My old band (The Looney Tunes) played at the first DWV contest in Germany, 2004 on the island of Sylt. That led to many german bands playing at their meetings and contests. Soon after the Sylt contests they change the preferred location back to the french Atlantic coast.

Zitat:

Deutsche Meisterschaften des DWV im Wellenreiten 2008Der Deutsche Wellenreit Verband veranstaltet vom 27. September bis 4. Oktober 2008 in Seignosse an der südfranzösischen Atlantikküste die Deutsche Wellenreit Meisterschaft. Die DM geht damit in ihr 13. Jahr.

Deutsche Meisterschaften des DWV im Wellenreiten 2008

Zitat:

Wild Water Days zum dritten Mal auf Sylt
Für Naturschutz und Umwelt die Schulbank drücken und einen einwöchigen Aufenthalt auf Sylt als Projektwoche für die ganze Klasse gewinnen! Alle Infos dazu findet Ihr hier.Wild Water Days 2008. Ihr seid zwischen 9 und 14 Jahre alt und Pink Floyd haben mit ihrem Song “We Don’t Need No Education” euren Zuspruch gefunden? Na, dann haben wir hier genau das Richtige für euch! Denn ein bisschen Bildung hat noch niemandem geschadet, insbesondere, wenn es sich um Umweltschutz und das Wellenreiten handelt. Und genau aus diesem Grund veranstaltet die Quiksilver Foundation vom 2. bis 6. Juni 2008 zum dritten Mal die Wild Water Days auf Sylt. Dass die Quiksilver Foundation weiß, wovon sie spricht, beweist ihr Engagement beim Thema Naturschutz: Neben der Überwachung von Korallenriffen, der Kontrolle der Wasserqualität in bekannten Surf-Revieren und Strandsäuberungsaktionen investiert die Quiksilver Foundation all ihre Energie, damit wir weiterhin in sauberem Wasser surfen können.

Wild Water Days zum dritten Mal auf Sylt

from Jerry Cole’s MySpace profile:

Our dear friend Jerry Cole died Wednesday night at his home in Corona, California. Funeral services are still pending but a public memorial is also being planned for the near future. Jerry’s wife Gale was with him when he suffered a massive heart attack. Jerry was 68 years old and is survived by Gale and their daughters, Monique and Katrina, and son, Cane. Jerry’s other son, Keith, died just a year earlier at the age of 28.

from Answers.com

Throughout the ’60s and , guitarist/songwriter Jerry Cole worked with some of the most prominent talents in rock’n’roll, including Them, the Beach Boys, the Byrds, and as a session man in Phil Spector’s ‘Wrecking Crew.’ With his own group the Spacemen, Cole released four albums of space-age surf music in just over two years, beginning with 1963’s Outer Limits. As the ’60s progressed, Cole worked on sessions for the Byrds’ ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’/’I Knew I’d Want You’ single and Them’s 1965 self-titled album. He teamed up with Roger McGuinn again in 1972 for McGuinn’s debut solo record, and session work with Roger Miller, Chuck Howard and Susie Allanson sent him in a country-rock direction. Cole’s work with the Spacemen was collected in the 1999 Sundazed compilation Power Surf! The Best of Jerry Cole & His Spacemen. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Jerry Cole

Whether it’s about Aussie Atlantics type, Jack Johnson mode, California instro, Beach Boys style or all of them was not specified yet.

Volume 7 Number 4
80 pages plus cover

Face Moves: Twelve Longboard Apostles
The Kingdom of Tonga
Surf Music Lives
Once Were Groms
Profiles: Beau Young & Manly Malibu Club

Pacificlongboarder.com

Some of these look good to me, of course they’re impracticle as surfboards, more like ritual paddles, spears and guaras.

*HUA Sculptured Surfboards
WHAT ARE THEY?
HUA (Polynesian Soul) SCULPTURES are the work of Aaron Kereopa – a young Maori surfer and artist.
Aaron designs and then carves these characters into stripped back, old – dis-used surfboards. Each of them represents a part of a Maori warrior tree.
Aaron’s works are now only available by commission.

Surfa.com.au – the Art, the Sport and the Lifestyle of Surfing

The event takes shape! As posted before, I will keep you updated.

Line Up Wassermusik

Surf
10.7. 19h Leopold Kraus Wellenkapelle; 20.30h The Surfaris
11.7. 19h Messer Chups; 20.30h La Pupuna
12.7.19h Boom Pam; 20.30h Bambi Molesters
13.7. 20.30h Marc Ribot Trio

Seemannslieder
17.7. 19h Juana Molina; 20.30h Eliza Carthy
18.7. 19h Chor der Kulturen der Welt; 20.30h Dori Caymmi
19.7. 19h Fikat al Bahrain; 20.30h Hamid Baroudi
20.07. 14h Family Concert with Fikat al Bahrain/ afterwards Ocean Club

Tiki
24.7. 19h Belli de Waikiki; 20.30h Waitiki
25.7. 20.30h Don Tiki
26.7. 19h Coconami; 20.30h Lushy
27.07 Chillout Kahuna Kawentzmann

www.myspace.com/festival_wassermusik

This spanish surf film festival looks great!

But wait, the poster is proper, and there’s going to be surfbands playing!
Quote:

At the Surfilm Festibal there’s always been live music… but it seems that this year they are going one step beyond by inviting some very first-rate bands, and even starting an offshoot: the FestiBaila, a music festival within the Surfilm Festibal. In this first edition the FestiBaila will feature the followings bands: Delorean, Los Coronas, Los Tiki Phantoms and Discípulos de Dionisos (click on the names to learn more about each band). I’ve just spoken to Sancho, one of the organizers, to find out more about the FestiBaila.

Here’s the english blog.
Surfilm Festibal 6 Concurso Internacional de Cortos

Here’s a quote from 70percent.org:

The TCA isn’t done with their toll road through Trestles yet. They’ve successfully appealed to the US Fish And Wildlife Service to reject the findings of the Coastal Commission. There is some insight into how the agency has been infiltrated by capitalistic pigs on the erBB. Keep fighting.

70percent.org » Blog Archive » The TCA Thinks You Are Lazy And Powerless

older articles 1, 2 and 3.

I could have played all night, the audience was great, but since the public transportation was going on strike in the morning people made the effort to catch the last rides. This list is not in the correct order, I will find a way to ensure the correct posting order for my next playlist.

1. La Mer d’Hawaii – Die Gitarros
2. Sake Rock – Martin Denny
3. Blue Rain – The Islanders
4. Beach Boy – Martha Shanklin
5. On Your Marks – Santo & Johnny
6. Sansar Ki Har Shae – Van Shipley
7. Phantoma – The Silver Bullets
8. Beauty Hula – Ray Kinney and his Famous Hawaiian Orchestra
9. 55 Days of Peking – Rob-E. G.
10. Atlantis – Norrie Paramor and his Orchestra
11. Rosarita Surf – Jerry Cole
12. Hero – Kai Winding
13. Taboo – The Keymen
14. Main Title From: Ride The Wild Surf – The Astronauts
15. Volare – Santo & Johnny
16. Adios – Xavier Cugat
17. He Ain’t Heavy… He’s My Brother – Basil Henriques and the Waikiki Islanders
18. Perfidia – Xavier Cugat
19. Spooky – Santo & Johnny
20. Rockambo Baby – Tarragano & his Orchestra
21. Tequila – Lloyd Lindroth
22. The Twist – The Parleys
23. La Paloma – Ken James
24. Hawaii Five-O – Roberto Delgado
25. Doin’ The Cha Cha Cha – Preston Epps
26. Caribbean Nights – Arthur Lyman
27. Staccato – The Eliminators

I also played a track by The Stylers and The Melodians (Maurice Patton) each, but don’t know the titles since they are set in chinese on the covers and labels.

It was really great to see hawaiian slack-key master Harry Koizumi, with his traditional hawaiian music. Very beautiful. Berlin Surf-band Space Dog showed much potential. They rocked so well towards the end. They just need to hit the stage more often.

Heute abend in Berlin! Wassermusik 2008
Preview!!!

18.30 h „La Paloma“: Andreas Schäfler + Sigrid Faltin. Lesung aus dem neuen Buch im marebuchverlag

19.30 h Film: „La Paloma. Sehnsucht. Weltweit“. Vorschau des Films, der Mitte Juni ins Kino kommt

21 h Konzert: Harry Koizumi, Hawaii, hawaiianische Seemannslieder

21.30 h Konzert: SpaCe DoG, Surf Music

22.30 h DJ-set: Kahuna Kawentzmann, Surf, Exotica and related vinyl