Thank you everyone for your patience. Our volunteer force is working as fast and hard as we can at creating the most wonderful experience possible. I have re-done the surf camps page and added answers to some of your questions.
This week we will be posting the “volunteer staff page” so you can meet more of these hard-working participants and surfers.
We also will be posting a brief about each days activity.
There is now a sign up form on Becausewesurf and you can click here or click the link on this blog sidebar to access form also. This is also a sign up for volunteers if you are interested.
Big mahalo to the Surf Garage they have generously allowed us to have a “box” for the Ocean Girl Project at their store for dropping off donated items. Save gas, round-up items from friends and family! Please check help page for things the girls need.
Thanks again for all your time, energy and support in creating positive waves in a girl’s life.
In celebration of International Surfing Day (ISD) on June 20th, the Surfrider Foundation’s Hawaii Chapters and Kona Brewing Company are proud to present the Summer Concert Tour with the Throwdowns. Set to hit Oahu, Maui, Kauai & the Big Island, the tour will raise funds and recruit new members for Surfrider’s chapters. The four concerts will also raise awareness of issues like water quality, beach access, coastal preservation and plastic marine debris.
Headlining each event will be Maui’s 2010 double Na Hoku-nominated stadium pop outfit The Throwdowns. Known for their high octane live performances, catchy songs and a modern radio sound with an island twist, The Throwdowns are not to be missed. Each show on the tour will be an All Ages Event, with the exception of Kauai. Join us as we work together to have fun and protect the waters that bring us so much joy everyday!
Below are the Tour Dates and Venues:
Friday, June 18th: The Mixx, Kona, BIG ISLAND (with special guests)
Saturday, June 19th: The Fresh Cafe, Honolulu, OAHU (with the Deadbeats & Analogic)
Friday, June 25th: The Lava Lounge, Kapa’a, KAUAI (with special guests)
Saturday, June 26th: Mulligan’s on the Blue, Wailea, MAUI (with Moth & Sounds of Addiction)
For The Throwdowns’ bassist Kimo Clark, who serves as Vice Chair of the Maui Chapter, the cause is close to home. “When you grow up on an island,” said Clark “getting involved with a cause like this is kind of a no-brainer.” An avid surfer and musician, Clark saw the opportunity to pair the band with the Surfrider as a means to feed the arts and clean the waters. “We’re stoked to celebrate ISD with The Throwdowns and our Hawaii Chapters,” says Stuart Coleman, Surfrider’s Hawaii Coordinator.
Kona Brewing Company is passionate about giving back to the community and preserving our precious environment. KBC is Hawaii’s largest brewery, with two pubs on Hawaii’s Big Island and Oahu. Both pubs are Certified Green Restaurants® by the Green Restaurant Association, and the brewery makes Hawaii’s first – and only – certified organic beer, Oceanic Organic Saison. Along with Kona Brewing Co., Innov8 Magazine is supporting this unique concert tour. Tickets are for sale at each venue for $10 in advance and $15 at the door.
Becausewesurf supports Surfrider!
The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu, California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 90 chapters worldwide. For more information on the Surfrider Foundation, go to http://www.surfrider.org and http://www.surfrider.org/oahu.
KUNIA — More than 3,500 acres of lowland
forest in the Wai’anae Range that are a prime
source of O’ahu’s drinking water and home to d
ozens of endangered species are now protected
thanks to a purchase involving a federal, state
and private partnership.
“The most important reason why it’s worth
preserving is because it feeds O’ahu’s largest
drinking water aquifer ,” said Lea Hong,
Hawaiian Islands program director for the Trust
For Public Land. “The water we drink and use to
water our plants and grow our crops comes from
the Pearl Harbor aquifer, which is fed by this
watershed at the Hono- uliuli Forest Reserve.”
The reserve is also home to 35 threatened and
endangered species, including 16 found nowhere
else in the world, Hong said. The O’ahu ‘elepaio,
a bird that is a symbol of Hawaiian canoe
making, lives there, along with the endangered
“singing” kahuli tree snail, she said.
The goal of the Trust For Public Land is to
conserve land for people to enjoy as parks,
gardens and other natural places.
Healing and Protecting a Forest
The Honouliuli Forest Reserve was purchased by
the Trust For Public Land from the James
Campbell Co. LLC and added to the state
Department of Land and Natural Resources’
forest reserve for watershed and habitat
protection.
The reserve served as a backdrop to a gathering
in the Kunia foothills of the mountain range
yesterday as about 200 people celebrated the
completion of the five-year effort.
Dignitaries, staff of state and federal agencies,
private organizations and volunteers attended,
including U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, state Sen.
Colleen Hanabusa, state Rep. Marcus Oshiro and
Tad Davis, the Army deputy assistant secretary
for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health. read more
