Look for this little greenprint logo (pictured to the right) on clothes that are part of Roxy’s eco-initiative called Greenprint. They are made with earth-friendly materials, like organic cotton (grown pesticide-free) and recycled bottle fleece (every jacket made from recycled PET
fleece uses about 25 plastic bottles).

Feel like you want to brush up on your eco knowledge? Here are some good resources for green reading:

Ecological Footprint Calendar
www.earthday.net/

Al Gore’s foundation for climate protection: (an excellent source of hard eco info).
www.climateprotect.org

The ultimate green resource blog:
www.treehugger.com

The eco nerd’s answer to Daily Candy:
www.idealbite.com

Environmental news and humor:
www.grist.org

An LA perspective on going green:
www.greenlagirl.com

Smart articles and good shopping:
www.sprig.com

If Perez Hilton were green:
www.ecorazzi.com

Green UK style:
www.stylewillsaveus.com

Danni Washington, our Follow Your Heart grand prize winner, has just finished her sizzle reel! It’s what she’s going to use to promote her show The Big Blue and You to potential networks. Watch it below:

This weekend Danni is speaking as a special guest and "Ambassador to the Sea" at this hot eco-friendly event called Water, Water Everywhere. If you live around Miami, FL go check it out. Danni has a lot of good things to share about the ocean, the environment, and how we can do our part to help the blue blue.   

While 16 year old Carissa Moore was in town for the prestigious Surfer Poll Awards; she got in quite a bit of surf.  Here is a look at her typical day in Southern California.

One of Roxy’s studio artists Andy Holder is going to be in an art show at Hibbleton Gallery: Neon Frontier

Opening night festivities: Friday, Oct. 3rd, 7-10 pm.

Location: 112 West Wilshire Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92832

Why should you go? Because everyone knows NEON is hot right now, and Andy Holder is an amazing graphic designer.

Around 3,000 people came out to show their support for the Save Trestles hearing at the Del Mar Fairgrounds yesterday. The place was packed. Supporters gave the "thumbs up" to save the park and stop the toll road.


Groms were there too showing their support. They were from Wild Coast, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving coastal ecosystems and coastlines through grassroots support.


A solution for the traffic problem? Widen the 5! Not build a new road through a state park. Now there’s a novel idea. Pearls of wisdom on these signs. The only people supporting the toll road at the hearing were the people who were being paid to be there.

Now we will have to wait for the Secretary of Commerce’s decision. He will make his decision between October 24, 2008 and January 7, 2009.

The Save Trestles re-hearing is TODAY at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The Federal government is flying in for the hearing to uphold the California Coastal Commissions decision: no toll  roads through state parks!

Your presence is needed!

WHERE:
O’Brien Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. Del
Mar, CA 92014. Just off the I-5 in Del Mar at Via de la Valle exit.

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In addition to the pro competition we also had juniors, seniors, and masters divisions. Congratulations to the winners of these three divisions!

Juniors (13 – 18)
1 Tory Gilkenson
4 Hallie Rohr
2 Kirra Kehoe
3 Kelsey Daum

Seniors division (18- 34) 
1 Alana Mock
2 Rachel Spear
3 Meredith Butte
4 Whitney Kirk

Masters (35-37)

1 Stacey Willis
2 Jeanette Prince
3 Mary Schwinn
4 Doreen Daligon

Read below for Roxy Rider Kassia Meader’s top three reason why Cardiff is a great place for longboarding, top three things to look for in a wetsuit, and top three things she did this summer…

Three reasons why Cardiff if a great place for longboarding:
1. It has always been a famous break.  Since longboarding came to California, it has been a great surf spot
2. There are long, slow breaking left, right waves
3. In the water there are kelp beds that keep wind down

Three things that are important in a wetsuit:
1. Flexibility
2. Warmth
3. Obviously style

Three things that you did this summer that were awesome:
1. Rode my bike, I have a road bike that I lobe.
2. Had some awesome beach days with my friends. We came down here to Cardiff a couple of weeks ago and were here for like nine hours.
3. Built a mini ramp to skate on in my friend’s backyard. It was huge, like 16 ft by 4 ft by 12 ft.

At the beach fair there were a lot of artist booths, but I really liked Maxine Orange’s and Heather Ritt’s booth. To make her fabulous purses, Maxine Orange paints giant canvases with bright colors. She then takes her paintings, cuts up the canvas into strips, and sews them into purses.

At her booth people could stop by and paint their own tote. Maxine had strips of canvas that she let people paint and then she would sew them into purses (see above image). Maxine also had a canvas, like the one she uses for her purses, set up that people could come by and paint with acrylic paints. You can find Maxine’s purses at Meleesa the Salon in downtown Huntington Beach, CA.

At Heather Ritt’s booth, she was painting custom surfboards with water based sharpie markers and Posca’s from Japan. She has been painting boards for 7 years. Heather is from Dana Point, CA. She mostly paints custom surfboards and does a lot of live painting events. When she begins a new board, she starts with a light pencil sketch and her design evolves as she goes down the board. She is going to be in an art show at Bashams in San Clemente off Los Golinas road on Sept. 26th.

Emergen-C PINK and Keep-A-Breast Foundation had booths side-by-side at the Roxy Jam Cardiff. They have partnered up to help educate young women about breast cancer.  Keep-A-Breast’s mission is to help eradicate breast cancer by spreading the word about early awareness and educating  women on how to do self examinations.

To raise money for their non-profit, Keep-A-Breast makes casts of woman’s breasts, give them to artists to paint, and then auctions them off. At their booth they had a special cast in honor of the tour, painted by the founder of Keep-A-Breast Shaney Jo.  Keep-A-Breast Foundation, Emergen-C and Roxy will be traveling around on a bus tour to different college campuses in October. Emergen-C created a new flavor of drink, Emergen-C PINK just for the Keep-A-Breast Foundation. 50% of the profits from Emergenc-C PINK will go to the Foundation.

Be on the look out for a PINK bus! Below is a photo of the bus that will be driven on the tour…