2012 HBLC Schedule of Upcoming Events
May 2nd, 2012: board of directors meeting.
(first Wednesday of each month)
May 9th, 2012: Monthly Gathering of All Members
Movie starts at 6:00 pm followed by club updates and talk story in the banquet room of the world famous
Mario's Restaurant
18603 Main St, Huntington Beach,
CA 92648
(714) 842-5811
Corner of Main/Ellis and Beach
Blvd
June 16th, 2012: Huntington Beach Downtown presents Chili at the Beach with a Longboard Crew beer garden at 5th and PCH.
Upcoming Coalition of Surf Clubs (CSC) Events:
| Date |
Event |
| April 28-29, 2012 |
"Old Boards & No Cords" Logjam |
| May 26-27, 2012 |
Memorial Day Classic |
| July 28-29, 2012 |
Call to the Wall |
| August 18-19, 2012 |
Oceanside Pro-Am |
| September 8-9, 2012 |
MSA Classic |
| November 24-25, 2012 |
WindanSea |
The Longboard Crew's goal is to have fun while generating funds and providing services for worthy
causes.
Member's ages range under 10 to over 75 years old.
Our members are well traveled and take excursions to remote areas of the world. When we get together it's normally just for fun in
Surf City.
Club
History link
The club hosts tournaments, monthly meetings,
an amateur surf team for CSC events and other fun social events for its members. The membership fee is $40.00 per year for the family! You get a club t-shirt, sticker and a lot of new friends. In order to join, renew or simply donate to the Crew click the Donate button below and we will send you an acknowledgement and your materials by mail. Please allow adequate time and their may be an additional shipping charge if you live far away.
Welcome to all of our new and renewing members for 2012.
To join the HBLBC Team
come to our next meeting or send an email to Seahag.
The Huntington Beach Longboard Crew is a registered and
approved 501(c)3 California Corporation.
Our Mission Statement:
Represent surfers as contributors to the community,
support our surfing culture and
educate others about our water world.
2011 - 2012 Directors:
Gary Sahagen - Chairman
William Baptiste - Vice-Chairman
Tim McCollum - Treasurer
Fae Fruitwala - Secretary
Chuck Linnen - Director
Alex Marks - Director
Thomas Da Silva - Director
Rick Ischinger - Director
The board meets monthly. A quorum of five
of the above is required for a board of directors meeting.
To send us snail mail:
HBLBC
9121 Atlanta Avenue Suite 623
Huntington Beach, California 92646
email:
info@hblongboardcrew.org
A Not So Recent Event:
Click photo below to see other 1930's pics
Thank you Marilyn at Mario's for the cool pics
Club Notes:
click
here for archived notes
Our competition team for the Longboard Crew is in need of new riders in all age categories. Longboard, shortboard, SUP, tandem, paddlers and cheerleaders are needed.
The annual elections were held August 10, 2011 at Marios Mexican Restaurant with a full house. Seven were nominated to seven positions and after closing nominations all nominees were duly appointed to the board of directors.
Father Christian Mondor accepted his honorary lifetime membership. A blessing of the Longboard Crew and a prayer for Gordie were given by our surfing priest at the bequest of Chuck Linnen. RIP Gordie.
The September meeting was well attended and the movie was enjoyed by all. The new board was introduced and Fae Fruitwala was elected as our new secretary. Tim McCollum has assumed the role of treasurer. Thank you to Tim and Fae for stepping up to help!
September we had the Annual HB City Contest for residents. The Hurley Pro at Trestles also went off as well with some all time surf! The crew planned for the upcoming surf season (October and November) with great anticipation seeing all the great surf in September.
October did not disappoint! The crew had the end of the year award ballots prepared and announced the Northside Classic for November. A small team was going to attend the Tourmaline CSC event but the deal fell through at the last minute. Oh well, we would have had to surf for Long Beach! The event was held without a team from HB.
November we held the Northside Classic in extremely challenging conditions. Results will be announced at the December 14th Christmas Party. End of the year awards for 2011 will also be presented at the party. Tim, Tom, Sean and Gary represented the Longboard Crew at the Thanksgiving Weekend CSC Tournament in La Jolla Shores. The team had no finalists but finished 8th overall which was the teams best finish for the year. There were ten clubs attending the event in clean 2'-4' surf.
The 2012 Gathering of the Tribes went off in beautiful conditions. The first coalition event of the year saw the Longboard Crew step up a bit from last year. We had a small but strong team which included Joey Hawkins, Kelly Kraushaar and Mark Stewart.
We had a good showing for a small team. We had less than ten surfers where a full team is 25 surfers. Joey Hawkins got a ten point ride in the semi’s. We had two surfers make the finals:
Grand Master – 36 competitors with Tim M getting 25th and Gary S getting 8th.
Masters – 36 competitors with Thomas da S and Sean R tied for 19th, Dwayne L got 16th and Joey H got 10th.
Senior Men’s – 30 competitors with Kelly Kraushaar in 10th and Mark Stewart in 6th.
Boys 14 and Under – 12 competitors with Diego Q in 9th.
Shortboard 49 and Under – 36 competitors with Gary S in 31st and Kelly K in 25th.
Club Presidents – 12 competitors with Gary S coming in 3rd.
Joining the fun as spectators were Kathleen M., William B., Al, Karl, Rocky and Tony Jones.
Our 27th Annual Pier Paddle happened on February 4th, 2012! Bill Brewer took the title for the third straight year with a time of 6 minutes 47 seconds.
Thanks to all the volunteers for the Surf City USA Marathon's Beer Garden: Alex, Wendy, Thomas, Bob, Cary, Al, William, Tim, Kathleen, Bret, Bill, Myra, Grace, Mark and Gary.
The Rincon Invitational happened on March 24th and then again in April 15th due to a rain delay. We had representatives at both days events and came home with a second place in the "Shared Waves" category. This is a fun event that is made up of a ten man team that surf for one hour at the point catching all the waves we want. Extra points are given for sharing waves together.
Rincon Team 2012: from left to right is Shane Jones, Tony Alvarado, Gary Sahagen, Shon Esparsa, Kim Hamrock, Sean Rathan, Tim McCollum, Tony Jones, Bill Brewer, Thomas Da Silva. (not pictured but surfed were Mary Bigler, Lisa Beebe, Bill Hopkins and Hans Avemaria) Also attending were Myra Brewer, Kathleen McCollum, Bruce Gabrielson and Wendy Sahagen who were part of the support team. Thank you all!!!!
Next up the Longboard Crew had the 13th Surf N' Bowl. The Crew established the Surf N’ Bowl in the year 2000 with the bowling taking place at Kona Lanes in Costa Mesa. Joey Hawkins and Eddie Enriquez battled it out for first place. It came down to the bowling and in a controversial win Eddie edged out Joey narrowly. Well the saga continues as we hope to see Joey and Eddie have a rematch someday. Robin Hauser came on the scene shortly thereafter and started a reign as he was an excellent surfer and bowler. His untimely death shocked the Crew. We immediately decided the Surf N’ Bowl would be renamed the Robin Hauser Surf N’ Bowl in memory of our friend, fellow Longboard Crew member and unbeatable Surf N’ Bowl Champion.
The event started at 6th Street, April 21, 2012. Donuts and coffee were served up. Surfboards, longboards, SUP’s, boogie boards or bodysurfing were all allowed for the surf portion of the event. Surf 2 twenty minute heats and gather points (pins). These points (pins) are accumulated and tallied. The scores were posted later in the day at Fountain Bowl. One game score was added to the surfing points to get the final scores. Thank you to the volunteers, supporters and the two judges, William and Sean. The results:
1st Place Open Men - Bill Hopkins
2nd Place Open Men - Noel Terrado
3rd Place Open Men - Tim McCollum
4th Place Open Men - Gary Sahagen
1st Place Open Women - Marilyn McCart
1st Place Grom - Maddie Comargo
Huntington Beach Surf Clubs have a long history.
Pictured below are some of the earlier tribe members from the Hole in the Wall Gang.
They are the 1960's and 1970's era Huntington Beach Surfing Champions and 2011 Surfing Walk of Fame Honor Roll Inductees! There were 38 names listed for the HITW induction ceremony.
Hole in the Wall Surf Team-Number
One in the 1970's
Top Row Far Right is John Sweeny - Mr Pipeline was John Boozer and
John Sweeny had a great picture at Pipeline as well.
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