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Tanna Frederick and friends boost Project Save Our Surf
Friday, 14 May 2010 15:39

Tanna Frederick: beauty and surfer

World champion surfers Shaun Tomson and Peter ‘PT’ Townend join Project Save Our Surf founder/actress Tanna Frederick when they co-host the Third Annual Project SOS: SURF 24, a 24-hour surfathon to benefit Surfrider Foundation, Heal The Bay and Inside the Outdoors.

Celebrity surfers include Sam Trammell (True Blood), Dylan Bruno (Numb3rs), Jesse Spencer (House), Sean Patrick Flanery (Boondock Saints), Chad Lowe (24), Ingo Rademacher (General Hospital), Michael Munoz (Amazing Race), Eric Balfour (24), Brandon Boyd (Incubus), David Chokachi (Beyond the Break), Gregory Harrison (Trapper John, MD), Chris Bruno (Dead Zone), Pat Parnell (Fuel TV’s The Daily Habit) and Kathy Zuckerman (Gidget).

Surf luminaries participating include James Pribram, Matt Beacham, Mary Osborne, Angie Reno and Jon Rose (more names to be added.)

WHAT: Recreational surfers will be joined by pro- urfers and celebrities from TV and film as they compete to put up the best wave each hour from 12 noon Saturday, June 19th to 12 noon Sunday, June20th. One surfer will receive the “SURF 24 Surfer of the Year” trophy.

On June 19th, opening ceremonies begin at 11:30 am with beach daytime events for the whole family including live music from 12:30 pm to 8:30 pm (Human Lab, ACIDIC and Common Sense), mural painting with Joanne “Art Miles” Tawfilis, guest speakers including Ed Begley Jr., food and beverage, volleyball, yoga and eco-friendly vendors. At 8:30 pm a surf-film program on the Pier Plaza will feature special appearances from the creators of “The Cove.” At 10:30 pm, registered surfers are invited to stay for screening on the sand of
“North Shore” and other surf-related films.

On June 20th, there will be a beach breakfast at 8 am (by donation), silent and live auctions and the presentation of the "Friends of the Ocean" award ceremony prior to closing ceremonies.

WHEN: 11 am on Saturday, June 19th - 12 noon on Sunday, June 20th

WHERE: Southside Huntington Beach Pier, Huntington Beach, CA

WHY: Project SOS: SURF 24 coincides with International Surfing, which was established by Surfrider Foundation and Surfing Magazine to celebrate the sport of surfing and to promote clean water and clean ocean.


SOURCE: Project SOS: Surf 24


 

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