The Board Shorts Film Festival is a festival of short surf films by international artists featuring women.  Heading in to its second year the film festival presented by the San Diego Surf Ladies provides a platform to showcase women in the surfing industry and the filmmakers that capture them.

A brand new Board Shorts Film Festival website is up and running and we are now accepting submissions for the festival.  Check it out and let us know what you think and if you are new to SDSL and missed out on this years event head on over to the Film Festival 2012 page for a recap!

We are excited to start recruiting competitors for the San Diego Surf Ladies "Team SDSL".  As the club continues to grow in membership and contribute to the local surf community, developing a surf team is a logical next step for the club.

–      Michelle Ocampo – President, San Diego Surf Ladies

Currently in our ninth year the San Diego Surf Ladies announced this week that we are to launch a surf team “Team SDSL”.  As the club goes from strength to strength, gaining more exposure in the surf community and with an increasing number of members interested in competing this is an exciting step for the surf ladies.

Just over half-way through a year that has seen us hold a sold out surf film festival, provide an opportunity for club members to spend a morning with big wave surfer Gary Linden learning competitive techniques and watched membership soar to almost 100, the club is committed to providing a platform and opportunity for female surfers in the community.

Call for members and team riders!

The San Diego Surf Ladies are inviting current members along with new members female OR male in the San Diego surf community to join the club and represent Team SDSL at upcoming competitions in the Coalition of Surfing Clubs.  Whilst the club may be the called the San Diego Surf Ladies the girls are welcoming guys to join them compete as they head out to competitions around the state!

If you’re interested in competing on behalf of the San Diego Surf Ladies check out the TEAM PAGE for more details and email Eva Thorn - sayluise@hotmail.com

Beach Clean Up with San Diego Coastkeeper and the Surf Ladies Saturday, June 16 !

Saturday, June 16th we're teaming up with our non-profit partner San Diego Coastkeeper for a very special, one of a kind ASBS beach cleanup AND surf sesh in La Jolla!

La Jolla is an Area of Special Biological Significance and public education and outreach about the importance of keeping La Jolla a coastline gem is integral to continued environmental stewardship of San Diegans.  Sharing information and connecting the community with their environment is the first step in creating a strong foundation for environmental stewardship, and the goal of hosting this ASBS beach cleanup. 

For the early birds there will be a surf session at 7:00 am then join the clean up at 9:00.  For those that prefer to sleep in on Saturday, you can join for a post clean up surf session at 11:00.  Meet near the bathrooms.

BYOB - Bring Your Own Reusable Bag, Bucket, Bottle and Gloves

We will have supplies on hand, but volunteers should bring their own reusable gloves, reusable bag/bucket and/or reusable water bottle. Let’s not create waste in order to remove it.

Beach Cleanup Information

Please wear comfortable clothes, closed-toed shoes and sunscreen. All volunteers (individuals as well as groups) are welcome to participate and must sign this liability waiver. Volunteers under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian present at the beginning of the cleanup to sign a liability waiver before the minor can participate.

It’s a year of firsts for surf film festivals in San Diego, from Board Shorts: Short Films by SoCal artists, Inspired by Women to the inaugural San Diego Surf Film Festival taking place this May at Bird’s Surf Shed. 

13 feature films and 22 shorts will be screened over the weekend of May 11 – 13^th and there are some familiar faces in the line up!  San Diego Surf Lady, Hayley Gordon blew us all away with By The Way back in February! At just shy of fifteen minutes long her film is a refreshing look at a crop of talented women surfers with the right amount energy and fun that makes you immediately want to grab your board and run out of the door. Thoughtfully edited with an awesome soundtrack Hayley’s film has gained worldwide attention in the past couple of months with 33k+ views on Vimeo and posts on many a surf site including Surfer Magazine.

By the Way is being screened as part of a triple dose of women’s surfing goodness in a 2 two hour block where you can also see Clare Plueckhahn latest piece So It Goes & much loved feature documentary The Women and the Waves. Australian filmmaker Clare Plueckhahn’s last piece LunchBreak won ‘best short’ at the New York Surf Film Festival and was featured as a guest ‘global short’ at the Board Shorts Festival.  So it Goes contrasts the tongue in cheek high energy of LunchBreak and features 19 year old Billabong surfer Felicity Palmateer exploring her thoughts on life and the pressure she faces as a competitive surfer.

First released in 2009 The Women and The Waves, a documentary by Heather Hudson and features a cast spanning multiple generations of female surfers including the pioneering Linda Benson and professional surfer, shaper & musician Ashley Lloyd.  Uplifting interviews and inspiring surfing throughout the film provide a great commentary on what it means to be a wave-loving woman!   

Not to be missed over the weekend another film screened at the Board Shorts Festival and chosen by the San Diego Surf Film Festival as an automatic selection is Margaux.  Shot and edited by Michael Weybret of Shaper Studios in San Diego Margaux takes us on a beautifully crafted four-minute journey as we watch French surfer Margaux Arramon-Tucoo shape and glide on a recent visit to California.

You can catch Margaux on Saturday May 12^th and So it Goes, By The Way and the Women and the Waves on Sunday May 13^th mothers day. 

Check out more information about the festival, schedule and tickets at www.sandiegosurffilmfestival.com

San Diego Surf Ladies premium members can come along and watch the So it Goes, By The Way and the Women and the Waves at a discounted rate located in the Surf Lounge!

By The Way from Hayley Gordon on Vimeo.

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• Member Surf Session and Brunch Meeting - Only the locations have changed

ELECTIONS

• President
• Vice-President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Sport Coordinator
• Waikiki Coordinator
• Social Media Coordinator
• Community Service Coordinator
• Surf Travel
• Website Coordinator
  
• Promotional Products Coordinator
  
• Team Carnage – Do you like surfing more advanced surf spots?  All you have to do is tell us when and where and stick an SDSL flag in the sand near your surf spot.  You can host these Team Carnage surf sessions as often as you’d like – once a month, once a quarter, or just one time.
• Social Coordinator – In addition to surf sessions, we also host bonfires, happy hours, beach days, etc.  Let us know if you’d like to host an event soon!

MEMBERSHIP UPDATES

In an effort to meet the needs of our growing San Diego Surf Ladies Club (we currently have 129 active members) club members voted to add a small annual dues for a Premium Membership of $25.00 per year.  We have eliminated all other levels of membership, including the $50.00 Sport Dues, thus  allowing everyone to enjoy the same benefits of club membership. We surveyed members at the 2011 anniversary party and 98% of members who voted supported paying dues.

You can download the full letter or just review the highlights below:

Exclusive benefits of Premium Membership:

Timeline:

When you click on your email that prompts you to renew your membership, you should be able to login and renew your membership at the Premium Level. You will be prompted to pay the $25.00 fee with your credit card or PayPal account. 

Please contact us if you have any questions.  We also welcome any feedback that you may have.   

Thanks for making this such a successful club, Surf Ladies!

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