15th Annual Surfer Joe’s Summer Longboard Classic Kicks Off Saturday, July 18th

July 17, 2009 by J!-ENT 

This event marks one of Sunset Beach’s largest events for the year. With over 100 surfers involved competing for several hundred dollar grand prize. This one-day event brings people from all over Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego County to watch and participate in a memorable and entertaining occasion. There are four categories the surfers register in, including Women’s Amateur, Men’s Amateur, Masters (the over age 40 category) and the Professional division. In 2008 the Classic brought in over 80 surfers and this year they hope to see even more. Surfers come from Southern California, Northern California, San Diego and as far as Hawaii and Alaska.

Just after the last heat of the day there will be a Bikini Contest at approximately 1pm. Winners will take home prize money. All girls are welcome providing tasteful attire is worn. There will be an open registration the day of the event. Following the Classic there will be a Post Competition Awards ceremony at Tantalum, located at 6272 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach, 90803 – (562) 431-1414, to honor those who have won in the morning’s events. The grand prize will be split between the first, second and third place winners in the Professional division. There will also be a raffle and tickets will be on sale during the awards ceremony at Tantalum before the drawing. These prizes will include many items kindly donated by our sponsors, such as gift certificates to your favorite local restaurants, merchandise and apparel. Some of the sponsors include Wildy Construction, Captain Jack’s, Coral Reef, Kanvas By Katin, King Neptunes, Sunbeam Technologies, Mother’s Tavern, Rainbow Disposal, Sanborne & Sine, Simple Green, Sun Newspapers, Tantalum, Terranova Electric, The Longboard Restaurant & Pub, Tsunami Restaurant, Turcs Bar, Wax Research, Yucatan Grill, Daimon Japanese Restaurant, Don Miller & Son, Harbour Surfboards, Hennessey’s Tavern, Islands Bamboo, Musica, P.S.I. Plumbing, Schooner Or Later, Screen Printing On Time, Inc., Surfer Joe Clothing, Taco Surf, Patio Guys and The Crab Pot.

The 15th Annual Surfer Joe’s Summer Long Board Classic^(TM) is produced by Surfer Joe Industries®. Surfer Joe is the Committee Chair & Caroline Braatvedt is the Event Coordinators. Together these two put the entire event together over the course of nine months.

Surfer Joe Industries® was established thirteen years ago in 1994. Surfer Joe is resolute in his mission to make durable and lasting goods available to the surfer and to keep his focus on the individual. Rather than trying to jumpstart new trends, Surfer Joe has kept his work simple and straight forward and has never lost focus of this standard: “Providing quality that a surfer can count on is built on consistency and designed with simplicity.” You will always recognize Surfer Joe’s gear as being made to last. “We’re not about mass-marketing. This is about excellence and timeless designs for the core surfer,” Surfer Joe explains. Surfer Joe Industries® makes custom high end clothing and sells it in Long Beach, Tokyo, Wilmington NC, and at Kanvas by Katin in Sunset Beach.

For more information on Surfer Joe Industries® you can check out the website at www.surferjoe.net