silent auction and also created creating the doorway that allowed aubrey and Robert to paint the plates @ Color me mine in Goleta Gill has been providing handmade ceramic trophies for keet's contest for the past 12 years.
Costa Rica Vacation House 
Longtime friend of Santa Barbara Surfing known as IanI in SBS surf reports has recently opened up his Costa Rica house, The Double I, to the vacationing public. We're highlighting it to the right of the site in an effort to repay a guy who's had his share of waves stolen by pope. It's in Nosara on the Guanacaste Peninsula a few minutes walk from the Guiones surf spot.
WCT Contest Results
The first event of the 2008 Tour was completed along the Gold Coast, but sadly no Ventura nor Santa Barbara County surfers advanced past Round 3. Santa Barbaran Bobby Martinez was knocked out by"the next Slater", rookie Jordy Smith. Two years ago it was rookie Bobby Martinez knocking stalwarts out of events, so now its a new highly regarded rookie unseating Bobby in the first event. Ventura's Dane Reynolds also exited in Round 3. Hopefully our Tri-County surfers can advance further in the next event starting March 18th.
Goleta Surfing Photos
Tom has some photos up from a few weeks ago over here which has some good photos of Surf Country Doug and his consistently barking dog Sandy keeping tabs on her favorite rock perch. Tom keeps a nice running dialog in his photos essays, somewhat reminiscent of a Bruce Brown flick.
Goleta Surf Photos
Adam at Goleta Surf has some water shots up from a playful session along the Gaviota Coast a few days ago. Gallery here.
Newsprint Links
The Daily Nexus has an entertaining take on the End of the Surfers Winter, and the Independent has an informative story on the history of Barfoot.
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Santa Barbara Surfing. Created by Tim Maddux. Continued by Pope.
