By: Tony Sasso
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Happy Holidays, everyone! It’s a great time of year to take account of what is most important — families, friends, our most passionate causes — and to determine our course for next year. Just when we got used to saying 2000-something, eight years have flown by, and with it some great intentions that never got realized.
If you’re like me, you’ve told yourself you’d surf more, worry less, and spend less money and more time with friends. The cool thing is, at the beginning of every year, we get to resolve anew and the screw-ups of the past get erased. You can knock out all of those resolutions at once by joining the Cocoa Beach Surf Museum and volunteering for some of our fun activities. Whether you’re into surfboards, paddleboards, SUPs, mats, or beach chairs, you’ll find some old and new friends to enjoy and a cause worth your time and energy.
If you need it, here’s your personal invitation to a potluck, lecture, contest, or movie. Watch your digital newsletters and emails for upcoming chances to get better at keeping your resolutions.
See you in the water,
Tony
Executive Director, Cocoa Beach Surf Museum
www.cocoabeachsurfmuseum.org
Sjuggerud Donates Nollrider
The Cocoa Beach Surf Museum recently had the good fortune to receive a valuable addition to its collection. Steve Sjuggerud of Fernandina Beach generously donated a 9′ 10″ Duke Kahanomoku East Coast Nollrider. These boards were made for a brief time in the mid-1960s at the Greg Noll factory. When the Duke died in 1967, Greg stopped building them, out of respect for the Duke. These boards are highly desire — on the “A List” for serious collectors — and the East Coast model is particularly rare.
Bruce Valluzzi was the team test rider for this model on Greg Noll’s prestigious surf team that included Jeff Hakman, Paul Strauch and Fred Hemmings. Our own Pat O’Hare made frequent trips to California to help out with shaping duties at the Noll factory and shaped many of the Nollriders, including the boards featured in the iconic advertisement displayed in leading surf magazines, which featured the Duke and team riders at Waimea Falls. Stop by the museum to see our latest acquisition and check out all our new exhibits.
C2C: Take 2
By John Hughes
Our second 22-mile Causeway-to-Causeway Paddle Challenge was an even bigger success this year. We had a larger turnout and a wider variety of paddlecraft than last year. The participants really stepped it up, with return paddlers beating last year’s time. Even the newcomers posted faster times than we had in 2007. We feasted on great Cuban food afterwards and everyone had a blast. Thanks to our sponsors: Mr. Cubano, Ocean Potion, Jobbeedu, Longdoggers and Commander Hotel of Ocean City, Maryland. A big thanks to all the volunteers from the Cocoa Beach Surf Museum who made this happen.
C2C Results
(Rank/Name/Time/Craft)
1/Matt Coiro/3:46:45/Epic 18′ Kayak
1/Linda Postma/3:50:51/OC-2
1/Jim McCrady/4:08:09/Surfboat
Andy Engle
2/Wyatt Werneth/5:03:39/Surfboat
Justin McVicker
1/JP Atherholt/4:20:04/Unlimited Paddleboard
2/Greg Schmidt/4:23:08/Unlimited Paddleboard
3/Lathem Kellum/4:37:46/Unlimited Paddleboard
4/Skip Maxwell/4:46:38/Unlimited Paddleboard
5/Robert Martini/5:02:36/Unlimited Paddleboard
6/Adam Compton/5:12:54/Unlimited Paddleboard
1/Cynthia Aguilar/5:40:56/12′ Stock Paddleboard
1/David Boudreau/5:48:12/14′ Paddleboard
1/Chip Bock/4:52:05/SUP – 19′ Unlimited
1/Gary Wise/5:04:24/SUP – 14′
2/Chris Cook/5:36:20/SUP – 14′
1/Lindsay Whittaker/5:32:07/SUP -12′
2/Dana Hart/5:45:48/SUP – 10’6″
1/Louis Posada/2:42:00/SUP – 11’6″
2/Justin Cook/2:49:00/SUP – 12′
3/Pauly Chambers/2:56:00/SUP – 12′
4/Ross Carter/3:08:00/SUP – 12′
1/Loni Mucha/2:56:00/12′ Stock Paddleboard
11+ Miles
Andy Scheid/DNF/SUP – 12′
Joe Serrado/DNF/SUP – 12
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