John Hughes
Article Category: C.B. Surf Museum
C U at C2C By John Hughes; Photo by Georgette McWilliams Our 5th Annual Causeway to Causeway (C2C) is coming up. This will again be an 11- or 22-mile non-trophy event, but we will track participants’ finish times. Any paddle craft is invited to attend. If you can paddle it, you are welcome. The challenge will start at Lee Wenner Park in Cocoa at the base of the SR 520 Causeway bridge. The course will parallel the Intracoastal Waterway in the Indian River and continue south for 11 miles to... [Read more...]
Athena Sasso
Article Category: C.B. Surf Museum
Cocoa Beach Surf Museum The Hook By Athena Sasso Do you know what a “hook” is? Here’s one: “It was a dark and stormy night…” This one may be the most ridiculed attempt at a hook ever written, but if you’re honest you might admit it is suggestive and sinister enough that you’d continue reading. Here at the Cocoa Beach Surf Museum we have our own literary tradition in the form of Wave Lengths, our quarterly newsletter. Over the years, Wave Lengths... [Read more...]
Athena Sasso
Article Category: C.B. Surf Museum
Historic Surfing Film Series By Athena Sasso The Cocoa Beach Surf Museum’s program director, Sharon Wolfe Cranston, gives us a preview of upcoming films presented by the Museum and the Cocoa Beach Public Library. Free popcorn, sodas, and admission, though donations are welcome and benefit museum programs. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. All shows begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, 9/24: “Five Summer Stories” “Heralded as ‘the finest surf movie ever made,’ ‘Five Summer Stories’... [Read more...]
Tom Fucigna
Article Category: C.B. Surf Museum
COCOA BEACH SURF MUSEUM Prejudice & Pride ©Tom Fucigna, Hobe Sound, Florida. May 2010 Not too long ago, upon emerging from an after-work surf session, I encountered a strange creature along the shoreline. It was a migratory male of the species, with a long wavy mane and a loping gate. He stared at me as I approached, and then, after I greeted him with a smile and a nod, uttered something unexpected. “I never seen a real surfer person before, and you sure don’t look like what I was... [Read more...]
Athena Sasso
Article Category: C.B. Surf Museum
Photo: Eddie Gelles; Photo by Lisa Parkes COCOA BEACH SURF MUSEUM – 1st Timers By Athena Sasso www.cocoabeachsurfmuseum.org The “new thing” at the Waterman’s Challenge this year was the Skip Savage 1st Timers’ division, a co-ed open. One of the entrants was Eddie Gelles of Cocoa Beach, who started surfing a couple of years ago when a yoga instructor invited him to surf with her to boost his spirits. At the time, he was staying with his mother and his father, who had... [Read more...]
Athena Sasso
Article Category: C.B. Surf Museum
The 10th Annual Waterman’s Challenge, June 11-12, 2011 COCOA BEACH SURF MUSEUM By Athena Sasso www.cocoabeachsurfmuseum.org When we lived on the West Coast, we went to Santa Cruz a lot and every time we went, we saw the car parked on the approach to the surf museum overlooking Steamer Lane. The car itself was an entire protest movement, a relic of the anti-contest sentiment of the late ’70s. We never saw anyone near it who looked like they would claim it. Yet every time we went, there... [Read more...]
Cocoa Beach Surf Museum The Cocoa Beach Surf Museum celebrated a busy Easter weekend: the most successful Florida State Paddleboard Championship ever and the opening of “Kelly Slater . . . the Exhibit.” You’d think a little rest for the volunteers would be in order, but we are already planning the next events. First, don’t miss “Surfing at Summer’s End – A Documentary,” showing at the Cocoa Beach Library on Saturday, May 21, at 7 p.m. Then, get ready, because the... [Read more...]
Lani Mucha
Article Category: C.B. Surf Museum
Rite of Spring By Lani Mucha The Cocoa Beach Surf Museum has developed its own Rite of Spring: new exhibit openings and the Florida State Paddleboard Championship. Both are happening on Saturday, April 23. This year’s Florida State Paddleboard Championship will have major changes to its race divisions, reflecting changes occurring in the sport. Be sure to take note when registering early. FSPBC is a World Paddle Association-sanctioned points event for SUPs and an East Coast Paddle Board Association... [Read more...]
Lani Mucha
Article Category: C.B. Surf Museum
Footprints By Lani Mucha About an hour before sunset last Sunday afternoon, I spent some time walking on the beach with my friends Jacqueline and Don. The crowds were leaving the beach, the condos casting shadows, when I noticed among the deserted sand castles thousands of footprints left behind. I looked at my friends and said, “God must have had a busy day!” I later thought a lot about those footprints. How many surfers have left they’re footprints in the sand since the surf... [Read more...]
Lani Mucha
Article Category: C.B. Surf Museum
COCOA BEACH SURF MUSEUM Surf to speak of… By Lani Mucha The sun was out on November 7, at the A1A split just a few blocks north of downtown Cocoa Beach. There were many familiar faces and some faces unfamiliar to me, all of whom have been witness to Kelly Slater’s 30-plus years of surfing. Car honks could be heard, while some just silently passed by with a friendly wave or thumbs up. It was Kelly Slater Day in Cocoa Beach and the unveiling of the new statue honoring his contribution... [Read more...]
