Beach Challenges! There will also be some great Beach Challenges with prizes from Electric, Ocean Minded, DVS, O’Neill and more! Details to come.

Lunch Package: We’ve got a special lunch package for your convenience provided by Gezzo’s, where a portion of the proceeds will go to support the celebration and Surfrider Foundation. The lunch package consists of either a chicken or veggie burrito filled with rice, beans, cheese, lettuce and pico de gallo served with chips and salsa–all for $12.

Tickets. Get your tickets here. IMPORTANT: Please sign up for a Free Event Ticket if you plan to attend. If you want lunch, please also purchase a Lunch Ticket. You can also purchase any number of Donation Tickets if you want to support Surfrider Foundation. Please select the appropriate number of each ticket. You don’t need to print your tickets.

When: Saturday, June 19, see event schedule below

Where: Lanier Park on Lake Lanier, see directions below

There is a $4.00 parking fee per car so carpool if you can, also no pets and no alcohol.

EVENT SCHEDULE

9:30am – 11:30am Shore Sweep

Noon – 1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm – 1:30pm SUP Clinic – Learn How to Stand Up Paddle

1:30pm – 3:00pm SUP Relay Races (4 person teams)

3:00pm – 5:30pm Free Paddle

DIRECTIONS:

From HWY 400

• Take 400 North to exit 14

• Turn RIGHT on hwy 20 east

• Turn LEFT at the second traffic light onto Sanders Rd.

• Turn RIGHT on Buford Dam Rd. and continue for about 7.5 miles

• After crossing the dam, continue past the Dam Store and East Bank Park

• Take the first LEFT after the curve into Lanier Park. The event will be held in the pavilion.

FROM I-85 or 985

• Take 85 to 985

• Take exit 4 and turn LEFT onto hwy 20 west toward Cumming

• Continue on hwy 20 about 7 miles through several traffic lights

• Turn RIGHT onto Suwanee Dam Rd.

• Take until road ends and turn RIGHT on Buford Dam Rd.

• After the curve in the road turn LEFT when you see the Lanier Park Sign which will take you into the park. The even is in the pavilion.

The Sixth Annual International Surfing Day is made possible by Paddle Anywhere, Vitamin Water, Earthpack, Surfing Magazine and the Surfrider Foundation. For more information about International Surfing Day visit www.intlsurfingday.com

Follow the latest oil spill news at Surfrider’s Not The Answer website. The most current posts are listed below.

• CA & NJ oppose new oil drilling
• State of the Spill – Week 14
• Raging Grannies Sing Drill No More
• Shea and Corey Lopez on the Oil Spill in Their Home State
• State of the Spill – Week 13

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL:

• Please submit your oil reports at the Skytruth site here.
• If you are interested in traveling to the Gulf Coast to volunteer, please email treasurer@surfrideratlanta.org. We are currently working on getting the required hazmat training.
• Additional updates on Atlanta chapter activities will be posted on our Oil Spill page here.
• UPDATE: Since BP is handling all the cleanup activities, Surfrider Foundation is focusing efforts on water testing.  You cand find out how to donate here.

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.

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.