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La Jolla Shores Surfing Association Saturday, April 26 - 2014 Menehune Surf Contest

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2013 contestant Quinn Chalfant featured on Event Poster and Program photo by Victor Santos

Thank You Sponsors!

thanks to our many sponsors who have donated items for our goodie bags, surfboards, or prizes to the event. Please click here to see ALL our great sponsors! We have LOTS of great stuff in our:

GOODIE BAGS !

Stance socks

Water bottles donated by

She Manages

Headhunter lip balm

Surfing Magazines

Hike,Bike,Kayak drawsting bag

cool sunglasses and LJSSA

event t-shirts & trucker hats!

SURFBOARDS !

our local surfboard shapers and surfshops have donated surfboards for the raffle, silent auction and a few lucky division winners:

SeaBrothers Surfboards

Ciccimaro Surfboards

Kevin Connelly Surfboards

Hanger 94

INT Soft Boards

Mitzven Surfboards

Josh Oldenburg Surfboards

Southcoast

RAFFLE!

Avenida de la Playa restaurants,

cool surf apparel, kayak rentals, artwork, gift certifciates, hats, t-shirts, accessories, and more...

End of Day - surfboards!

SILENT AUCTION !

bidding will close @ 3:00 PM

this year, we are able to process credit cards on the beach...yeah!

Scorpion Bay Club vacation

La Jolla Shores Hotel vacation

Flow Camp at Belmot Park

America's Funniest Home Video special taping/visit

Todd Glaser Photography

Youth Surf Art on Exhibit at La Jolla Riford Library through mid May

Congratulations to our Grand Prize Winner Maddie Troyan of Parkway Middle School for her original artwork which will adorn our event t-shirts. (pictured). The top 40 entries are being exhibited at the La Jolla Riford Library and Youth Annex through May 16 at 7555 Draper Avenue, La Jolla, 92037.Many thanks to all our participating schools, art teachers, and art students whose creativity inspired all of us!

2nd place winner, Kyle Strothers of Steele Canyon High

Last Call for Sign Ups!

Our 14th Annual Menehune Contest at La Jolla Shores is this weekend - Saturday, April 26.

IF you haven't done so already, you may still register online using PayPal from our website. Deadline is midnight on Monday, April 21. We still have space in a few divisions and others are already full. Late entries will need to be cleared with Contest Director and will be charged a $10 late fee.

We've got a great day of fun for the entire family. Kids will be competing in longboard, shortboard, and novice divisions, ages 18 & under. We have special heats planned for surfing parents - "DOG" (Dads of Groms) and "MOB" (Mothers on Board).

Jr. Girls - 2013 contestants
photo by Don Sheffler

FREE Shore Thing Cafe Coffee will greet you as the first heats gets underway at 7a.m., and our fabulous BBQ lunch, raffle, and silent auction featuring lots of great prizes will keep you stoked all day. We've got surfboards,
skateboards, apparel, gift certificates, vacation getaways, and more! Our goodie bags are brimming with surprises, and if your child makes the finals, he/she will take home a wonderful hand hewn wooden trophy. For more information or questions, contact our Contest Director, Stephanie Hoffman.

Volunteers Welcome!

We depend on volunteers to help us host a successful contest - we've still got work to be done, so consider volunteering. We use volunteers for everything - setup, judging, water patrol, tallying, registration, BBQ, raffle booth, and cleanup. Please contact Stephanie Hoffman, Contest Director, if you can donate a few hours of your time: stephanie@ljssa.org. We'll be hosting a pre-event gathering for all our volunteers this WED. April 23 @ 6pm, at Bird's Surf Shed. Pizza and drinks provided. Come join us! Please RSVP to Lorraine if you plan on attending: 858.692.5235

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Donations Welcome! Sponsor a Surfer

photo by Victor Santos

We depend on our generous sponsors to help us host this contest and raise funds for charity. Thanks to all who have contributed to the cause. It's not too late to give - we welcome gifts of ANY KIND to feature in our raffle - we give away prizes every hour starting around 11 am and announce our sponsors over the loudspeaker. We encourage those of you who can to donate $60 or more to help us cover entry fees for families that have fallen on tough times. (sponsor a surfer option available on PayPal) No one is turned away for their inability to pay - so let us know if you can help a family with their entry fees. Please contact Lorraine Schmalenberger (tel: 858.692.5235) immediately, if you can help with a donation of any kind. Thank you!

Gathering of the Crew for a Good Cause...donations to charities

We're proud of our good record of giving - all the proceeds from this contest will benefit charities which our surf club members support. This year's beneficiaries include:

Friends of La Jolla Shores for installation of an educational surfer's wall on the north comfort station in Kellogg Park.

Natural High is a (San Diego based) drug abuse prevention organization that helps youth discover, amplify and pursue their natural high so that they have a reason to say no to an artificial high.

San Diego Junior Lifeguard Foundation in support of scholarships for summer camps for families who can't afford to pay.

Scripps Institute of Oceanography to support the important research of the iconic 'Keeling curve', a 55-year record of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

Torrey Pines Christian Church Surf Ministry, in support of their wounded warrior program with the Naval Hospital Surf Clinic.

Randy Abbott, Veteran and paraplegic surfer

Randy Abbott to be featured speaker at Awards Ceremony

We're proud to bring motivational speakers to our kids at the surf contest and this year, we're excited to welcome Randy Abbott. Randy is a Wounded Warrior, a positive role model and makes everyone around him a better person. Randy has surfed some of the biggest waves in Mexico and California and climbed the Face of El Capitan Half Dome prior to his injury that left him a paraplegic. He is now being sponsored by Billabong to climb Half Dome again, a task tough enough without being paralyzed from the waist down. Click here to read an article about Randy from INERTIA.

We've got a great day lined up and I hope to 'sea' you on Saturday, April 26th!

Sincerely,

Lorraine Schmalenberger, President, La Jolla Shores Surfing Association: lorraine@ljssa.org