diceophonic
Joined: May 20, 2006
Posts: 2174
PacNW (Vancouver, Wa U.S.A.)
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 05:02 PM
Man I'm so stoked that an idea I brought up last early spring materialized
"A Surf Convention" and it happened and it was a success! I want to get this one rollin' and plan plan plan!! I want to shoot for August of 2009 in Southern California and there's no other better place then SoCal, I have a good feeling that this will become an annual event and it should be and why not.
This is the best time to save & plan for next years travel expenses etc. and that's exactly what I'm going to do, I was not able to attend this years do to commitments and funds.
 Jeff let's talk & thank you for taking on this big task, organizer seeing through that the schedule and times flowed nicely you name it Jeff Where can I start....a thank you doesn't even express a thank you it goes way and beyond a thank you and next year I'll be there side by side with ya Jeff 100% to help and organize.
Location & Venue or Venues: Southern California / Unknown
Date: August 2009
I will post some more of my thoughts and plans soon...
— -Kyle
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Last edited: Aug 06, 2008 17:17:35
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eddiekatcher
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2776
Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 05:11 PM
I'm in........love those corn dogs at Zacks!
ed
— Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?
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Abe
Joined: Mar 12, 2008
Posts: 1237
Bay Area
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 05:12 PM
 Pretty good idea to start planning now. I say you should start asking bands if they're willing to do this, for next years event.
— The Deadbeats
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MadScientist
Joined: Jan 17, 2008
Posts: 2188
Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 05:20 PM
Good for you Kyle!!! Keep us all excited about it!
I'm going to try like hell to make it next year!! As long as work behaves and plays along... I'll be there!!!
Jamie
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wooza
Joined: Apr 24, 2006
Posts: 1618
Ithaca, NY
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 05:23 PM
This is just like Carnaval, how in Rio they start preparing for next year's event the first day following all the festivities. Now all we need is scantily clad Brazilian women to show up. 
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Abe
Joined: Mar 12, 2008
Posts: 1237
Bay Area
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 05:43 PM
wooza
This is just like Carnaval, how in Rio they start preparing for next year's event the first day following all the festivities. Now all we need is scantily clad Brazilian women to show up.
 I think Zanti's the perfect canidate for that one. Haha j/k 
— The Deadbeats
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UnsteadyFreddie
Joined: Feb 28, 2006
Posts: 2979
Hell\'s Kitchen, NYC
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 05:54 PM
beggin' ya.....NOT the first weekend of AUGUST b/c my SHINDIGs happen every first SATURDAY of the month.....PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (OK that's enuf beggin')
thx
UNSTEADY FREDDIE
— http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie
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Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
Posts: 3166
Denver, CO
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 06:00 PM
wooza
This is just like Carnaval, how in Rio they start preparing for next year's event the first day following all the festivities. Now all we need is scantily clad Brazilian women to show up.
Wooza, if you sit far enough back at the Pier you can see the beach, too. My vision may be dimming with age, but ... Brazil has nothing on Huntington Beach.  Of course, further back you do tend to fry a bit ... (Nice job on Exotic, by the way!)
Good luck with next year to any and all potential organizers! I had a blast this year, and though I am not sure I can do it every year, I am pretty sure that sufficient numbers would be able to do it in any given year, given a good location, to make it something that can happen every year. I am not sure what location is implied above, but I would definitely be excited to hear some of the PNW bands. If I couldn't come to a PNW version, it wouldn't be the location. It would just be my own situation that year. I'd be equally happy with HB or San Francisco, I suspect. Europe or Australia might be fun some time, but it would be difficult at the moment.
Drawing on my extensive experience in letting other folks organize things for me, I suspect that some sort of minimalist "constitution" is needed to formalize peoples' expectations, as much the expectations of the potential organizers, actually, as those of the attendees. We would need to think about things like the time frame, how one proposes a site for a given year, how the meet interacts with the Forum, any constraints on locations, general nature of the program, etc. Assuming willing hosts, it might be reasonable to do something like alternating HB (or LA?) and away.
An important consideration this year was that this coincided with a big show at the HB Pier, put on by the International Surfing Museum. I think there were ideas on whether that was good or bad, and that it wasn't 100% convenient in some ways for some people, but it was certainly the nucleus of my decision to come out this year. A chance to see Pollo del Mar, the Madeira, and some others - even though who not quite certain initially - was too much to pass up. Also a factor, naturally, was a chance to see other people enjoying the AquaSonics.
I suppose the one thing probably not needed is a mailing list! Well, two things - that and a name ...
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Overhead_Ted
Joined: Aug 09, 2006
Posts: 245
Long Beach, CA
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 06:31 PM
Continuing the ballroom options, there are a few old "surf halls" available in and around LA and the south bay:
Neptunian Woman's Club of Manhattan Beach (Don't let the name scare you, it's classic and cool)
920 Highland Ave
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
(310) 374-9473
Elks Lodge (down and dirty...)
315 Esplanade
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(310) 372-8488
or my personal fave (it's a block from my house)
Belmont Shore Chalet
5107 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California 90803
(562) 438-1557
I do like the idea of Kona however. I am so glad they didn't tear it down for condos as planned.
With a lot of notice (like a year!), we might be able to hook up with some cool other places around town as well.
Cheers,
Ted
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HBkahuna
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 1778
Star, Idaho. Formerly lived in Surf City USA.
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 06:44 PM
Overhead_Ted
Continuing the ballroom options, there are a few old "surf halls" available in and around LA and the south bay:
or my personal fave (it's a block from my house)
Belmont Shore Chalet
5107 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California 90803
(562) 438-1557
Is that possibly due to Ripples bar next door you big silly?
Regarding a date for the event, schedule in conjunction with the premiere of "Sound Of The Surf" seems like a good fit.
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Ron-Rhoades
Joined: Aug 19, 2006
Posts: 958
Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 06:50 PM
I'm gonna start saving now too....i'm not gonna miss the next one! I wanna meet all you guys...and gals....and it would be an honor to play with any of you anytime. If i can't get the funds by next June 12th....i'm gonna paddle over. I know, it's a long way and i might not make it....but a corn dog from Zack's would be enough motivation!! Well, maybe not but....i'm gonna be there! Can i use my own guitar or do i have to play a rightie upside down? It's OK, that's what i learned on...it's just those knobs and switches in my arm pit...but that's cool...i just want to play with you guys!
— The TakeOffs
"Kauai's Only All-Instrumental Surf Band"
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-TakeOffs/312866840587
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Stormtiger
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 2684
Ventura, CA
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 06:55 PM
Elks Lodge (down and dirty...)
315 Esplanade
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(310) 372-8488
I had a high school reunion there. Great views but parking would be a major hassle, maybe impossible. I don't know if it would be possible to have it at a campus, Long Beach State or City College is close to Ted. They probably have some rules about alchohol even though CSULB has a bar on campus.
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Overhead_Ted
Joined: Aug 09, 2006
Posts: 245
Long Beach, CA
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 07:00 PM
HBkahuna
Overhead_Ted
Continuing the ballroom options, there are a few old "surf halls" available in and around LA and the south bay:
or my personal fave (it's a block from my house)
Belmont Shore Chalet
5107 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California 90803
(562) 438-1557
Is that possibly due to Ripples bar next door you big silly?
It certainly is, you bitch...they must know you there too because when I ordered the "Big Kahuna", the bartender "Stephen" said "you mean an Officer Tim?" Why you savage beast you...
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Overhead_Ted
Joined: Aug 09, 2006
Posts: 245
Long Beach, CA
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 07:02 PM
Stormtiger
Elks Lodge (down and dirty...)
315 Esplanade
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(310) 372-8488
I had a high school reunion there. Great views but parking would be a major hassle, maybe impossible. I don't know if it would be possible to have it at a campus, Long Beach State or City College is close to Ted. They probably have some rules about alchohol even though CSULB has a bar on campus.
The Japanese Garden at Long Beach State is really cool and I've been to a wedding reception there...oh and there was booze I tell ya.
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goober
Joined: Jan 12, 2007
Posts: 317
California
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 07:20 PM
Ron-Rhoades
I'm gonna start saving now too....i'm not gonna miss the next one! I wanna meet all you guys...and gals....and it would be an honor to play with any of you anytime. If i can't get the funds by next June 12th....i'm gonna paddle over. I know, it's a long way and i might not make it....but a corn dog from Zack's would be enough motivation!! Well, maybe not but....i'm gonna be there! Can i use my own guitar or do i have to play a rightie upside down? It's OK, that's what i learned on...it's just those knobs and switches in my arm pit...but that's cool...i just want to play with you guys!
Aloha, Ron: Just got back from Kauai and read your post. You have a standing invitation to stay at my place in Malibu if you or others with the TakeOffs can make it over. And you can borrow my amps -- I don't have a lefty guitar but I have a JM, a Tele w/Bigsby and an new Jag set to show up on the UPS truck this week. I'd love to hear how they sound with someone who knows how to play 'em. Loved your show last Sunday at the Sheraton!
And I second the plea of Unsteady Freddie--please don't schedule for late July / early August--I'll probably be back somewhere in Hawaii.
goober
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HBkahuna
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 1778
Star, Idaho. Formerly lived in Surf City USA.
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 07:28 PM
Overhead_Ted
HBkahuna
Overhead_Ted
Continuing the ballroom options, there are a few old "surf halls" available in and around LA and the south bay:
or my personal fave (it's a block from my house)
Belmont Shore Chalet
5107 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California 90803
(562) 438-1557
Is that possibly due to Ripples bar next door you big silly?
It certainly is, you bitch...they must know you there too because when I ordered the "Big Kahuna", the bartender "Stephen" said "you mean an Officer Tim?" Why you savage beast you...
Since I was a sergeant & u/c, it obviously wasn't me. Don't be doing the fudge train in there big shooter.
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Ron-Rhoades
Joined: Aug 19, 2006
Posts: 958
Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 09:10 PM
Goober....thanks man. I may take you up on it. I've read about some of your instruments here at SG101 and i'd be honored to play any of them but i'm bringing my wacky Tele with the upside down neck and the Islands on the pick guard....i gotta represent Hawaii....the home of surfboard riding!!
R-R
— The TakeOffs
"Kauai's Only All-Instrumental Surf Band"
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-TakeOffs/312866840587
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goober
Joined: Jan 12, 2007
Posts: 317
California
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 09:31 PM
Ron-Rhoades
Goober....thanks man. I may take you up on it. I've read about some of your instruments here at SG101 and i'd be honored to play any of them but i'm bringing my wacky Tele with the upside down neck and the Islands on the pick guard....i gotta represent Hawaii....the home of surfboard riding!!
R-R
That would be this "wacky tele?" Sure sounded good last Sunday:
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diceophonic
Joined: May 20, 2006
Posts: 2174
PacNW (Vancouver, Wa U.S.A.)
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 09:42 PM
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Ron-Rhoades
Joined: Aug 19, 2006
Posts: 958
Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
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Posted on Aug 06 2008 09:45 PM
Yeah, that's her. The Tele i mean!! More often than not...we are the first 'live' band a lot of these kids have ever seen. It's one off the best parts about this gig. I get photos of kids playing upside down now...i treasure them!! Hey, maybe that picture should be the cover of my solo project!! How's the sunset back there? That little girl is like..."boring!! when is Paris Hilton coming out?" haha
— The TakeOffs
"Kauai's Only All-Instrumental Surf Band"
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-TakeOffs/312866840587
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