Randy French and Simon Anderson

Sacred Craft was a great suc­cess for Surftech last week­end in the San Diego Con­ven­tion Cen­ter! Simon Ander­son was the convention’s guest of honor, and rightly so! The inven­tor of the thruster setup has made a HUGE impact on the devel­op­ment of surf­ing over the years, and Surftech is pleased to wel­come Simon into the fam­ily as he works with us to develop a full quiver, uti­liz­ing  Tuflite and ULTRAFLX technology.

In Tuflite, Surftech and Simon plan on unveil­ing a 6’0″, 6’2″, 6’4″, 6’6″ and 6’10″ models.

In ULTRAFLX, look for mod­els sized 5’10″, 5’11″, 6’0″, 6’1″, 6’2″, and 6’3″.

The Surftech booth was well stocked with up and com­ing boards from shapers like Simon Ander­son, Xanadu, Stretch, Strive, Rusty, and Surftech’s head shaper and founder Randy French. World class shapers are choos­ing Surftech because of supe­rior tech­nol­ogy and proven performance.

It’s ON this weekend!

We’ll be down at Sacred Craft Surf Expo in San Diego and expect quite an excit­ing weekend.

Stop by and learn about new mod­els from Simon Ander­son, Rusty, Xanadu, Randy French, Stretch, and Strive… the list goes on and on. 2011 looks to be a promis­ing year for surf, we’ll see you on the water.

The Core’s Schralpfest is ON for this Sat­ur­day at Plea­sure Point in Santa Cruz, Ca.

The surf fore­cast looks favor­able so get down to the Point Sat­ur­day morn­ing and reg­is­ter for one fo Santa Cruz’s funnest surf con­tests! You’ll have First Peak to your­self (and five other guys)!!!

Here’s the fore­cast for Saturday:

Sat­ur­day the 5^th a new pulse of NW swell could bring some more over­head+ surf to the region, with top spots see­ing a cou­ple feet over­head.  Peri­ods are expected to be around 11 sec­onds.  Not much change as far as south breaks go…

JUNE 26^th NEW BRIGHTON STATE BEACH, CAPITOLA CALIFORNIA

The 2010 Surftech Jay Mori­ar­ity Memo­r­ial Pad­dle­board Race is an annual ocean pad­dle­board race in the beau­ti­ful waters of the Mon­terey Bay. This event is in mem­ory of Santa Cruz Water­man Jay Mori­ar­ity. Pad­dle the 12 mile or 2 mile course. Free races for kids 12 and under.

Why should you do the Jay race?
This is the 9^th annual race. It keeps get­ting bet­ter every year! We gather to remem­ber Jay! Pro­ceeds will go to Santa Cruz County Junior Life­guard Pro­grams to pur­chase pad­dle­boards and to pro­vide schol­ar­ships in Jay’s name. Par­tic­i­pants get a goodie bag, tee-shirt, fresh Peet’s cof­fee, and snacks. And…you get a Hawai­ian plate lunch from Aloha Island Grill. Of course there is the chal­leng­ing course, family-friendly atmos­phere, and great hand made tro­phies and raffle.

Divi­sions for the 12 mile Race.

Men: 12 mile Stock and Unlim­ited boards: 29 and under, 30–39,  40–49, and 50+.

Men and Women: 12 mile SUP: stock (12’6 and under) and unlimited.

Women: Stock pad­dle­boards. If pad­dling an Unlim­ited you will grouped in the Men’s division.

Four­teen foot class

*New for 2010 Life­guard Divi­sion! All life­guards and Jr. Life­guards who pad­dle the 12-mile course will accu­mu­late points for your Life­guard orga­ni­za­tion. A per­pet­ual tro­phy will be awarded to the orga­ni­za­tion who accu­mu­lates the most points!

Pre-Registration Gath­er­ing
Fri­day, June 25^th from 4 pm to 7 pm at the Santa Cruz Har­bor Beach near the Crow’s Nest Restau­rant. You can still reg­is­ter for the race for a dis­counted price. Look over the course map. This is a great time to meet other pad­dlers, dis­cuss race tac­tics, and pon­der the Mon­terey Bay currents.

Park­ing and Restrooms
Plenty of park­ing in the New Brighton Beach lot above the venue. Be pre­pared to pay the entrance fee at the kiosk. This is not included in the race entry fee. There is lim­ited park­ing in the sur­round­ing neigh­bor­hood and chal­leng­ing access to the park.… if you know where to look! Restrooms are located sev­eral hun­dred yards from the venue on a vehi­cle access path on the beach. Plan ahead!!

Race Day Reg­is­tra­tion
5:30 am reg­is­tra­tion opens for both the 12 and 2 mile races.

Race Day Entry Fees on 6÷26÷10
12 mile is $50.00, 2 mile is $25.00, The No Frills 2 mile (no lunch or tee) is $5.00 and the Fam­ily Relay and Kids Races are free (we pro­vide the soft paddleboards).

Jay Cer­e­mony
At 8:00 am we will have a cer­e­mony to honor the great Santa Cruz Water­man Jay Mori­ar­ity. This year the Jay cer­e­mony will be hosted by Mav­er­icks charger and Jay’s good friend, Grant Wash­burn.

12 mile Course
(Pad­dle­boards) Water start at 8:30 sharp.

12 mile Course
(Stand-ups) Water Start at 8:40 sharp.

2 mile Course
Water start for all pad­dle­board­ers and stand-ups at 8:50. The course par­al­lels the beach toward the Cement Ship. It is an out-and-back course. There will be plenty of Cal­i­for­nia State Life­guards patrolling the course. The winds are usu­ally calm and the swell small. This is a great course for begin­ners. Sorry… we can no longer pro­vide loaner boards. Start look­ing for one now!!

2 mile Cat­e­gories
Pad­dle any type of board! We will make up divi­sions based on participants.

Lunch
A Hawai­ian Plate lunch will be pro­vided by the Aloha Island Grill.

Kids Races
Kids races will begin around 11:00 am. We will pro­vide kids age 12 and under with Nip­per or Soft pad­dle­boards to use. Courses are age appro­pri­ate. They are out and back around a marker off the beach. There will be plenty of Life­guards on hand to keep the kids safe.

Fun Fam­ily Relay

New for 2010 a Three per­son relay around a tri­an­gle course of roughly 800 meters. Teams will use one board to pad­dle the course. All teams will con­sist of three pad­dlers and must have at least one male and one female pad­dler on the team.

After Race Gath­er­ing
We will meet at the Crow’s Nest, at the the Santa Cruz Har­bor, for a after race gath­er­ing at 5pm.

New age restric­tions for the 12 mile pad­dle.
If you are 15 years old or under, you must be pad­dle the entire dis­tance with another respon­si­ble adult (buddy pad­dle). How­ever if you are 15 and under and have com­pleted this race in the past, the race com­mit­tee will decide if you can pad­dle solo.

Addi­tional Infor­ma­tion
Fri­day, June 25^th: 4 to 7 pm is pre-race check-in at the Crow’s Nest / Har­bor Beach. Look over the course map. You can also reg­is­ter for the race if you haven’t yet done so online. Sat­ur­day, June 26^th: Race Day! 5:30 am Check-in starts for both the 12 mile and 2 mile pad­dle. 8:00 am Jay Cer­e­mony. 8:30 am 12 mile Pad­dle­board start. 8:40 am 12 mile Stand-up start. 8:50 am 2 mile start. 9:20 am first 2 mile fin­ish­ers. 10:20 am first 12 mile fin­ish­ers. 11:15 am Lunch, awards, kids races and Fun Fam­ily Relay. 12:00 pm Raf­fle. 5pm Post-Race Party at the Crow’s Nest.

Join us at Surf N Sea’s “SUP INTO SUMMER” event June 5^th @ 10 AM.
Give aways, live music, raf­fle, free Surftech Demos and a 4 mile SUP Race
high­light the day’s events.
For more infor­ma­tion, visit www.surfnsea.com

Join Kaenon and us at the 2^nd Annual “SUP for a PUP” event. Last year’s event was a huge suc­cess — many dogs in need found homes. Let’s help them out again! While you’re there, check out the huge sam­ple sale, raf­fles, food, music and much more.

Admis­sion is free.

Come out to Kaenon Polar­ized Head­quar­ters @ 864 West 16^th Street in Newport.

Jan­u­ary 8, 2010 (Santa Cruz, CA) – Surftech, the world’s largest man­u­fac­turer of surf­boards, stand up pad­dle­boards and
acces­sories names Bodie Shan­dro Cana­dian Brand Manager.

• Down­load the full Press Release HERE

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So you’ve been rid­ing your SUP for awhile, and now you feel like it’s time to take it to the next level. Well, in 2010, you’re scor­ing the oppor­tu­nity to show off that wicked bot­tom turn!

Call up Aunt Hilda and tell her to get her ortho­pe­dics on, because March 26–28, it’s going down.

The 24^th Annual Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Fes­ti­val

@ Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, CA

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