TICKETS NOW ON SALE!  To purchase tickets or for more information, go to www.chattahoochee.org. The event is Thursday, May 13 / 6:30-11:00pm at Park Tavern at Piedmont Park.

Tickets are $40 by May 10th / $55 at the door (based on availability/expected to sell out)

This year’s event will feature:

• Live music from Emerson Hart of Tonic, plus Gareth Asher of our “Songs for Charity” campaign, Michael Tolcher, Christopher Alan Yates, Jen Lowe, and others from our very own “Watershed Project.”Presentation of our River Rock Star Award to special guest Ed Roland of Collective Soul
• The kick-off for SweetWater Brewery’s Save the Hooch Campaign
• Live and silent auctions
• Incredible food from Park Tavern and tasty beverages from SweetWater Brewery and Park Tavern – all included in your ticket price.

PLEASE NOTE: Make sure to enter STEVE COMBS as the person who invited you in the registration field “Who Invited You?” so SURFRIDER FOUNDATION will get credit.

A Brokedown Melody follows swell through South America, Polynesia and Jamaica. Documenting in 16mm film the surfing of Kelly Slater, Gerry Lopez, Jack Johnson, Mike Todd, Mark Cunningham, C.J. Hobgood, The Wilmots, The Malloys and Rob Machado.

Registration: THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS EVENT BUT ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE. (You don’t need to print your ticket.)

Where: Twisted Taco Midtown (66 12th St NE, Atlanta, GA 30309).

Parking: The lot directly across 12th Street is now reserved for guests of Twisted Taco. You can also walk from the Midtown MARTA station.

Additional Details: This event is made possible by permissions obtained by Surfrider Foundation.

Host: Special thanks to Twisted Taco Midtown for hosting the event.

Tickets on Sale Now!

Please check out the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival being held by Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (UCR), Georgia River Network (GRN) and Georgia ForestWatch (GFW). You can see the trailers here.

Several inspirational and motivational films of varying lengths will be presented on Sunday afternoon, March 7, 2010 from 2:00-5:30 PM at the Tara Theater in Atlanta. The program will highlight two longer length films among several shorter works. What’s Organic About Organic? (60 min.) looks beyond the eco-label of the grocery store to see how organic farming benefits our land and communities; the film also exposes hidden costs of conventional agriculture. In the documentary Bag It (50 min.) an average guy makes the resolution to stop using plastic bags at the grocery – but that’s just the beginning.

In addition to these and other films, the festival on tour in Atlanta welcomes photographer and writer Holt Webb and his eco-friendly motor home BABS, who will be on-site at the Tara Theater from noon until 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 7, to share his Vanishing America Project promoting conservation and educating others about the wildlife and culture we are losing.

Also, as a special treat, patrons with a valid ID will be served complimentary SweetWater beverages inside the theater.

You can get the latest details at the UCR site or head straight to the ticket ordering page here.

THIS MEETING HAS BE CANCELLED DUE TO EQUIPMENT ISSUES. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

The Surfrider Foundation Atlanta Chapter will be having a movie night on Tuesday 7pm, March 2, 2010  at Twisted Taco Midtown. Come see “A Broke Down Melody,” a film by Chris and Emmett Malloy.

A Brokedown Melody follows swell through South America, Polynesia and Jamaica. Documenting in 16mm film the surfing of Kelly Slater, Gerry Lopez, Jack Johnson, Mike Todd, Mark Cunningham, C.J. Hobgood, The Wilmots, The Malloys and Rob Machado. Check out the trailer.

When: Tuesday, March 2 at 7:00 p.m.

Where: Twisted Taco Midtown.

Registration: THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS EVENT BUT ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE.

Parking: The lot directly across 12th Street is now reserved for guests of Twisted Taco.

Additional Details: This event is made possible by permissions obtained by Surfrider Foundation.

Host: Special thanks to Twisted Taco Midtown for hosting the event.

On February 13, 2010 at Noon Central Time, thousands of citizens will convene on the Florida beaches and will draw metaphorical and actual lines in the sand; human lines in the sand against near shore oil drilling in our waters.

Please email info@surfrideratlanta.org if you are interested in attending or want additional details. We are planning to camp, surf, paddleboard and have a good time.

Sign up at our  TICKETbud.com event registration page.

In this biographical film, legendary pro surfer Rob Machado travels to Indonesia to experience a different kind of surf trip—one of self discovery and awareness. Catch up with Rob, Taylor and a host of other top name surfers.

Drifter Trailer from Poor Specimen on Vimeo.

When: February 4 at  7:00 p.m.

Where: Diving World, 1754 Tullie Circle, Atlanta 30329.

Registration: THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS EVENT BUT ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE

Additional Details: This event is made possible by permissions obtained by Surfrider Foundation.

Pre-Meeting Dinner: If you would like to meet for a dutch treat dinner at 6pm, some members will be going to Waikikie Hawaiian BBQ (www.waikikie.com) 2160 Briarcliff Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30329-3450. Please let us know during the registration process if you will attend or email Steve Combs (treasurer@surfrideratlanta.org).

Our Host: Special thanks to Diving World USA for hosting our event.  A map to the event location is below.