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Claim Your Change

2009-07-15T01:22:00-07:00

Claim Your Change

FCD friend, Kyle, wants you to become more conscious of where your money is going. Not the money that you're spending but the money that you're saving in the bank.

A surf trip down to Chile, and a little investigating, helped Kyle to learn that the 6 month CD from his local mega-bank was funding the development of a coal fired power plant. Check out the video and learn what you can do to help.

Jon and Gerry

2009-07-13T02:45:00-07:00

Jon and Gerry

Jon Peck and Gerry Lopez catching up at Sacred Craft, Ventura CA, May 2009.

2009 NSSA Nationals - Open Women's Champ

2009-07-10T04:45:00-07:00

2009 NSSA Nationals - Open Women's Champ

From the FCD inbox - a Nationals report from Lakey Peterson:

Hey guys! I just finished NSSA Nationals at Salt Creek and Lower Trestles. The waves at Salt Creek for the first part of the contest were really bad but the thing that kept me going was that if I made it through a couple of rounds there I knew I could surf Lower Trestles with only four people out!

I made it to the Girls Final from advancing at Salt Creek and I also made the Open Women's Final! The final day the waves were great and the sun was shining. The waves were really fun, however, it was VERY inconsistent. So when the waves came, everyone was fighting for them. I ended up getting second in the Girls Final, and I WON the Open Women's Final!

Somehow on my first wave in the Women's Final there was a perfect air section...so i had to go for it. I landed the air and became the first girl ever to do an air in a competition! This gave me a big score of 9 right away and got the momentum up for the rest of my heat. It did come down to the wire, however, because when you're surfing against girls like Malia Manuel and Courtney Conalgue, it's tough. In the last minute I held Malia off of a wave and ended up going backside with another big score which clenched the victory.

This has been one of the biggest accomplishments of my surfing career and I am so exited to go back next year and show my best!

First Air in Women's Competition - 2009 NSSA Nationals

2009-07-07T01:30:00-07:00

First Air in Women's Competition - 2009 NSSA Nationals

Towards the end of her first wave of the 2009 NSSA Final, Lakey Peterson launched (and landed!) this frontside air. Aside from helping her to earn a 9.0 on the wave, Lakey went down as the first girl to ever to pull an air in a Nationals competition.

Lakey took down defending girls champion Courtney Conlogue on her way to a first place finish.

Mercedes Maidana - El Buey, Chile

2009-07-03T05:06:00-07:00

Mercedes Maidana - El Buey, Chile

Here is some footage of Mercedes Mainana, the first woman to surf El Buey in Chile. It was also her first time towing into waves. A charger, for sure.

Dear & Yonder Film Dates

2009-07-02T11:31:34-07:00

Dear & Yonder Premiere

Dear and Yonder, a surf film profiling a diverse cast of water-women, kicks off a series of west coast dates tonight in Encinitas at the La Paloma Theater. The tour swings through Ventura on July 18th where Captain Liz Clark will be on hand to give a slide show, prior to the start of the film.

Machining Cheat Sheet

2009-06-30T05:12:00-07:00

Machining Cheat Sheet

High school would have been WAY easier if we could have done this there, too.

The Film Tour Finale of The Present

2009-06-26T05:50:00-07:00

The Film Tour Finale of The Present

After showing his film at surf communities up and down the west and east coasts, Thomas Campbell brought things back to where they started with a final showing of The Present at the Patagonia Cardiff store.

This film is now available on DVD so if you haven't had the chance to see it yet, pick up a copy and enjoy.

Hows it Look?

2009-06-22T04:10:00-07:00

Hows it Look?

Keith, Bindy, YC and Dan. Nothing like looking over groups of Kangaroos to check the surf. Australia is pretty cool.

Gerry @ Sacred Craft

2009-06-18T02:37:00-07:00

Gerry @ Sacred Craft

Gerry at Sacred Craft, he gave a shaping demo in thr Primo Beer booth. When he was doing this the tradeshow seemed empty. I think it was because everyone was crowded around the glass box watching and listening!