Only in Melbourne Beach

Nice way to get from home to surf! Park the boards on top and away you go!

Surfing for Life movie

		Surf Film: Surfing For Life - Event Saturday, November 17                  7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Description: This documentary shows 10 legendary surfers modeling healthy aging by staying active into their 7th, 8th and 9th decades. Snacks & sodas provided courtesy of Sunseed Co-op. Location: Cocoa Beach Library, 550 North Brevard Ave., Cocoa Beach Room: Community Room Contact: For more details contact the Information Desk. (321) 868-1104

Rough seas ahead!

Weather officials say waves will go from six to nine feet on Thursday to about 10 to 14 feet near the shoreline Friday and 15 to 18 feet offshore.Use caution! Big waves + our coast = not always worth the work required to get out only to get thrown around.

Own a piece of history and help the ocean!

 
Your chance to own a piece of surf history is here! Bid today on a mint-condition Modern/Classic solid redwood surfboard shaped by the legendary Dale Velzy.  Measuring 10’2” x 23” x 2” this is a tremendous example of Velzy’s renowned craftsmanship.

A Velzy-shaped redwood board of this quality has never come up for sale or auction so this is truly a once in a lifetime chance to own a piece of surf history. Click here to bid!

All proceeds from the auction will support the Surfrider Foundation’s efforts to protect and preserve the world’s oceans, waves and beaches. Don’t miss this chance to win a unique treasure while protecting the treasured coasts you love! 6 more days left to bid!

For our oceans, waves and beaches,

The Surfrider Foundation

Sugar, the surfing rescue dog!

This is what you call " Hangin 60 " !! These dogs were entrants in the 2012 Huntington Beach Dog Surfing contest, held last weekend in CA. Just for participating, each dog got a medal that said "PAW-ticipant" !! And there were plenty of PAW-parazzi to capture some cute photos! These 3 dogs were attempting to establish a Guinness World Record. Follow this link to watch a video of Sugar, the rescue dog as she rides some California waves. TOO cute!!!

FREE surf movie!!

As part of the Women of the Waves series, the Cocoa Beach Surf Museum will present Ten: 10 Years of Women's Longboarding. This epic adventure features over 20 of the top female longboarders in the world with incredible footage from California, Costa Rica, Australia and Hawaii. Free, all-natural, organic popcorn and sodas will be provided. 

Date: Friday Sept 28
Time: Doors open 6:30, movie starts 7 p.m.
Where: Cocoa Beach Public Library
Admission: Free, but donations welcome!!

Doctors Lawyers Weekend Warriors Surf Fest

This weekend is the 20th - and LAST surf fest/fund-raiser for the Doctors Lawyers Weekend Warriors. The group has raised over a quarter of a million dollars for charity, and this year, their earnings go to the Mama G scholarship and Satellite Beach High's Surf Team. Unless you have a kid in school, you don't know that schools pay for nothing when it comes to extra-curricular (whoops, this is Brevard, so football is excluded in that statement) activities. Even if you didn't enter, go support them at Sebastian Inlet! Details HERE!

BIG Surfing Contest week-end!

 27th Annual Nat'l Kidney Foundation Surf/Skate Event in Cocoa Beach THIS Labor Day weekend!!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

7:00 AM: On Beach Registration (by CB Pier)
8:00 AM: Pro Am Surfing Competition Begins
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Ron Jon Surf School Learn to Surf experience
10:00 A.M. –4:00 P.M. – Massages by Melissa
12:00 PM: Live Bands at The Cocoa Beach Pier
                 Booker D. Surfdog Exhibition
                 2012 ISA Tandem Surfing World Championship
1:00 PM: Poster Signing celebrities and Surfing Greats
2:00 PM: Karate Demo
3:00 PM: Mar Chiquita Bikini Contest  (Oh Shucks )
6:00 - 9:00 PM: Surf Competitor Party

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

7:15 AM: Church Service – Non-Denominational
8:00 AM: Pro A.M. Surfing Competition continues
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Ron Jon Learn to Surf experience
10:00 A.M. –4:00 P.M. – Massages by Melissa
12:00 PM: Live Bands at The Cocoa Beach Pier
                 Booker D. Surfdog Exhibition
                 2012 ISA Tandem Surfing World Championship
1:00 PM: Poster Signing celebrities and Surfing Greats
2:00 PM: Karate Demo
3:00 PM: Mar Chiquita Bikini Contest  (Oh Shucks )

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

7:30 AM: ISA Tandem Surfing  World Championship Finals
8:00 AM: Pro Am. Surfing Competition Finals
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Ron Jon Surf Shop – Learn to Surf experience
9:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. – Donate blood at the Blood Mobile and get a chance to win a $500 surfboard.
10:00 A.M. –4:00 P.M. – Massages by Melissa
12:00 PM: Live Bands at The Cocoa Beach Pier
                 Booker D. Surfdog Exhibition
                 2012 ISA Tandem Surfing World Championship
1:00 PM: Poster Signing
2:00 PM: Karate Demo
3:00 PM: Mar Chiquita Bikini Contest FINALS
4:00 PM: Awards Ceremony

Paddleboard surprise

In case you missed it in the news - and, no, it wasn't Florida; it was California - check out these pictures of the whale that was in the news this week!

Easter week-end happenings

For the extremely young and young-at-heart - Easter Egg Hunts at:
Kiwanis Island Park
West Melbourne Library
Crane Community Center
and probably more! Details right here.

And for the beach babies, there is the Ron Jon's Surf Contest!! Not only can one study and appreciate fine surfing form but there is also the chance to learn to surf or skim board. With the demonstrations, live music, food and even an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids - what more could you ask for on Easter week-end? A Sunday morning sunrise service? You got it!! Details:here.

Order surfboards using your iPhone? Yes!!

14 March, 2012 : - - Surfboard shapers from around the world have taken a serious liking to the custom surfboard order feature found in the new iSurfboards App for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad created by Matt Jones. This new feature allows a surfer to create their own custom surfboard within the app and email it directly to their surfboard shaper.

Currently the shapers associated within the App are:
Adams Surfboards
Bradley Surfboards
Bush Rat Surfboards
Bessell Surfboards
Chaos Surfboards
Division Surfboards
DMS Surfboards
Duranbah Surfboards
Darcy Surfboards
Diverse Surfboards
Dennis Pang Surfboards
Dylan Surfboards
Eric Arakawa Surfboards
Flanagan Surfboards
Geraghty Surfboards
Hayden Surfboards
JR Surfboards
Joistik Surfboards
Kevin Olsen Shapes
Local Motion Surfboards
LSD Surfboards
Mt Woodgee Surfboards
Nexus Surfboards
Phipps Surfboards
Penn Surfboards
Pyzel Surfboards
Psillakis Surfboards
RMS Surfboards
Rusty Surfboards
Sauritch Surfboards
Will Webber Surfboards
Woody Jack Surfboards

More info? Go here.

Christmas gift idea

(Todd Holland - one of the pros that teach at Cocoa Beach's School of Surf).
Just in time for holiday gift-giving we have the perfect solution for the person who is part dolphin and wants to put that love for the water to use with a surfboard. Why not have them learn safely, from pros, in the smaller waves that blanket our shores. You can with today’s Groupon: for $20, you get a one-hour group surfing lesson at School of Surf in Cocoa Beach (a $40 value). Participants must be at least 6 years old and know how to swim.

School of Surf's CPR-certified pro surfers teach the radical art of wave riding to participants of all experience levels. During each lesson, groups of up to eight surfboarders coast through the fundamentals of the splashy sport, learning how to properly stand on the board. More experienced surfers can refine their style with tips from the experts, and each lesson also includes formal CPR instruction and an ocean-safety course. School of Surf outfits each student with equipment for the class, but guests are also welcome to ride the waves on their own boards. School of Surf is in Cocoa Beach. The Groupon deal is good for 2 more days.

The Fine Print
Expires Mar 1, 2012
Limit 1 per person, may buy multiple as gifts.
Limit 1 per visit.
48hr cancellation notice required.
Must be 6 or older.
Must sign waiver.
Subject to weather.
Must know how to swim.
Sessions valid for 3 - 8 people.

FREE surf movie!

Tonight, the Cocoa Beach Surf Museum will show the surf movie Children of the Sun. This event will be hosted by the Cocoa Beach Public Library. Enjoy (free) organic pop corn and soft drinks along with this free movie! The movie will run from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Finally !!

Kelly has won title number eleven for the second time. In stormy onshore peaks at Ocean Beach, Slater was able to out-surf the Brazilian duo of Medina and Pupo to claim his round 4 heat, book a spot in the quarterfinals, and mathematically clinch his unheard-of 11th world surfing title. Congrats Kelly !!!!

Free Surf Movie at the Cocoa Beach Public Library
Saturday - 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Oct 15, 2011
The Cocoa Beach Surf Museum will show the surf movie Ticket to Ride. This event will be hosted by the Cocoa Beach Public Library. Enjoy complimentary (free) organic pop corn and soft drinks along with this free movie!

Calling all female surfers

COCOA BEACH SURF MUSEUM is excited to announce the 2nd ANNUAL FLORIDA WOMEN OF THE WAVES WEEKEND. After last year’s hugely successful events there has been an ongoing barrage of requests asking "when are you doing it in 2011?" All weekend long Friday September 30th to Sunday October 2nd. For details....follow this link.

NKF Surf contest Labor Day Wknd

This week-end, all roads lead to Cocoa Beach for the 26th annual National Kidney Foundation Pro-Am Surf Festival. Thousands of people will attend the five-day event. Hundreds of prizes are given away, and the contest features live music, plenty of food, and name entertainment. Trips and surfboards from board manufacturers are awarded, and inside the Surf Museum, Surfrider Foundation will have an Antique Surfboard show. Antique boards will be available to buy, sell, and trade. Saturday, September 3 - competition begins at the Cocoa Beach Pier at 8:00 AM. For details, follow this link!

Surfer Heaven

"These are the kinds of storms that separate the men from the boys," exclaimed Jayme Noe, owner of Cocoa Beach Surf & Skate. "We pray for this kind of thing. This is what we live for." "It's going to be absolutely epic Friday and Saturday," Noe predicted. But that was not the case Thursday night when the ocean looked like a washing machine on 'Heavy duty' cycle. "It's all closed out, and there are large rip tides," complained Nola Yates, an employee at Balsa Bill Surf Shop in Satellite Beach. "A lot of people are looking, but few are going out." Earlier in the day the waves were rideable, however. A Florida News Journal report stated: "We saw about 30 surfers at Paradise Beach in Melbourne, and found some had come from as far away as New Jersey and Texas. Brevard County Lifeguards reported they had not made any rescues and called it lucky. "
The beaches on PAFB property were closed but didn't deter a few surfers. At around 5 p.m., two surfers were seen being tossed around at the south end of the OC, by the radar. And, further north, two highschoolers were asked to come in by PAFB Security.

Surfers savor stormy seas

Can't wait! Not to surf, mercy no - just to watch and admire! Waves up to 12 ft! You just never get to see that here. Unfortunately, that usually brings with it beach erosion. And rip currents. Hopefully neither will happen and those of us 'wannabe waterbabies' watching on shore will have a show to remember! Thanks, Irene! Wanna know how the waves form, read here!

Waitin, wishin and hoping

Surfers from all over Florida will be arriving in droves soon...hoping for something they don't usually find around here (okay, except sometimes at the Inlet). Hope they find what they came for and avoid rip tide mishaps...