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World’s best surfers soon to take over Lower Trestles

Frank Carvajal — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:37:41 +0000

In a little over a week, the world’s best surfers will be taking over one of the West Coast’s best surf breaks. The 6th stop of the ASP World Championship Tour will be happening at Lower Trestles at San Onofre State Beach with the official waiting period getting underway on Sunday, September 12th.

The 2010 Hurley Pro will be the first event on the Dream Tour this year with 32 surfers and two event wildcards due to the new mid-year cutoff and ASP one-world ranking system. Two Orange County surfers who made the cut from 45 surfers to 32 are San Clemente’s Pat Gudauskas and Brett Simpson from Huntington Beach. Look for both of these regular-footers to do some serious damage on the long peeling rights at Lowers.

The 2010 Hurley Pro is the only ASP WCT event on the mainland United States. If you can’t make it down to Lower Trestles to watch some amazing surfing up close and personal, then tune into the live webcast at hurley.com/hurleypro.

When: Sunday, September 12th through Saturday, September 18th

Where: Lower Trestles, San Onofre State Beach

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Grom film contest for Surf Festival

OC Beach Blog — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:33:21 +0000

Are you a young surfer who has a way with the camera? The California Surf Festival is holding a contest and is seeking submissions for the Grom Film Contest: Big Shorts From Little Groms.It’s free to enter, and basically has to be a surf or skate film that is five minutes or under. Filmmakers have to be 19 years old or younger, and the deadline is Sept. 30.

Here’s more:

Accepted films will be screened at the Sunshine Brooks Theater, 217 Coast Hwy., in downtown Oceanside.

The winning film will be in the bonus footage in next year’s TransWorld SURF movie, shown on transworldsurf.com, placed in the new TransWorld SURF “How To” mobile app, and featured in a write-up in TransWorld SURF magazine and Web site. The filmmaker of the winning film will be a guest on Coté’s Cube and receive a prize pack with tons of great surf goodies!

Tickets: Filmmakers will receive a Filmmakers Pass — an all screenings pass to all films shown during the California Surf Festival — and 2 complimentary tickets for your family or friends to the Grom Film Contest screenings.

For questions and more information contact keikobeatie@gmail.com or call Keiko at 949-388-1966 or California Surf Museum at 760 721-6876.

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61st Annual Greek Festival

Frank Carvajal — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:46:36 +0000

Come be “Greek For A Day!” and party with the Greeks! Labor Day Weekend September 4, 5, and 6 Join the Greek Orthodox Church for their annual Greek Festival and Cultural Event! You can go to their website lbgreekfest.org for more information or call (562) 494 8929. There will be food, deserts, music, dancing, a carnival, and free parking and a shuttle. The Free Parking Shuttle will run from 11 am to 10 pm. Monday 9/6/10 is free admission from 12 noon to 5pm. ALL DAYS FREE FOR: ALL Policemen, Firemen, and Military with Proper ID.

Go to lbgreekfest.org for some Free Admission coupons!

Address:

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Greek Orthodox Church

5761 E. Colorado St. Long Beach, CA

San O shark video freaking surfers out

OC Beach Blog — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:46:08 +0000

Sorry I’m a bit late on this one, I had the week off after the U.S. Open of Surfing madness and wanted to post this video for those of you who may have missed this insane underwater footage of an 8-foot shark chillin’ down at San O.The video was shot by Chuck Patterson while he was on his Stand Up Paddleboard. He first saw a 9-footer, and then this cute little 8-foot shark curiously came up to check him out while he was standing on his 12-foot SUP.

There’s been talk for years about the two resident great whites down there – named Fluffy and Bumper – who have been spooking surfers for years.

OC Register’s Pat Brennan chatted with Patterson about the experience.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Anyone wanna go for a San O session?

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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Frank Carvajal — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:58:35 +0000

Sat., August 14, 8:00pm – While a helluva lot of music from the 1990s really sucked (Spice Girls, Ace of Base, all those boy bands), one brief moment toward the end of the decade caused mainstream robots to wrap their heads around the Swing Revival movement. With the indie film Swingers re-defining cool and raking it in at t… Sourced from: OC Weekly | Music Events

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Reader photo contest of U.S. Open of Surfing

OC Beach Blog — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:32:21 +0000

So much to see, so little time.We couldn’t be everywhere, so we solicited readers’ help on OrangeCounty.com to send us their photos of the U.S. Open of Surfing held in Huntington Beach last week. There were about 900 photos capturing the action – everywhere from surf shots (of course), to the sights on the sand. CHECK OUT OUR TOP 25 PICKS HERE OR LINK BELOW.

It was a tough selection, with insane photos coming in every day. But our panel of judges had to pick one.

Photographer Steve Shambeck had the top shot and will take home a sweet new Timmy Patterson surfboard! Big thanks to Timmy Patterson and Vans for helping us host the contest. The other two photos displayed on the page were also among our favorites.

Our contest is over, but feel free to share some of your shots you caught of the contest at our OC Surf community at ocsurf.orangecounty.com

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77th Annual Long Beach Sand Sculpture Contest

Frank Carvajal — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:55:58 +0000

Live music, Alfredo’s famous BBQ, arts and crafts vendors, a kids zone and incredible sand sculptures all help to showcase one of the oldest sand castle contest in the USA. Making this a do not miss event. We have added a corp. challenge this year pitting area restaurants, city dept’s. and realtors against each other for the coveted trophy and bragging rights. Free for Spectators. For more information, including team registration and entry fees, call (562) 434-1542 or visit Alfredo’s Beach Club website.

When & Where: Sat & Sun, Aug 14 & 15, 9 am – 2 pm – Belmont Shore, 5101 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach

A baby seal in Seal Beach

Frank Carvajal — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:32:22 +0000

Also if it makes anyone feel any better right after this the seal went back in the water and swam back to the GIANT FAMILY of seals that was living about 100 yards away… I don’t think it was exactly lost or abandoned.

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Huntington Harbor, CA $1550month Vacation Rental

Frank Carvajal — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:15:19 +0000

Sunset Beach-Walk to ocean & pool/hot-tub. Quiet, sunny, FURNISHED one-bedroom condo with private balcony, one Queen-size bed (sleeps two), on PCH near Warner in Huntington Beach, just below Seal Beach. Swimming pool, hot tub, parking, laundry, small ocean view. Tenant may establish own Internet or cable accounts. Quiet tenants only with landlord/work references or credit check. Please allow three business days to process applications. This is not a rental suitable for people who want parties and loud radios/TVs. Sorry, no dogs.PCH (@Coral Cay) .

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Save 60% on Dodgers tickets

OC Deals — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:50:04 +0000

Sometimes Travelzoo really comes out with great deals, and this one qualifies, depending on whether or not you’re a Dodger fan! If you are, maybe you want to go up and check these games out.

From Travelzoo:

LOS ANGELES–AUGUST 9, 2010– Today the Los Angeles Dodgers dropped ticket prices by 60% to two of next week’s games, including one against opponents in the wild-card race, the Colorado Rockies.

The Dodgers will play the Rockies on Wednesday, Aug. 18, and the first-place Cincinnati Reds on Saturday, Aug. 21.

These discounted tickets are available:
- Loge Box … $12 (reg. $30)
- Infield Reserve … $12 (reg. $30)
- Preferred Loge Box … $20 (reg. $50)
- Field Box … $20 (reg. $50)

This is the last time this season the Reds will be in Los Angeles to play the Dodgers.

To buy discounted Dodgers tickets with Travelzoo, click here

Use the pull-down menu to select a game and enter code “TZOO10″ in the promo code box.

Additional taxes or fees may apply.

For more information, visit dodgers.com.
http://www.travelzoo.com/newsflash/70338934-866661/

But Deals Diva, you are protesting. This is Angels country, not Dodgers!

Well, then I just checked and this deal is still good!

Get half price tickets to upcoming Angels games.

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