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Mark these dates
and look forward to one of Oahu's highlight events.
REGISTRATION
We would like to
open additional divisions to give more opportunity as well as a level
playing field.
Divisions will be:
1. Novice
(1st contest ever participants)
2. Amateur
(Regularly competing girls)
3. Pro /
Sponsored
Participants will
be grouped into age categories. Participants will be allowed to select
one level of competition per category (Shortboard, Longboard, Bodyboard).
The novice division is thanks to Susan Nishida's brainstorm. If there
are not enough entries for your division, we may combine divisions.
VOLUNTEERS
We are looking to
fill 3 volunteer chair positions for next year's event. Volunteer
chairs will work with us approximately 2 hours every week to coordinate
promotions, staffing, and operations of the event.
We just
wrapped up the 2007 event this weekend. You can access those pages
here. We received a bit of
press from the
Honolulu Advertiser again.
Photos and videos are available for
purchase.
Direct link to
Photos by
WahineSurfer.net (Donated photo shoot to contest prize winner)
Gary Ms
Creations - "8-19-07- Congratulations to the all the girls that participated
in the 2nd Annual Girls Who Surf Contest on 8-18-07 at Kewalos. ! I am
donating one 4x6 emaiiled photo to each person who emails me at
info@garymscreations.com. with the image number. All prices for regular
prints from 5x7 to 11x14 are marked down 50% off and more selection of
products.
Click here to go to my photos."
Video
FEEDBACK
Two improvements to the 2007 contest included moving the
date into the summertime (to have a better chance at getting nice waves - it
worked!) and posting a tentative schedule before the contest online (so
contestants know better what to expect - it worked!). Please send
feedback and suggestions to
Contest@GirlsWhoSurf.com. The tiering of heats into the grand
prizes this year was thanks in part to Caitlin Owen.
The
Friends of Kewalos made a movement to minimize
contests at Kewalo Basin Park so that the non-contest local surfers can
enjoy the surf on summer weekends. As a result community meetings were
held and it was decided that one meeting will be held next year at which
time, 8 contest permits may be approved, and only 5 for the Point. While we believe the State
bases permit approvals based on when they receive the application and for
how many of the public it serves, we would never want to be denied a permit
due to lack of strength of voice.
Please consider sending a letter (or email) to us or directly to the State
about your experience with our event. It will help us to have a
stronger voice in requesting the beach and water permits. Our contest
yearly serves about 200 contestants, spectators, volunteers, and sponsors.
We hope to always be granted the necessary permits to continue our contests.
State of Hawaii issued
a
Memorandum
Send feedback to:
Contest@GirlsWhoSurf.com
Women's Pipeline Pro contest was
not issued a permit for
the 2008 year.
Send feedback to:
Contest@GirlsWhoSurf.com
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