International Surfing Day at Tybee Island, GA Coastal Georgia / Low Country Chapter Surfrider Foundation

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Your Organization's Title: Surfrider Foundation Coastal Georgia / Low Country Chapter

About Your Organization: International Surfing Day will be celebrated on Tybee Island, Georgia, on Saturday, June 20th 2009. The event is being sponsored locally by the Surfrider Foundation Coastal Georgia Low Country Chapter, and will be headquartered on the beach near 17th Street (South Beach parking area). Throughout the day, from 10am til 5pm, a variety of activities are planned, and everyone is invited to come and take part and participate. Activities being planned include:

• Beach litter pick up
• Surfrider Foundation Coastal Georgia Low Country Chapter info
• City of Tybee Island Mayor’s paddle out
• Copies of Surfing Magazine
• Touch tank and table
• Yoga on the beach
• Contests
• Information about Eastern Surfing Association Georgia District
• Free lessons and opportunities to use:
surf boards
sea kayaks
stand up paddle boards
kite boards

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR SPECIFIC EVENTS
(check back frequently as new events are being added)

8:30 Litter Pick Up (Supplies provided by Coastal Environmental Analysis)

10:30 Paddle out with Tybee Island Mayor Jason Buelterman

12:00 Alternative Surfboard Contest (sponsored by Underground Boardworks)

12:00 Ugliest Bathing Suits Contest (sponsored by Underground Boardworks)

3:00 Intro Yoga On The Beach provided by Christine Glover

LOCAL SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS of the local International Surfing Day event on Tybee Island and the Coastal Georgia Low Country Chapter are being added regularly, and currently include:

• City of Tybee Island
http://www.cityoftybee.org

• Coastal Environmental Analysis
http://ceasurf.com

• Underground Boardworks Surfshop
http://www.undergroundboardworks.com

• Tybee Island YMCA
http://www.ymcaofcoastalga.org/tybeeisland

• High Tide Surfshop
http://www.hightidesurfshop.com

• Photography by Joey Wilson
http://www.photographybyjoeywilson.com

• Georgia District of the Eastern Surfing Association
http://www.esa-ga.org

• Tybee Island Marine Science Center
http://www.tybeemarinescience.org

• North Island Surf and Kayak
http://www.northislandkayak.com/

• Yoga With Christine
yogawithchristine@mail.com

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For additional information about the International Surfing Day event on Tybee Island, contact: joe@ceasurf.com

For additional information about the Surfrider Foundation Coastal Georgia Low Country Chapter, visit: http://www.myspace.com/coastalgeorgiasurfrider