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Women On Board Surf Festival 2002 |
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| Sept 28, 2002 - Ocean Beach, San Francisco |
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Great weather, beautiful waves and good vibes surrounded the festival, which started on Ocean Beach with a yoga class held by Ammy Naff. The buzz started to generate as the heats for the "Just for Fun" surf contest were drawn up.
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Over 200 women, men, and children came out to Ocean Beach on September 28 to participate in Women On Board Surf Festival 2002.
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Women donned colorful rashguards over their wetsuits and men put on dresses and bikini tops for the "men in drag" heat. All ranges, abilities and ages were represented in the water. The most experienced surfer had been surfing for 40 years and the youngest contestant was eight years old! |
After the contest, Beth Price taught an on-land Surf Clinic.The party then moved up Noriega Street to SF Surf Shop. The crowd enjoyed a delicious barbeque prepared by Slide4less while the Mermen and DJ Matt Dong kept the vibe going with driving surf rock and cool record spins.
The surf contest and raffle winners were then announced. Congratulations to Josh, the winner of the grand prize custom board from SF Surfshop.
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Special
Thanks To Our Sponsors |
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Women On Board would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everybody
who celebrated with us on Saturday. Very special thanks goes out
to all of our sponsors for making this event possible: SF Surf Shop,
Slide4less, Unified Design Labs, Ammy Naff, Beth Price, Big Yank,
Wise Surfboards, girlsAdventureOUT, Billabong, Patagonia, Genisoy,
Luna Bar, Sunset Sauna & Massage, Tacusalme Chiropractic, Sticky
Bumps and Element Skateboards.
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Special
Thanks To The W.O.B Volunteers |
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We would also like to thank all the volunteers who responded to
the original Craig's List ad and who helped with the planning and
the organizing for the days events. It never could have happened
without you!
Special Thanks
To
Contributing Editor:
Karen Theresa L. Abalos
Photos by:
Corbin
Pagter
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Special
Thanks To All For Surfing With Us |
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would like to thank all the women and men in drag that participated
in San Francisco's first women's surf competition! |
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Contest
Winners |
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Queen of the Short Boards: Beth Price
Queen of the Long Boards: Ammy Naff
Blue Crush, Surfer with the Most Potential: 8 Year Old Kelly Dwyer
Best Wipe Out Award: Fish
Best Belly Ride: Joan Embry
Longest Wave: Bonny Kish
Style Award: Robin Short
Asia SF Award: Eric Nelson
(Though we think another contestant in drag accepted the award by
mistake.)
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Thanks
to Women On Board From.... |
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STOKED!
That's what my daughter Kelly is after her being awarded the
Blue Crush Award at the contest last Sat. The attention she
received from the older female surfers has really put some
fire into her stoke.
I'm so
glad I clicked on your link on the Surfpulse website! Whoever
made the Blue Crush Award (the yellow star/nightlight) did
such a cool thing by making it. What a great idea! Kelly took
it to school on Mon. for show-and-tell, and jaws dropped at
the sight of the award and her explanation of her experience.
Keep
us informed of future events.
Thanks
Again,
Steve Dwyer
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Aloha,
Annadel & the whole Crew!
Just
a quick note to thank you for the tremendous job with the
2002 Surf Festival. The caring, hugs, hoots, encouragement
and comraderie was beyond belief & I really didn't realize
how important that is in our sport til I experienced it! Northern
Cali surfers are supposed to be hard-core and tough as nails....well
really its a lot more fun to be a little soft and cuddly!
I got stuck in the rip with another girl and we helped each
other out.
The
yoga on the beach with Amy was sooo good, lying in the sand
looking up at the clouds overhead. And Beth (with stitches
in her head) gave us good fitness and training guidelines.
It was great that they won, as they are both super role models
and reminded us that we make ourselves strong.
My little
star lamp is in my front window overlooking the lights of
San Francisco across the Bay and I tell you I will never look
at the City view again without a warm smile for all the aloha.
Thanks
a million! OXO,
NJ Travis (fang)
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| Contributing
Editor: Karen Theresa L. Abalos Photos by:
Corbin Pagter
Website: Celeste
Wyman |
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