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Pre Auction Bids Accepted until October 6 SURF ART Dear Friends, Thank you so much for your interest in the amazing art that makes up the 2016 collection of Surfboards On Parade presented by the Rotary Club of Huntington Beach. All of these pieces will be auctioned off to the highest bidder at the Night of a Million Waves Gala and Art Auction on Friday, October 7, 2016 at the beautiful new Pasea Hotel & Spa in Huntington Beach, California. Your support is invaluable, and helps us in our efforts to eradicate skin cancer! In 2014, the inaugural year of Surfboards On Parade we raised more than $100,000! Our goal is too exceed that this year! We know that every piece available is truly one-of-a-kind art that will be not only be an increasing asset, but also a piece of history and a conversation piece of stunning art to enjoy for decades to come. In total there are 22 masterpieces! There are 21 featured in this Auction Catalogue, and another soulful tribute board that will be unveiled at the Art Auction. It is a tribute board to mark the history of this year when surfing became an official Olympic Sport. Shaped by the master Ben Aipa with the art of Roy Gonzales, this piece will be absolutely stunning and include a quote from Duke Kahanamoku – “My sport should be in the Olympics.” Please take a moment to reflect on the power of your potential contribution to help eradicate skin cancer and to help fund the universally accessible playground on the sand in Huntington Beach and the many worthy projects of The Rotary Club of Huntington Beach. We are so grateful for your consideration. Should you not be able to attend the Gala, proxy bids will be excepted until Thursday, October 6 at 9:00 pm PST. Please contact Jodi McKay at [email protected] or 714-337-9176. Warmest Mahalo, EXPERIENCE Rotary Club of Huntington Beach #1 “Legacy of Aloha” #2 “Endless Summer” Joshua Paskowitz Phil Roberts Duke Aipa Robert August The piece is comprised of six elements - the nose of the Reminiscent of the board Robert traveled around the board has a descending golden crown embellished world with in Bruce Brown’s “The Endless Summer”, each with the Hawaiian God KU, this represents the Aipa limited edition surfboard (of 300) features; White opaque family and their Strength and gentility, truly representing pigment, glassed on 1963 style skag, and a classic 60’s the beautiful philosophy of the Royal Hawaiians and glass job, including a 3/4” dark cedar stringer and multi Hawaiian culture. Beneath that is the Majestic Sun, giving layered wood tail block. life to the world. The Goddess PELE is manifested in the The artwork for this one of a kind board by Phil Roberts, heat and power of the Sun and it radiates outward. well known he is best known as a master painter, but Every birth day my Dad Doc, would tell his kids “my son his strongest talents lie in his inventions, figure drawing I give you the sea.” We Honor the Mothers and Fathers and sculpting. Phil has also become well known who give their children a sense of stewardship for the in the Surf industry as creator of some of the most ocean and the Environment which is how we derived memorable paintings and illustrations of surf spots and the name “Legacy of Aloha” and it is the bedrock surf personalities. beneath the feet of our father and Son. The Land is The scene shown is of Bruce Brown and Robert August represented as flowering and full of rich treasures and contemplating a water shot on the beach in Hawaii wisdom. Represented by the Hermetic seal, Doc Dorian while filming the ‘Endless Summer’ movie. Bruce was Paskowitz graduated Stanford university in 1946 and known for ground breaking water shots shown in the not too long after devoted himself to the well-being of movie, creating one of the first ‘hand held’, underwater people and refused to accept payment for his care camera housings. “When Josh Paskowitz and I started talking about the piece we were collaborating on, we decided we Specs: Length: 10’, Width: 23 1/4”, Thickness: 3 1/8”, wanted to do something bigger than life as it was going Stringers: 1” Dark Cedar, Fin: 9 1/2” 60’s style to be a piece that contained the heart and soul of both Robert August Endless Summer 1963 Replica Board the Aipa and Paskowitz families. A board that would’ve Signed by Bruce Brown and Robert August. been in my dad’s personal quiver was perfect”. Glassed-on Fin – Acrylic A beast of a 9’4”x 23” x3-¾” board with signature Ben Aipa invented swallow tail and “Sting” wings, the Big-Boy Sting had been a staple in the Aipa quiver and one the most popular models made by Aipa. 9’4” Swallow tail Surfboard - Acrylic 4 For more information please visit: For more information please visit: 5 surfboards on parade.org surfboards on parade.org #3 “Garden Party” #4 “Warmth” Christie Shinn Brandon Boyd Don Johnston Bob Hurley The surfboard used for “Garden Party” was donated by What happens when you pair up a renowned local musician, past pro surfer and environmentalist, Jack musician with one of the most recognized leaders in Johnson from his personal quiver. surf culture...Warmth. Artist Brandon Charles Boyd is I was given the honor of working with Jack Johnson on an American singer, songwriter, musician, author, and a co-donation for this year’s Surfboards on Parade. We visual artist. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the decided that a recycled board of his would set the American Multi-Platinum rock band Incubus. tone for his message of commitment to environmental Shaper Bob Hurley is cheerful but razor sharp magnate sustainability and the importance of cultivating local from Huntington Beach, California. He was president of food sources. the Billabong USA from 1983 to 1998 and founder and Jack has an ongoing project called Garden Party, which CEO of Hurley International. partners with local schools in Hawaii to provide the tools for kids to learn about sustainable living. Their focus is on 6’ 8” - Pen and ink introducing the kids to local food through gardening. By giving them the skills and the interest in growing fresh, local food, the hope is that the next generation makes healthy choices that have a lighter environmental impact. Hawaii has many challenges, including a dependence on shipped-in produce. My design is meant to inspire an ideal balance between wild land, cultivated land and the ocean, which binds us all together. Signed by Jack Johnson, Christie w and Don Johnson. 5’ 8” Tri-fin Shortboard - Acrylic 6 For more information please visit: For more information please visit: 7 surfboards on parade.org surfboards on parade.org #5 “The Calling” #6 “Lure” Rhonda Jones Ithaka Tom Balestar Unknown I was born and raised in Huntington Beach, California Using discarded surfboards as the base material for and my artwork embodies the beauty I see in all of the the majority of my artwork is a way of continuously creatures and the waters that inhabit this place called connecting to the ocean even when I’m on land. Surfing earth. Sculpting is my attempt to share the essence has provided me with an infinite amount of happiness of events, moments and the mystery of like while I am and has fueled my entire life course of aquatic global here. wanderings and creative expression. I feel infinitely “The Calling” was born from the lure of the ocean as I thankful to have grown up with access to the ocean, watched the surfers off Huntington Beach. There is just specifically Southern California. something mystical and magical that calls these surfers I sometimes see things outside of the art world that are out into the water. I used an octopus as my mystic and very aesthetically imaginative but built for practical the mermaid as the lure. purposes. Fishing lures are a prime example of this. Since The surfboard is a contemporary shape, at 6’6” with a I was a kid, I’ve always been fascinated by lures; the double bump round tail. It has glass on fins. I shaped, designs, the colors and the materials. Observed closely, glassed, and made the fins as well. they are miniature, master-works of contemporary art. Sometimes we forget that an individual or individuals 6’6” Double bump round tail Shortboard – Acrylic visually create literally everything artificially made. I’ve andbubbly foam. often wondered about the persons that conceive these little aquatic jewels. “Lure”, my sculpture appearing in Surfboards On Parade, is an homage to the imaginative but nameless artists who dream them into existence. 6’5” Discarded Surfboard – acrylic paint and jewels, rope, steel and resin 8 For more information please visit: For more information please visit: 9 surfboards on parade.org surfboards on parade.org #7 “Surf Music” #8 “TOO” adverb 1.to a higher degree than is desirable, permissible, or possible; excessively. Scott Thorberg p.s…Always for the LOVE of ART Mark Pesce Steve Fawley Tim Stamps “Surf Music” is a dedication to the Huntington Beach I chose to use 4oz canvas as the medium as Tim music scene with emphasis on the infamous Golden replicated the surfboard from the Huntington Beach Bear once located on the beautiful Pacific Coast iconic sculpture of the 70’s surfer. In those days 4oz Highway! My artistic style has encompassed Rust, Relic canvas was what board shorts were made of so & Resin for nearly three decades.