Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 16 September, 2008 : - - Encinitas, Ca -- David Rensin, author of the new Miki Dora biography 'All For A Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Times of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora' headlines the weekend seminar series at the SACRED CRAFT Consumer Surfboard Expo. Mr. Rensin will be signing books afterwards in the Greg Noll booth.
SACRED CRAFT will host thousands of surfers and the largest collection of shapers & hard-goods manufacturers ever assembled. Included in the weekend love affair with the surfboard is an incredible lineup of insightful, entertaining and provocative seminars & panel discussions all courtesy of Bubble Gum Surf Wax.
"We are very excited about this year's seminar lineup," explained Britt Galland, Bubble Gum Surf Wax marketing VP. "From grom to grandpa, if you are a surfer, there's a bit of Miki Dora's legacy in all of us."
Seminar/Panel Discussion Schedule @ Bubble Gum Surf Wax seminar stage (schedule may change):
SATURDAY - October 11
1030AM DAVE DAUM - 'In Shaping Bay' seminar @ WetGlass EVF shaping bay; Watch and listen as master shaper Dave Daum walks and talks you through the entire shaping process as he crafts a new board; QnA from audience; one lucky audience member will walk away with the finished blank courtesy of Ice-Nine Foam Works and Dave Daum Surfboards
11AM JEREMY SHERWIN - Renewable Surfboards: A whole new way of thinking - changing the mindset of the masses.
11:30AM ROBERT AUGUST / WINGNUT: Longboard quivers QnA with Endless Summer II stars
12:45pm DAVID RENSIN: Author of "All For A Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Times of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora"; Biographer QnA; Book signing
2:15PM JON STILLMAN/HAROLD WALKER: Foam - Past Present & Future
3:15PM TOM WEGENER- The Alaia; past to present wave sliding perspectives.
4:30PM AKEENA SOLAR: Why going green with solar is easier and more cost effective than ever.
SUNDAY- October 12
10:30AM AKEENA SOLAR: Why going green with solar is easier and more cost effective than ever.
11:15 AM LEE VAN DER HURST - SWAYLOCKS: Swaylocks as a resource for the home surfboard builder, the hobbyist, the professional; QnA from audience
NOON (TBD)
2:00 PM DREW BROPHY - Artist extrodinaire. Paint pens explained. Paint your own board, it's simple, fun and now it is explained by legendary surf artist Drew Brophy.
About SACRED CRAFT
The history of our sport is the history of the surfboard. Nothing has defined the surfing experience more than that on which we ride the waves. Nothing defines the surfer more than his (or her) surfboard. So much more than a tool, the surfboard has become a philosophical icon, a sacred craft, a culturally pervasive symbol of freedom, adventure and enduring youth.
About BUBBLE GUM SURF WAX
Back in the summer of 1984 in a sun-bathed kitchen in Leucadia, California, Britt Galland, just two years out of San Dieguito High School, along with his brother Grant, invented Bubble Gum Surf Wax.
"Even today, no matter who smells Bubble Gum Surf Wax, is brought back to an earlier place in time, its like being a kid in the summertime again, running around with a pocket full of Bazooka bubble gum," explains Britt Galland, the mad scientist of surf wax. "Bubble Gum's whole idea - its color, smell, look and feel - was a huge, immediate success."
We threw a little product out there into the surf industry, stood back and watched what happened," says Galland. "People flipped out over it. . . . . . and ever since this brand of wax has been keeping the feet of surfers the world over glued to their boards.
After withstanding the test of time, the Galland brothers are moving ahead with continued innovation to keep Bubble Gum Surf Wax on the top shelf. "This is our passion play," says Britt, we surf everyday all over the world with our friends and family. There is nothing we would rather be doing.
