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Following on the heels of last years Liquid Nation Ball,there was no competition when Paul Naudie (The man behind North America's Billabong) Staked his claim on this years dedicated board.
Created on a 9'6" hand crafted Balsa Wood board, Tillack created 'Is it still a barrel if no one sees it!', portraying the classic barrel rides from back in the day.
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This prestigious event brings together some of the biggest influences of the surfing community to help support twelve hand chosen beneficiaries. A couple of the well known beneficiaries of this event are;
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Beneficiaries |
2006 SIMA Humanitarian Fund Beneficiaries
HEALTH EDUCATION and AWARENESS
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Keep a Breast
Raises funds for breast cancer education, awareness, prevention and treatment through art events featuring plaster forms of the female torso that are customized by fine artists and then auctioned.
www.keep-a-breast.org |
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Boarding for Breast Cancer
A youth-focused education, awareness, and fundraising foundation that seeks to increase awareness about breast cancer, the importance of early detection and the value of a healthy lifestyle.
www.b4bc.org |
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Surfer's Healing
Working to enrich the lives of children with autism and the lives of their families by exposing them to the unique experience of surfing.
www.surfershealing.org |
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Jimmy Miller Foundation
Supports the healing of mental and physical illness through surfing and ocean related activities.
www.jimmymillerfoundation.org |
URBAN YOUTH OUTREACH
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Outdoor Outreach
Provides an opportunity for
underserved
and underprivileged youth to gain confidence and self-esteem through participation in outdoor activities, including surfing and snowboarding.
www.outdooroutreach.org |
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Get a Board Foundation
Positively influences at-risk youth in Florida through surfing; the organization's "Beach Bus" program take inner city kids to the beach and teaches them to surf giving the kids an opportunity to experience life outside their dangerous neighborhoods.
www.getaboard.org |
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Rabbit Kekai Foundation
Encourages children to participate in productive healthy activities through positive experiences centered on the surf life style, while at the same time emphasizing the importance of education.
www.rabbitkekai.org |
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Stoked Mentoring
Bringing together "at-risk" youth and successful professional adults to learn a new non-traditional sport, Stoked's programs serve as the groundwork and means for enhancing mentoring relationships and introduces coaching skills and tools that elicit the best from both parties.
www.stokedmentoring.org |
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L.A. Surf Bus (new beneficiary for 2007)
Designs and implements a safe, educational and fun experience at the beach for at-risk youth; partners with established youth programs such as city park programs, church youth groups and youth clubs thereby facilitating a fun and free extension to the groups' summer programs.
www.lasurfbus.org |
INJURY PREVENTION and ASSISTANCE
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Life Rolls On
A grassroots resource and an advocate on behalf of young people who have sustained a spinal cord injury.
www.liferollson.org |
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Project Wipeout
Preventing ocean-related drownings and spinal cord injuries by developing and disseminating beach safety information in the South Orange County area.
www.hoaghospital.org/projectwipeout.html |
GLOBAL MEDICAL RELIEF
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Surf Aid International
Working to improve the health of people living in isolated regions connected to us through surfing.
www.surfaidinternational.org |
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Sumba Foundation
Dedicated to helping the indigenous people of Sumba by improving the quality of their lives through health and education, and providing suitable employment to lessen the oppressive impacts of poverty.
www.sumbafoundation.org |
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