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Several community members have inquired about the Bacara project which will appear before the City of Goleta’s Design Review Board, next Tuesday, Jan 27th at 4pm (time certain). Attached is the DRB staff report for your information. Please share with others who might be interested. The Bacara has prepared a brochure of their proposed project which is available at City Hall.
Let me take a moment to inform you about the design review process. The first meeting, which will be held next Tuesday, Jan 27th is a conceptual review where the applicant will present the project to the DRB and the DRB will respond with general comments about the project. Under the DRB;’s purview are such issues as size, bulk, and scale, viewshed, architectural character, parking, site planning, landscaping, lighting, stormwater runoff, grading, and compatibility. I expect that this conceptual review will be the first of several follow-on conceptual review meetings where the project may change based on comments by the DRB. Public comment would be most appreciated and is the most valuable at this point in the review process. There will be other opportunities for the public to participate on this project as it moves along in the process at follow-on DRB, planning commission, council, and Coastal Commission meetings.
The 26th Annual Rincon Classic is in the books. A few of the division winners were Killian Garland took the Pro division again, Brian Aresco took Mens, Parker Coffin took Boys, Conner Lundy was the top dog in Gremlins, and Demi Boelsterli took the Womens. This year we have a lot of sites covering the event, so we'll link to all stories and photos below, followed by the results. If you have any other photos or stories feel free to send an email with a link. (Photo: David Powdrell)Juniors 1. Levi Gregory 2. Eliot Hodges 3/4 Tie. Simon Murdoch/Frank Curren 5. Charlie Dentzel 6. Matt Parker
Masters 1. Donald Day 2. Justin Pawl 3. Brad Frohling 4. Tony De Groot 5. Jason Smith 6. Josh Pomer
Mens 1. Brian Aresco 2. Adam Lambert 3. Donald Day 4. Guy Quezada 5. Nathan Winkles 6. Josh Decker
Boys 1. Parker Coffin 2. Pat Curren 3. Decker McAllister 4. Charlie Fawcett 5. Frank Curren 6. Connor Lundy
Gremlins 1. Connor Lundy 2. Henry Hepp 3. Enholm 4. Decker McAllister 5/6 Tie. Cousteau Christopher/Jason Knell
Grand Masters 1. Adam Brown 2. Tony De Groot 3. Steve Mendelson 4. James McClintock 5. Mike Lamm 6. Tom Harden
Legends 1. Andy Neumann 2. Kit Cossart 3. Paul Mann 4. Tom Kunz 5. Tim Hodgson 6. Brian Zabelski
Wahines 1. Lakey Peterson 2. Glennie Rogers 3. Zoey Luna 4. Katie Drager
Women's Shortboard 1. Demi Boelsterli 2. Rachel Harris 3. Miranda Joseph 4. Lisa Luna 5. Audrey Faulk 6. Susan Curtis
Oxbow Longboard Open 1. D.J. Underwood 2. Daniel Graham 3. John Shields 4. J.P. Garcia 5. Cole Robbins 6. Brandon Eifrid
Oxbow Women's Longboard 1. Chelsea Curtis 2. Miranda Joseph 3. Karen Ralph 4. Deb Trauntvein 5. Sally Saenger 6. Glennie Rogers 7. Jennifer Blonder
Bud Lite Pro 1. Killian Garland 2. Brian Aresco 3. Tarik Kashoggi
Rincon Classic is going down this weekend, here are some recent results of local surfers on their NSSA campaigns. (Photo: Conner Coffin courtesy NSSA)
Rincon Surf Blog (which was recently awarded One Of The Top-Ranked Surfing Websites On The Internet) has gotten the low down from Surf Happens and is calling Game On for this weekends Rincon Classic. After a few years of having to move the date around because of poor conditions, and after a meager winter so far, it is startling that things are lining up for the Classic to go off as scheduled. One has to wonder how a contest at Rincon coinciding with the first swell in months will be received. Jon has all the lowdown on his site for heat times, including this .pdf of with the names of the surfers in Saturday's heats. More info at Surf Happens. Too many names to list, so we'll just throw up a few that caught our eye: Curren, Coffin, McAllister, Brown, Lambert, Robbins, Bennet, Smith, Rizzo, Schildhauer, Regan, Boelsterli, Anderson, Gordon, Mussio, Johnson, Garcia, and Rich.
Annual Sundance Beach Amateur Surf Video Contest is taking applications until February 15th. A short video is below to pump you up. You can win all sorts of sick stuff.I am looking for anyone who might have pics of my dad Steve Roberts. He was an amazing surfer who surfed Rincon and the surrounding areas from the late 60's to 84 when he passed away at the age of 31. I know somewhere he's in videos, movies and photos. I have been looking for quite some time so if there is any way you could lead me in a direction that might be fruitful, I would be very grateful. He lived at Santa Clause Lane for a while where my grandparents owned and ran The Frosty. He later lived in Summerland.
been busy adding great stuff to his site. The first is a cool little quicktime video of skating in Noleta in 1975, this is located on the main page (link above). Tom thinks these kids were bombing Camino Del Rio, which if true is an area hard hit by the Painted Cave Fire and many of those homes you see the kids pull into are now gone and replaced with more modernish places. Of particular awesomeness is the dude skating with a cast. Tom also has photos up on his "Roadtrip" page with photos from a SLO County wave raid. Tom continues with his Tour de Surf with "Random Offerings" which pretty much sums up our slow yet beautfiul winter so far. Last but not least Tom is selling a Goleta Surfing 2009 Calendar which can be picked up at places like Surf Country or bought online for $9.99. with next weekends Rincon Classic. A few items of note parsed from the latest press release are here, followed by the full press release. Of note is that this year you'll be able to stream the contest online at ReelComp.com. Deckers has stepped up as a major sponsor, and $50K in prizes will be given away. The cost to enter has dropped from last year, and more speciality divisions are being offered. Press release follows and more info always at rinconclassic.com, surfhappens.com, and myspace.com/rinconclassic.2009 Deckers Rincon Classic brought to you by Surf Happens. The 26th Annual event will be held on Saturday and Sunday January 17 & 18, 2009
Santa Barbara (CA) December 17, 2008 - Santa Barbara County’s oldest and most revered surfing competition returns to the fabled cobblestones of Rincon Point on Saturday and Sunday January 17 & 18, 2009 for the Deckers Rincon Classic presented by Surf Happens. With over $50,000 in sponsor donated prizes, and the bragging rights of competing for the coveted divisional titles on the line, the 26th annual event will showcase the area’s top surfers, bringing together the multi-generational extended family of locals who call her shoreline home, to celebrate the spirit of Aloha through the sport and lifestyle of surfing.
The surfing competition is an all age’s event consisting of
fourteen divisions from the 11 & under Gremlins, to the 55+ Legends division and will run from 7:00am to 5:00pm both days. In addition to the regular divisions, the 09 Rincon Classic features specialty division favorites such as: the Red Bull Airshow, the Budlight Professional “Budlight Pro” Division ($4,500 purse), the Wahoo’s Expression Session, and the Oxbow Long board Divisions. This year the event dropped the first division cost by $10 from 2008 and included the insurance as part of that fee. First division entry is $60, $40 for the second division with bigger discounts for three or more and $150 for the Budlight Pro division. Register online at surfhappens.com. Please note you must be a Santa Barbara county (805) resident only.
Surf the net with the Queen of the coast from the comfort of your home! The 2009 Deckers Rincon Classic announces the launch of our first LIVE webcast! Courtesy of ReelComp.com, the event will be captured live for web surfers to view both event days featuring: live announcing and commentating, live scores, special guests, on beach interviews, online giveaways, instant replays, highlight video clips, and 15-30 second sponsor advertisements.
After the contest, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is hosting the 2009 “Classic Sunday” – Awards Ceremony and Live & Silent Auction Fundraiser. Enjoy delicious food fully catered by Wahoo’s Fish Taco’s, find out the results of this year’s contest winners, view actual highlights of the 2009 weekends event, bid and win big at our silent and live auctions to help raise money for charity’s Heal The Ocean, Hugs For Cubs, The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, and the Surf Happens Foundation. Also featured is a photo slideshow courtesy of dubock.com and Santa Barbara’s home grown reggae talent, Cornerstone.
Submit a Clip…keep the tip! The prize give away continues! From now until January 5/2009, submit your video at ReelComp.com, and you can win $500 CASH, surf swag, and FREE registration to The Deckers 2009 Rincon Classic! Top four winners walk with prizes.
For a full list of sponsors, schedule of events and more info click on the following links: rinconclassic.com, surfhappens.com, myspace.com/rinconclassic
we are trying to help out reader Kevin who had his board stolen in North County a few days ago:This 7'2" fun shape was stolen off the beach at Surf in the morning on 12-27-08. The logo reads Nielson. Please contact Kevin at 757-9457 if you see it. It was my favorite fun shape ever.We've got one more Go Pro video coming up in a few days in some small but fun surf but hopefully we'll get size someday to take the thing out in.
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