If you plan on doing more than just surf on international surfing day read on…
Come celebrate International Surfing Day this Saturday with the Quiksilver Foundation and the Bolsa Chica Wetlands Conservatory at Bolsa Chica State Beach. The event is free and open to the public.
Schedule:
7:00am – Beach Clean-Up Begins (south parking lot at Bolsa Chica State Beach)
9:00am – Open Surf Session
11:00am – Lunch with Taco Bell and Sambazon
The morning is set to kick-off at the south end of the park with a beach clean-up and an open surf session to follow. Surftech will be demoing their quiver of the latest surfboards and SUP boards. Entrance into the park is free for volunteers who show up between 7:00am and 9:00am.
Taco Bell will roll up in their new taco truck to hand out free lunch for the first 300 volunteers. Sambazon will also give away free smoothies. And as an extra special thank-you, Quiksilver will give away special event tee-shirts. Check-in at the Quiksilver tent to get a wristband for lunch, smoothies and tee-shirt.
Bud Frietas threw down a 9.3 and an 8.2 in the final to lock up the win in the Pro division. Gabe Godfrey squeaked out the win over Austin Smith-Ford in the Junior Men’s final, and Nic Hernandez pulled out a late 8.0 in his Boys final to down Willy Eagleton. Camila Gerard jumped out to an early lead on the women’s side and never looked back, and John John Mel was impressive in his Mini Grom final that, in addition to the win, he inked a deal with Oakley.
RESULTS:
Mini Grom
1-John John Mel
2-Sam Coffey
3-Olin Borgeson
4-Taj Carpenter
If you’ve got an old board lying around this might be fun to try out.
This style of surfboard art involves using dishwashing soap to create unique designs on the board that almost make the paint look like it was perfectly splattered on the board. You only need a few things to paint your board this way: spray paint, masking tape, dishwashing soap, and a hose.
The first thing you do is tape off the areas you don’t want painted such as a traction pad, the rails, or logos. Then splatter on some soap in any pattern you want. Spray paint the board where you want the design to be. At this point you can do multiple colors, or add more soap after the first color. After that you spray off the soap with the hose and remove the tape and you’ll have a sweet looking board.
