First Annual Foam E-Z Boardswap Recap

            

           The deals
have been made, the beers drank, and first annual Foam E-Z Boardswap is in the
bag. If you made it down then you know it was a hell of time. If you missed it…
well then you really missed it. Things started off slowly enough, sure. As
surfers there is a certain order to our priorities that cannot be interrupted,
and with plenty of swell in the water that day and a contest happening south of
the Huntington Pier there were a few early detours. As soon as the music
started pumping (courtesy of DJ
FreezKo) and the board selection continued to grow, the
event really began to kick off.

            Among the
first to arrive was our great friend and event co-host, Seventh Wave Surf Shop,
whose owner Kelli designed and printed some exclusive event t-shirts which were
for sale. Not far behind were the good folks from Surfboard Broker, with near 50 used and
pro shortboards in tow, as well as our friend Rob from Need Essentials USA who was on
deck for fittings with their game changing high-quality, low-cost/gimmick
wetsuits and accessories. Tim
Stamps and Forrest Minchinton
were around all day with some exclusive deals on boards and custom orders,
while Robert August kept busy all day
with a huge selection of rare and vintage longboards.

            By noon the
grill was fired up, the beer (generously provided by Pabst Blue Ribbon) was
plentiful, and everyone had settled into a great day of hanging out and talking
all things surfboards. Of course the day wasn’t just for the sellers and
vendors, among the many curious buyers who stopped by that day, we also saw visits
from local legends like shapers Lyle Carlson and Matt Bettis, as well as ’76 world
champ Peter Townend.  When all was said
and done, everyone in attendance was buzzing and stoked for the next event.

            Huge thanks
to everyone that made it out to this event and made it as awesome as it could
be, we couldn’t have done it without your support and stoke! Needless to say, now
would be a good time start combing through your quiver and saving those dollars
while keeping an eye out for another boardswap event to come this spring!