Mahalo Spirit ($12,000+)

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• Surf Academy Collective

• Marcus D. Moraes

• Kelly Slater Foundation

• Surf Boards from Global Surf Industries

• Rashguards and Wetsuits from Quiksilver 

• LA2050 2016 Winner

 

Kahuna ($6000+)

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• Trinity Lutheran Church, Manhattan Beach (2009)

 

Surfer ($3000+)

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• Just Bones board shorts (in-kind donation)

• Bob and Joyce Daniels

• Erika Schimik and Bug Assault

• BettyBelts of Ventura 

• Stussy

• Nabil Elderkin and Kids of Immigrants in collaboration with Gully Movie

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Wave ($1500+)

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• Teresa Clark of Rose Disability Law 

• Heal the Bay

• Black Surfers Collective

• Roxy 

• Rotary Club of Santa Monica & San Pedro

• Hurley (in-kind donation)

• STAB Magazine (in-kind donation)

 

Aloha ($100+)​

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• The Fehmers Family

• The Carlson Family

• The Gallagher Family

• Dr. Jay Gordon

• Susan Horton

• Countless Surf Academy families who believe so strongly that the ocean is truly a playground for all!

 

Special Thanks:

Community Collaboration

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• Thank You Marion Clark for your passion and leadership on and off the beach.

• William Sawin, Rosemary Hernandez and Russ Lesser for countless hours spent in the board room!

• Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe, whose help in 2003 with 2 buses a week helped launch LA Surf Bus into reality. Now we need 5 buses a week

• Black Surfer's Collective and their leaders, Greg and Marie Rachal and Jeff Williams

• Heal the Bay for all the shore-line inspiration, and especially Meredith McCarthy for her tireless efforts on behalf of community and the sea.

• City of Santa Monica, and especially Beach Recreation Supervisor Heath Hamilton.

• Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors, especially Marketing Supervisor Lynn Atkinson, Lifeguard Chiefs Garth Canning, Mickey Gallagher, and Phil Topar.

• City of Huntington Beach, especially Lifeguard Chief Kyle Lindo and Community Service Supervisor Dottie Hughes.

• City of Los Angeles Recreation and Parks, especially Superintendent Anita Meacham and countless recreation center directors.

• City of Los Angeles Council members Tom LaBonge, Bernard Parks, Gil Garcetti, and Jan Perry.

• Kelly Hendrickson of Trinity Lutheran Church

 

Corporate Support

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• Body Glove Wetsuits, especially President Russ Lesser and Marketing Director Scott Daley.

• Bob and Ryan Hurley and Pat Towersy, for their continued community support and clothing for the groms

• Patagonia for all the summer wetsuits

• BettyBelts for all the seaster swag

• Just Bones boardshorts

• Roxy 

• Eco-Set and Target for bathing suits

• Pat Towersy and Western Hydrodynamic Research 

 

Individual Thanks

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• Postal Carrier Jim of Hermosa Beach- First Donation in 2003!

• Jim Riley of Huntington Beach (2006)

• Lifeguard Captain Steve Mosely (2005)

• Keith Davenport (2006)

• Carol Mayer (2006)

• Quagletti Family Trust (2003)

• Anonymous Donor through US Trust (2006)

• Surfers everywhere who have dropped off good condition used wetsuits and surfboards