The annual
Costa Rican Safari was a blast. Good friends to hang with, good surf to
ride, warm water, hot sun but most important was the time I spent w/ my
son Jason. It had been over 5 years since we last surfed together. The
time we spent in the water & just hanging out was kick ass. The trip
back to the airport to exit CR was very memorable. We got delayed for
over 1-1/2 hours and everyone thought they would miss their flights. There
had been no facilities so we had to make a decision whether to stop or
keep going to the airport. The conversation between the 6 of us was pretty
comical to say the least but in the end Keith’s bladder made the
decision to stop. Everything worked out and all made their flights. Great
trip!
Tom Proctor
Big
turnout for Highway Cleanup Saturday, May 23
Thanks to all that helped with our Adopt-a-Highway program on Sullivan's
Island. Sally Price photo.
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Newsletter
- Spring 2009
“The
Glide” – from Tom Proctor
Happy New Year, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter and all other holidays
I missed. I apologize to all for not authoring “The Glide”
for over 6 months.
To catch up on some business I’d like to thank Susan Radley and
Sally Price for their hard work in organizing the float decorating and
preparation for the Christmas Parade. Thanks to Andy Benke for making
the trip to the beach everyday to post the surf report and Bill Coleman
and Hal Coste for making sure the annual Oyster Roast was a success. Susan
also a big thanks to you for continuing to arrange & coordinate our
monthly Socializin' Surfers events. I understand that we have 2 finalists
as candidates for the 1st CCSC College Scholarship and the winner will
be awarded on May 15th - thank you Tim Askins, Keith Farley and Bill Zorn
for your efforts.
Thanks to our CCSC Web Cam sponsors; Charleston Water Sports, Seels on
Sullivan’s, Sottile and Hopkins & Island Reality and welcome
Kia Dilling’s Sol Surfers Surf Camp to the page.
This winter was the coldest in a number of years and the small surf was
really a downer. It’s bad enough to be forced to put up with cold
water and rubber but to have so few good days for almost _ a year drains
your enthusiasm. I admire your commitment to stay stoked!
Ten club members and two guests made the annual Costa Rican Safari. The
surf was good size as you can tell from Andy’s picture when you
login to CCSC. Delta Airlines is the “anti-surfer” airline.
For those of you who don’t know they are charging $600 round trip
per board. This meant that most everyone on the trip made @ least two
attempts to rent boards they could “get wired”. It ate up
almost a full day of water time searching the 4 surf shops for rental
boards. - I personally have chosen to boycott them and urge everyone to
do so when possible. You have to endure connections no matter your choice
of airlines out of CHS. You will find most connection cities are less
congested than Atlanta!
Finally it’s great to hear our good friend form the old days, Kenny
Kirchner, is recovering and is expected to be back in the line-up this
summer with his new heart valve.
My forecast is for better than usual summer surf because of the lack of
winter swell. I look forward to seeing y’all in the line-up, your
help with our summer surf and community service events and of course at
the monthly Socializin' Surfers get togethers. You will receive information
on the annual meeting and dinner in the next few months.
Held on Saturday, November 1 at the Pier on the Isle of Palms and was
presented by Charleston Water
Sport Outfitters and SSC, including
the Joe Hiller Longboard Classic, with all proceeds to benefit the wonderful
group, Surfer's Healing.
A fun day of longboarding, standup paddleboarding to honor the memory
of our friend Joe Hiller. This was the first surf event on the IOP in
a very long time, thanks to the support of the Charleston County PRC.
2009
Events Calendar (Check
back here often for more details)
New spot for CCSC Surf-Abouts:
We will be surfing at 8th Ave., IOP. Surf Abouts have been scheduled on
an incoming tide in hopes of the best surf.
Web
site/surfcam sponsorship
We are currently looking for sponsorships for our Surf Club Website. If
you or your business is interested in sponsoring advertisement, please
contact Tom Proctor at proctors@att.net Thanks for your support.
Recommended
Reading:
Hal Coste recommends all surfers read, All for a Few
Perfect Waves, by David Rensin. Rensin has written this book about Miki
Dora whom he refers to as a rebel surfer who lived an audacious life.
Rensin states that Miki Dora was the most interesting and controversial
figure in the sport of surfing, This book also provides an interesting
history lesson on counter-culture life during the golden years of surfing.
Although Resin focuses his book on Dora, he fully exposes the early
years of surfing - big wave riding, signature board models, the drug
infusion, and, of course, Gidget.
Hardback, $26.95
Last but not least ... Membership
You
have recently received your membership financial statement reminding you
that Dues and due! Please make sure that you keep your membership current.
Family
Membership - $100. per year
Adult Membership - $50. per year
Student Membership - $25. per year
Contact Nick Sottile at nsottile@bellsouth.net for more information.