2009 Longboard luau donation in progress
2008 signature board winner Fernando of Reef
2006 "Tattoo" board hand painted by the artists of TV's "Miami Ink
2005 "LIVESTRONG" surfboardCountdown to the 2009 Moores UCSD Cancer Center Luau & Longboard invitational
Each August, the annual Moores UCSD Cancer Center Luau and Longboard Invitational surfs for a cure to raise awareness and much needed funds for cancer research. By bringing together some of the most respected men and women in surfing history with business leaders, scientists, local politicians and national celebrities, the Longboard Luau is one of the world’s most successful surfing fundraiser and has an international reputation for celebrating the “aloha” spirit in the fight against cancer. Now in its 16th year, the Invitational has raised more than $3 million for the Moores UCSD Cancer Center. http://www.longboardluau.org/
For the past 8 years Steve Walden & his girlfriend Brandy have participated in the event, each year donating a one of a kind surfboard to the live auction. " The Longboard luau is such an important event and I am honored to be a part of it and to help raise money for such a worthy cause" says Walden. Past Walden donations have included a Lance Armstrong "LIVESTRONG" Magic model that Lance himself signed. which sold fore 27,500.00 A balsa Magic model signed by Greg Noll, Al Merrick, Renny Yater, Bob Mctavish an many more which sold for 17,000.00
This years donation may top them all, Walden Surfboards has partnered with legendary photographer Art Brewer for one of mostly ambitious boards ever. Art has a collection of never or rarely seen Polaroid photos of the surf industries greatest riders & personalities, the 2009 luau board will feature a compilation of some of Art's greatest photos from this collection. Art has also put together a Limited edition book which includes every photo on the board, this book will be included in the auction with the board. As a rule Walden never shows the completed board until the auction is complete but we have a sneak peak of the board being glassed.
Each board idea is dreamed up by Brandy and usually takes about 6 months to complete. "Last years donation was the toughest, trying to track down 50+ surfers to sign a surfboard was a challenge, but everyone involved was really into the cause and was thrilled to lend their name to the project" says Brandy, she adds..This year's board was an enormous job but Art really did most of the work in scanning each picture and laying them out". The live auction is August 23rd, we hope this special surfboard helps raise a lot of money for Cancer research.
Special thanks to: Art Brewer for donating his amazing art and his time to this Project & Ray Moss for donating again his printing services. For more info on Art Brewer or Ray Moss visit: http://www.raymosslongboards.com/
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