Gonna take me a bit to get used to seeing Norm with a guitar!!!!!!!! lol

(somebody upload a vid, quick!!!!)

Will

"You're done, once you're a surfer you're done. You're in. It's like the mob or something. You're not getting out." - Kelly Slater

The Luau Cinders

Well......luckily, i still remember the feelings & vibe from LAST year.....so I can at least imagine!!!!! (still not the same)

Folks....start saving your pennies now. It's worth every bit of struggle it takes to get there. God knows I'm planning to be there NEXT year.

Will

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Brian, it's like the surf guitar triathlon, isn't it?... trying to keep up with Jeff. Glad you're having a blast. Cool seeing you and chatting with you again!

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I wish I could have got there earlier, so much music to hear and so many people to talk to. Space Rangers really rocked and they're probably the nicest guys you'd ever meet. Frankie and Poolboys had me smiling so much my face hurt. Insect Surfers are the pride and joy of Los Angeles and are SO much fun to watch! (love the snot lamps) It was a real honor to witness The Space Cossacks. Performances like that are inspirational. A million tons of kudos are due to Ivan's flawless lead playing but what really had me transfixed was the golden right hand of Mark English. His complex, textural rhythm playing on one of the best sounding Jags I've ever heard leads me to dub him the "James Hetfield of Surf".
Fantastic.
Also great hanging out with old friends and meeting some new ones including a few heroes of mine. (you know who you are)
Big Tiki Dude and Brian, thanks for making this happen. The monster you two have created are a highlight in my life. I'm glad I can be a part of it.

Dean(aka Moondevil)
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rotnroby
Nice break down... !!!

You're not talking about your ride are you?
Sorry you couldn't make it

Dean(aka Moondevil)
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Here is a random memory of mine from the convention. Paul Johnson was wandering around with a huge grin on his face. He checked out all the new bands and gave the thumbs up to many of them. He started all of this! And here he was strolling through the fans and bands that all appreciate this great music.

I can imagine no higher honor to be playing at the convention and you look out and see PJ giving you the thumbs up!

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Crashing in the hotel in Seal Beach and sorta needing to decompress. What a wacky weekend of reverby fun. Lots and lots of playing in every sense of the word. Just got back from the guitar karaoke at Don the Beachcomber which was a surprisingly superb and quite mellow way to end the weekend for me.

It was really great to put faces to names and names to user-names. Apologies if I mangled your favorite surf tune or spilled beer on you or your loved ones!

Big huge thanks to Jeff and Tena for all the work. That was shit ton of details to keep straight. But it worked! And thanks to Brian, of course, for facilitating this really remarkable community of like minded surf music geeks.

Oh, and even more thanks to coltsurf for the G&L donation! I am still dumbstruck. My son is playing Miserlou on it right now in the room.

See you all next year!

SSIV

Great weekend to add to the collection! This year's convention was stellar (they all have been.) All the bands were fantastic and it was great to chat with everybody and see some old/new friends. It was really great that there was more of an international presence this year. I hope this continues and grows!

The highlights musically for me were the two interstellar bands. The Space Rangers really put on a great show. Great tunes, great sound, hilarious banter! And, of course The Space Cossacks. They pretty much burnt the place down and gave me more than enough energy and euphoria to make it back to San Diego on three hours sleep! I've said it a hundred times before but for my money, Ivan is truly the most gifted and inspirational guitar player in this genre (past or present) and a huge influence on me.

Jeff pulled it off once again. From my view everything went very smoothly and without a hitch. Quite a feat. Great great job Jeff!!

Thanks to Brian, again, for keeping us all tied together through this site.

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Man, what a blast! I had an incredible time on Saturday, and the Space Cossacks killing it was the icing on the cake! A great job by Jeff, Tena, all the volunteers, equipment providers and coordinators, bands, vendors, raffle donators, and everyone else involved.

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jazzmaster
Liebe Freunde, dear friends,

these past days have been the most intense days for us, both as a band and personally. we heard so many great bands, so many brilliant musicians and met so many interesting people, we can hardly keep track of everything that has happened. (I mean it, if I seem to have forgotten someone"s name, please forgive me...)

It is a great thing to be a part of this thing, the surf music world, or whatchacallit, but it took us a s a band on to a higher level. we will bring many wonderful emotions, memories and a few inspirational thoughts for our future shows back to Germany.
(Also we had, have and will have a few hangovers....)

Again, big thanks to Jeff the BigTikiDude and all the wonderful souls that have helped bringing this thing into existence.

See you at Suzie"s or some of the later shows...

the Space Rangers are my new favorite band: they made a huge impression on me with their well-done tunes and the wonderful showmanship... I'm so thankful I had the opportunity to catch them in person...thanks be to Jeff for making the arrangements...