CNADO Surf Link 4
January 6, 2004
You never know what you may be missing by not showing up at our monthly club meetings. Thanks to a wise seating selection, Mary Ellen Rogers won a couple of fresh lobsters caught and donated by Allen Hansen. The surprise was perfectly orchestrated by VP Pat Mower, who skillfully ran the show in President John’s absence. There should be plenty more surprises at future meetings – so be there, first Tuesday each month.
Bob Gregory thanks everyone who pitched in to make this past JR contest the most successful ever netting $4300 - $1500 going to both the CHS and CMS surf clubs, respectively. Contact Bob at drrgreg@aol.com if you’d like more t-shirts ($7 long sleeve, $5 short). He’d also like to hear your feedback about what you would like to see next year. (Yes, Peachy, we’ll have that photographer follow you a little more closely!) Visit www.seemyself.com to check out the many pictures of the event. If you’re interested in purchasing any – contact Carolyn Mitchell at daboss@san.rr.com and she’ll print them out for you. Profits go back to the club, so don’t be shy!
Congratulations to Tommy “Newest Reigning Old Guy” Harris who surfed like a king all day; to Peachy “Queen of Parking-lot” Alldredge, Jack “Woodstock” Christiansen, Mike Gillard, Haley Booth, Snapper Pierson and to chronic surfer Tom “Slow-daddy” Christiansen for pulling off the best nose-ride of the day. Most importantly, thank you to Dr. Bob for being such a great “go-to” guy.
December truly was a busy month. Our club Christmas party may have been a little wet, but it was a whole lotta fun. Thank you to Bombay Darcie and Randy “I Love this Bar” Nixon for being such incredible hosts.
We had a great kick-off to the New Year with our annual camping trip to San ‘O and the Gathering of the Tribes contest put on by the DLSA. Thank you Big Ham Bill for bravely sponsoring our crowd to some prime beachfront campsites. The weather was better than the waves, but we all shared some fun around the campfire after a killer sunset spaghetti dinner for eighty provided by chef extraordinaire Willie “D for Delicious” Stanley. Congratulations to Mike “Nicest Guy in the Water” Gillard for winning BOTH the longboard and shortboard divisions. In the end, our club ranked an impressive 4th overall out of 16 coalition clubs. (By the way, if you surfed in the contest, make sure to pay your contest fees!)
Speaking of fees, it’s annual membership dues time so watch for your statements, which should be arriving soon. We have a busy year ahead with much to accomplish. A nominating committee will soon be determining next year’s slate of officers and we’ll be looking to re-organize our various committees so put your volunteer hats on. Hey, it’s your club and your membership $. Have any ideas for a community service project? July 4th float? Fundraising schemes? Put your two cents in!
What we have in the pipeline for the near future: another club camping trip, beach breakfasts, movie night, July 5th beach clean-up, Aloha Spirit award, kids clinic, yadie, yadie, yadie.
And finally, to ensure we continue to maintain the coolest, most hip-dizzle members of any club in SoCal, we offer up a few of the following Broisms for your linguistic pleasure…
Algebrah: figuring out the Hawaiian wave scale. “Wot, dat wave was bigga den a house – must be two ta tree feet. Use sum algebrah, kook.”
Brahphet: the guy who thinks he knows everything. “Timmy was telling everyone the Padres would win the World Series next year. He’s such a brahphet.”
Bro Jay Simpson: the bro who gets away with murder. “Dude, Jim just totally snaked Mel and got away with it. What a Bro Jay Simpson.”
Broceanographer: the bro who knows exactly when every swell is hitting and from where. “According to our broceanographer Pat, the next south swell is reading eight feet at fifteen seconds at the offshore buoys – dude, let’s hit Erdies.”
Brotein: anything bros eat after they surf. “I’m hungry; let’s go get some brotein at Los Panchos.”
Front-bro parking: the bro who always has the best parking spaces at surf spots. “Tom’s like a valet driver – he always has front-bro parking.”
Happy bro lucky: the bro who’s always stoked. “Stan’s so happy bro lucky, he walks around like he just won the lottery.”
Now get out there and give us a little bro and tell (share some news with us.)
Aloha,
Moundoggy