30th annual Waterman’s
Saturday, August 3, 2019
The Ranch at Laguna Beach
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The threat to our ocean environment around the globe has never been greater which means the surf industry is more motivated than ever to help support the 15 different ocean environment non-profits that are dedicated to keeping plastics out of the ocean, overseeing beach clean-ups, protecting surf breaks from destruction and more. In the past 30 years, Waterman’s has been responsible for raising more than $8 million and we want you to be part of the fun as we close in on the $9 million mark.
We invite you to join us on August 3 for a night under the stars at The Ranch at Laguna Beach as we celebrate surfing, pay tribute to some of the most colorful people in the world and raise money and awareness for the oceans. Sign up today, you don’t want to miss out on surfing’s best – and most impactful – party!
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Questions? Contact Shannon Zseleczky at shannon@sima.com.
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About Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Mark Richards
Forget for a moment the four world titles, the innovation of the twin-fin, the Porsche 911 and signature airbrushes. Forget for a moment that Mark Richards was a god to thousands of groms around the world.
“I believe that just because you are good at something, like standing on a surfboard, it doesn’t make you better than anybody else,” Richards says. “It’s not really that important in the scheme of things.”
That is the humility and grounded perspective of one of the most influential surfers the sport and culture has ever had the privilege of knowing. At the height of his competitive dominance in the early ‘80s, Richards picked up his shaping tools and quietly went back to work in his parents’ surf shop in blue-collar Newcastle. Read more here.
