SAN DIEGO, Calif. (May 3, 2012) – Kid Creature, the brain child of 12 year old surfer and Newport Beach native Calvin Saxton, is officially launching ‘Kid Creature Surfboards’, an exclusive surfboard line that he hand shaped and painted at Shaper Studios, California’s first surfboard workshop. The entire collection will be on display at a launch event taking place at Shaper Studios on Saturday, May 12th.

The Kid Creature Surfboards Launch Party which will also serve as the official after-party for the San Diego Surf Film Festival (SDSFF). The inaugural film festival, taking place on May 11-13th, will feature 13 feature length films and 22 shorts films from around the world revolving around surfing. The event is expected to draw filmmakers, surfers and surf enthusiasts from around the globe.

Event Details:
• What: Kid Creature Surfboards Launch Party
• Where: Shaper Studios (6310 Riverdale Street, San Diego, CA 92120)
• When: Saturday, May 12th from 6PM – 2AM
• Why: $10 entry fee to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Pipeline To A Cure
• Supported by vitaminwater, Peligroso Tequila, Pabst Blue Ribbon
Sponsored giveaways from Volcom, Stance, Buell Wetsuits, Captain Fin Co. & more

“We’ve been a huge supporter of Calvin and his Kid Creature line for some time now, so it is amazing to see his imaginative creations transform into a global surfboard line,” said Chris Clark, founder of Shaper Studios. “Calvin has a tremendous heart and passion for helping others, and we’re excited to help him give back by hosting his surfboard launch at our shop with a benefit event, which also coincides with the San Diego Surf Film Festival, another event that we’re extremely excited to be a part of.”

Michael Weybret, resident videographer of Shaper Studios and director of the group’s ‘Foam & Friends’ video series, will be included in the SDSFF with his short video, “Margaux.” The film was recently awarded first place at the Board Shorts Film Festival.

A lifelong asthmatic, Calvin Saxton donates ten percent of all Kid Creature products and collaborations to support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Pipeline To A Cure, a nonprofit dedicated to helping support kids who have cystic fibrosis by raising awareness and support for the disease from the action sports industry.

For more information on the Kid Creature Surfboards Launch Party, please visit: www.shaperstudios.com/kidcreature.

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About Shaper Studios
Shaper Studios is California’s first surfboard workshop, giving surfers a home outside the water where they can come shape and design their own surfboards. Shaper Studios offers private and group shaping lessons with a professional staff of friendly surfboard builders who have a passion for sharing the art of surfboard design with surfers of all ages. For more information, visit www.shaperstudios.com.

About Kid Creature
Kid Creature was created by 12 year old Newport Beach native Calvin Saxton, an avid surfer and asthmatic. 10% of the Kid Creature profits are donated to Pipeline for a Cure, a cystic fibrosis non-profit group aimed at raising awareness and support for kids with living with the disease. Learn more about Calvin and his Kid Creature line at www.kidcreature.net.

About San Diego Surf Film Festival (SDSFF)
International filmmakers, surfers, artists and ocean buffs alike will gather in San Diego on May 11-13, 2012 for the first ever San Diego Surf Film Festival (SDSFF). The inaugural event is slated to screen 13 feature-length films and 22 short films from around the world centered around surfing and will be held at Bird’s Surf Shed in San Diego. For more information, visit www.sandiegosurffilmfestival.com.

About the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Pipeline To A Cure
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is the world’s leader in the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis. The Foundation funds more CF research than any other organization and nearly every CF drug available today was made possible because of Foundation support. Based in Bethesda, Md., the Foundation also supports and accredits a national care center network that has been recognized by the National Institutes of Health as a model of care for a chronic disease. Pipeline To A Cure is dedicated to raising awareness and money to cure cystic fibrosis. Surfing has been proven to help those afflicted with CF. For more info or to donate: www.pipelinetoacure.com

Haley Gordon released her latest work, By The Way. You will be waxing up your board in the first 5 minutes. San Diego Surf Ladies put on an outstanding event. Thanks for having us.

SIMA (Surf Industry Manufacturers Association) welcomed Shaper Studios into the industry this week with open arms. The entire cast was in attendance last night for the Image Awards. “We are excited to bring something new to the industry,” says Founder, Chris Clark.

We are so stoked to be on the Waste To Waves recycling program. Nothing feels better than re-purposing waste. Shaper Studios is the southern most drop off point for styrene foam. Marko Foam delivers new foam surfboard blanks each week and we load them up with bags of our scraps along with your household styrene.

“The second major project from Sustainable Surf, Waste to Waves allows surfers to drop off their waste styrofoam at surf shops, where it will be made into new recycled EPS surfboard blanks. Most people don’t know that white styrofoam found in packaging for television, furniture, etc… is exactly the same foam used in an EPS surfboard. This material can be recycled indefinitely, which is much better than putting it into landfills or even worse, letting it get into the ocean where it kills fish and birds.”

Present: The 10th Annual Surfing Arts Science and Issues Conference

2011 Theme: Surfing’s New Aloha
The Growing Trend of Giving Back

Registration includes conference registration, two film screenings, lunch, and parking.

WHEN
Saturday, February 11, 2012 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

WHERE
Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center
San Diego State University, 5210 55th Street, San Diego, CA 92182-1690

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Monday, February 06, 2012

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Space 4 Art [Downtown San Diego]
325 15th Street
San Diego, CA 92101
January 28 through March 9, 2012

The show will explore early surfboard design, and how the use of surfboard materials influenced mid-century sculptors and designers. Hydrodynamica is a part of the Pacific Standard Time, an unprecedented series of concurrent exhibitions throughout Southern California museums and galleries that highlight the significance of art in Los Angeles region in the post World War II decades. Exhibitions and related programs began in the fall of 2011 and conclude in spring 2012.

Simmons’ board design and early use of composite construction processes in board building from 1949 to 1954 parallels California’s post-war modern design movement and was profoundly influential on the birth of modern surfing and skateboarding. Andy Warhol considered Ekstrom’s surfboards works of art and purchased two in 1968 for props in the campy surfsploitation flick “San Diego Surf.” The boards helped inspire an explosion of revolutionary surfboard design in San Diego that culminated with the designs of Steve Lis in the late 1960s.

The exhibition will feature original Simmons planing hulls and other objects he made, including the boomerangs he used to experiment. Boards from Ekstrom, Lis, and Nicholas Mirandon will also be exhibited, along with photographs and short film clips. Viewers will be invited to ponder the relationship of these designs to California art and design from 1945 to 1980. Once overlooked, surfboard design is currently experiencing a worldwide renaissance that is changing surfers’ perspectives on the past and changing the way people ride waves today.

Margaux Arramon-tucoo, native of Biarritz, France, recently came to visit our California home. Margaux shapes her boards at Shapers Studios in San Diego.