Pedro Point Surf Club

Thursday, Mar 29 – PPSC Monthly Business Meeting and Pizza Feed – Pacifica Community Center – 7PM – All are welcome
Friday, February 9th – Big Wave Surf Movie “Ocean Driven” The true life story of Big Wave Surfer Chris Bertish, Hosted by PPSC and the Pacifica Beach Coalition – Special Guest Big Waves Surf Stars

http://pacificabeachcoalition.org/tickets-annual-surf-movie-2018
February, 17th and 18th 2018 – The Big Bad and Ugly Surf Contest – Morro Rock – Morro Bay – If you are interested in surfing this fun event, call Greg Cochran at 415 608-7599
March 1st – 15th – Hawaii Surfari 

April 14th and 15th – Doheny’s Gathering of the Tribes – Church’s
Saturday, April 21st – Earth Day Festival – Linda Mar Beach
April 28th and 29th, 2018 – Big Stick Surfing Association’s “LogJam” – Pleasure Pt. – Santa Cruz

May 3rd – May 22nd – Waikiki Surfari
May 26th and 27th, …

We are featuring “Ocean Driven” the story of Chris Bertish, a veteran Mavericks big wave competitor. Show times 6 PM and 8:30 PM. Tickets available at Sonlight Surfshop and Traveler – Tickets on line at www.pacificabeachcoalition.org – $15.00 advance & $20.00 at the door. This is a fund raiser for this year’s Pacifica Beach Coalition Earth Day of Action Celebration.

Ken Mueller (tall guy) was kind enough to craft some great trophies in his wood shop again this year for the Chill Out so if you see Ken at the awards dinner be sure to give him a ‘Hi Five’. We all helped sand and varnish, but that’s a fraction of the real work involved.

At the Oceanside Longboard Club Contest held just south of the Oceanside pier, August 12 and 13, Team PPSC took
5th Place out of 18 longboard club teams. Considering the stiff competition from mostly SoCal clubs, that is an accomplishment. Be sure to congratulate team members when you see them out in the water.

PPSC Paddle Team

Say what you will about groms (always under foot, clogging up the beach and surf, etc.), but they are our future and we love to see them in the club. Whether it’s at the Family picnic, the menehune event at the Big Chill Out or at our monthly meeting, they’re a welcome addition and a constant reminder that surfing is something special that should be shared. The April Club meeting featured two presentations by some of our younger members and their love of the ocean was crystal clear.

Sascha, a P-town based second grader, received a special accommodation from the Club for her essay on Oceans. Sascha waxed poetic on the special characteristics of the ocean and why Big Blue means so much to her. On behalf of the club, Izzy Szczepaniak presented Sascha with a certificate and one week tuition for …

Saturday, May 12, 2012, Cowell’s Beach, Santa Cruz

Under partly cloudy skies, 35 children and young adults with special needs gathered at Cowell’s Beach for a day with the Ride-A-Wave founder Danny Cortazzo and his spirited staff of volunteers to participate in surfing, kayaking, boogie boarding and have a fun day on the beach.

This year my son Brennan had the opportunity to be a participant.  We met the “check-in staff” at the Cowell’s Beach parking lot at 8:30AM, took care of paperwork and were assigned his “beach buddy” Lisa Ryner (PPSC member).  A “beach buddy” is a volunteer who stays with the participant the whole time making sure his or her special needs are met, that they have an opportunity to participate in all the water activities if they want to, give them some encouragement if they need it, and just have …

This place was a trip.  Bird (in the background) has a few boards, huh?

Bird loaned vintage boards to the Windansea guys who took 1st at the Log Jam this year.  He said I could borrow one for next year.  Nice guy!

Kurt, Rebecca and I were in awe of this collection.
It’s near the SD airport.
Later, Mangler

Gary Leong (one of our earliest club members) went down to Santa Barbara to compete in a Stand Up Paddle contest. On his way back Gary stayed a couple of days with us and we had a blast. He not only helped me fix a sink faucet but also got me back in the water!!

Gary is the “Thomas Edison” of the PPSC and always comes up with the most creative ideas. He along with Chris Sangiovani have the most inventive and out of the box minds in the surf world. Check out what Gary is up to on his Stand Up Paddle board http://www.youtube.com/pureshare You will get a big kick out of the video and it’s a must for our website viewers to click on.

Next up was Gary’s super secret Surf Vehicle that he is …