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Now playing --- The Canary Island Date Palm
Along the trials to Trestles you will find...
Phoenix canariensis is a species in the palm family, Arecaceae, native to the Canary Islands. It is a relative of Phoenix dactylifera, the true date palm. It is a large solitary palm, 10-20(-40) m tall. The leaves are pinnate, 4-6 m long, with 80-100 leaflets on each side of the central rachis. The fruit is an oval, yellow to orange drupe 2 cm long and 1 cm diameter and containing a single large seed; the fruit pulp is edible but too thin to be worth eating.
The most used common name in English is "Canary Island Date Palm". The common name in Spanish speaking countries and in the Canary Islands is "Palmera Canaria".
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Guess whos coming to dinner?
Surfing Heritage Foundation Roasts its own
1st Annual Event Honor’s Founders Dick Metz and Spencer Croul
This past Sunday evening the Surfing Heritage Foundation started a tradition that’s bound to go down in the annuals of surf lore as one of the most irreverent evenings of all time. Perhaps the infamous Master of Ceremonies, Robert “Wingnut” Weaver, said it best, “"This is the first ever roast in the sport of surfing and it’s about time we cooked some of our sport's most cherished characters!"
And cook it was as surf legends Greg Noll, Bruce Brown, and Hobie Alter skewered the roasted in a rousing session of jokes, tall tales and antidotes about their lives both true and complete fiction. Nothing was sacred and nothing was sparred. It was a very special evening that was both humorous and generous at the same time. The audience was a broad cross section of some of surfing’s greatest pioneers from the east coast to Hawaii who all shared a great evening together.
Bruce Brown, who created the iconic surf film The Endless Summer, spoke about how Dick Metz was the original inspiration for the film having traveled around the world years before. Big wave legend Greg Noll reminisced about how Spencer Croul searched and found the first surfboard Greg had ever shaped and gave it back to him as a gesture of friendship.
It was truly a great beginning to what will become an annual fundraiser for the Surfing Heritage Foundation.
About the Roasted:
Surfing Heritage Founder, Dick Metz, is a long time surfer from Laguna Beach, who tipped legendary surfing documentary producer, Bruce Brown about South Africa, where he filmed the most spectacular segment for his seminal 1965 film, "The Endless Summer". Later, Dick partnered with Hobie Alter to establish Hobie Sports, the first successful chain of surf & sport retail outlets. During those years, Dick began collecting the historical surfboards that help comprise the nucleus of the current Foundation collection. Metz established the 501(c)(3) foundation in 1998, as a lasting home for his collection.
Co-founder, Spencer Croul, a Newport Beach surfer and active surfboard collector whose family founded Behr Paint, teamed with Metz, and they combined their collections into the largest, most significant in the world. Spencer also provides the facility in which the Foundation currently operates. The on-going contributions of both men, as well as a prominent Board, dedicated staff, and a host of volunteers have brought The Surfing Heritage Foundation to its current position as the surfing world's most renowned archiving and preservation effort.
By Denny Michael
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Surfing Heritage Foundation Roast this weekend
1st Annual Surfing Heritage Roast & Auction to Honor Dick Metz and Spencer Croul
February 26, 2009
PRESS RELEASE
Created as a fun and ribald fund-raiser for the Surfing Heritage Foundation, this special night will feature the always-irreverent emcee, surf personality Robert "Wingnut" Weaver, with a celebrated roster of roasters including Greg Noll, Bruce Brown, and Hobie Alter.
"This will be the first ever Roast in the sport of surfing. It's about time we cooked some of our sport's most cherished characters!"
Special auction items: A week at an architecturally unique Baja surf pad, a weekend of perfect surf with Wingnut & Micky Munoz at "The Hollister Ranch", a rare collection of historical fine art photo prints from the Foundation's archive, a thrilling private flight on a restored P-51 WWII fighter aircraft, and a whale watching cruise for four aboard a lavish private yacht followed by dinner and drinks at the Wind & Sea Restaurant.
The Surfing Heritage Foundation preserves wave-riding history and culture via the collecting and archiving of historical surf craft, photography, oral histories, films and videos, artwork, printed matter, and other items of significance. As the earliest of our sport's pioneers depart, their memories and historical perspectives leave as well, unless we can save them for future generations.
Founder, Dick Metz, is a long time surfer from Laguna Beach, who tipped legendary surfing documentary producer, Bruce Brown about South Africa, where he filmed the most spectacular segment for his seminal 1965 film, "The Endless Summer". Later, Dick partnered with Hobie Alter to establish Hobie Sports, the first successful chain of surf & sport retail outlets. During those years, Dick began collecting the historical surfboards that help comprise the nucleus of the current Foundation collection. Metz established the 501(c)(3) foundation in 1998, as a lasting home for his collection.
Co-founder, Spencer Croul, a Newport Beach surfer and active surfboard collector whose family founded Behr Paint, teamed with Metz, and they combined their collections into the largest, most significant in the world. Spencer also provides the facility in which the Foundation currently operates. The on-going contributions of both men, as well as a prominent Board, dedicated staff, and a host of volunteers have brought The Surfing Heritage Foundation to its current position as the surfing world's most renowned archiving and preservation effort.
For more information or tickets:
Contact: SHF at 949 388 0313 x5 or visit www.surfingheritage.org
Event Info
March 8, 2009
6:30- 9:30 PM
The Cannery Restaurant
Newport Beach
Couples $550, singles $300
(Tickets limited to the first 100 respondents)
February 26, 2009
PRESS RELEASE
Created as a fun and ribald fund-raiser for the Surfing Heritage Foundation, this special night will feature the always-irreverent emcee, surf personality Robert "Wingnut" Weaver, with a celebrated roster of roasters including Greg Noll, Bruce Brown, and Hobie Alter.
"This will be the first ever Roast in the sport of surfing. It's about time we cooked some of our sport's most cherished characters!"
Special auction items: A week at an architecturally unique Baja surf pad, a weekend of perfect surf with Wingnut & Micky Munoz at "The Hollister Ranch", a rare collection of historical fine art photo prints from the Foundation's archive, a thrilling private flight on a restored P-51 WWII fighter aircraft, and a whale watching cruise for four aboard a lavish private yacht followed by dinner and drinks at the Wind & Sea Restaurant.
The Surfing Heritage Foundation preserves wave-riding history and culture via the collecting and archiving of historical surf craft, photography, oral histories, films and videos, artwork, printed matter, and other items of significance. As the earliest of our sport's pioneers depart, their memories and historical perspectives leave as well, unless we can save them for future generations.
Founder, Dick Metz, is a long time surfer from Laguna Beach, who tipped legendary surfing documentary producer, Bruce Brown about South Africa, where he filmed the most spectacular segment for his seminal 1965 film, "The Endless Summer". Later, Dick partnered with Hobie Alter to establish Hobie Sports, the first successful chain of surf & sport retail outlets. During those years, Dick began collecting the historical surfboards that help comprise the nucleus of the current Foundation collection. Metz established the 501(c)(3) foundation in 1998, as a lasting home for his collection.
Co-founder, Spencer Croul, a Newport Beach surfer and active surfboard collector whose family founded Behr Paint, teamed with Metz, and they combined their collections into the largest, most significant in the world. Spencer also provides the facility in which the Foundation currently operates. The on-going contributions of both men, as well as a prominent Board, dedicated staff, and a host of volunteers have brought The Surfing Heritage Foundation to its current position as the surfing world's most renowned archiving and preservation effort.
For more information or tickets:
Contact: SHF at 949 388 0313 x5 or visit www.surfingheritage.org
Event Info
March 8, 2009
6:30- 9:30 PM
The Cannery Restaurant
Newport Beach
Couples $550, singles $300
(Tickets limited to the first 100 respondents)
Monday, March 02, 2009
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