Check out the Club's annual safari to Costa Rica.

Click HERE to see more photos. All photos Copyright 2009 Jeff Logan, jlogan@rogers.com

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.

Early results: 10 Yes, 4 No.

“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.

Keep surfing,
Tom

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November surf

2008 Fall Surf Expo


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.

Joe Hiller Longboard Classic results

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

 

 

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