Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop, hooking you up once again with a deal that not only gets you discounted product, but makes you feel good while doing it!

1:4 kids in Santa Cruz County are food insecure.
Now is the time for you to give back….

Here’s what you need to do:

• Donate $3 or 3 cans of food to Grind Out Hunger
• Get 20% OFF anything in the store!!!
• Also, you will be entered into a raffle to WIN a Live Oak Skateboard, SC Hoodie, and a SC Sticker pack!

So, the questoins is…Are YOU a Hunger Fighter?

Come on down to the Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop at 912 41st Ave and help us Grind Out Hunger…

For more info about Grind Out Hunger visit: www.GrindOutHunger.org

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

~ SC Family

Did you go to the Furry 66 reunion show on Saturday September 10th?
Want to see photos form the night?

Come hang out with us and the entire Fury 66 band:
Joe Clements
Jeff Frady
Jon Cattivera
Micky Dunegan
Joe Fish

Here are the details:

SC Photo Wall First Friday Reception

Fury 66 Reunion Show Tribute

6-9pm

Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop
912 41st Ave Santa Cruz, CA

Featuring photos by:
• Peter Saporito
• Tom Audisio
• Shawn Hatjes

20% of ALL photo sales go to Grind Out Hunger

Food Provided by: Pono Hawaiian Grill

• Meet the Band

•Fury 66 Skate Decks will be available.
(100% profits go to Grind Out Hunger)

•Fury 66 merch will be available

Let us know you are coming!
RSVP to the Facebook Event here:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111695845603983

Show poster. Art by Zachary Kent.

It’s been about 13 years since the members of local punk rock band Fury 66 have played a live show together. Tonight they are reuniting one last time to bring Santa Cruz County the punk show of the year. Benefiting local charity Grind Out Hunger and Multiple Sclerosis Research, this show is going to rock the walls of the Catalyst for 2 great causes. We have been informed that online tickets are SOLD OUT, but there will be a LIMITED amount of tickets available at the door.

Current Fury 66 Lineup:
Joe Clements
Jeff Frady
Jon Cattivera
Micky Dunegan
Joe Fish

We had the honor of joining the band during a couple of their practices at The Compound Recording Studio in Ben Lomond. We were able to sit down with the band and chat about their past memories as well as their feelings about the reunion show. 
Read interview here: http://santacruz.patch.com/articles/punk-rock-legends-fury-66-reunite-for-charities-and-one-last-show

It has been a hectic week leading up to this show. Promotion, interviews, articles, photos…we even made a trip to Oakland to pick up  custom made skate decks for the show. These decks are Fury 66/Jimbo Phillips collaboration decks, with proceeds from the sales benefiting Grind Out Hunger. Check out all the info about the decks and how to order one here: Limited Edition Fury 66/Jimbo Phillips Collaboration Deck
A limited amount will be available at the show tonight.

Danny Keith, Jessica McDermott and Jeff Frady outside Staircase Tattoo.

The lovely Jessica McDermott of Staircase tattoo on Front Street offered FREE Fury 66 Shield tattoos to the general public yesterday. We took a trip over there with Fury 66 guitarist, Jeff Frady, got tattooed, snapped some pics and hung out for a bit. Thanks to Jessica for doing that! We made sure she got a Fury 66 skate deck.

Dustin Roth of At Risk (left) and John Pryor showing their Fury 66 tattoos.

Fury 66 guitarist Jeff Frady getting his tattoo mapped out by Jessica McDermott.

As the hours pass and it gets closer and closer to show time emotions are running high. Jeff Frady contacted us this morning expressing his feelings as he counts down the minutes to show time, “This shit is so touching. WAY more than I though it was gonna be. It’s UNREAL how many people are reaching out to me/us via Facebook, my phone is BLOWING UP!”
This show is a big deal to the members of Fury 66 as well as their long time fans. “It’s like a Santa Cruz Reunion” the band explained in our interview with them. They cant wait to see everyone together in one place, one last time. Whether you are a die hard Fury fan or not, this show is NOT to be missed. Its going to be the talk of the town for years to come.

To those that have a ticket, see you there!!
To those who don’t, you better get your shit together and find one quick.

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=237670762927303

Jeff Frady with his completed Fury 66 tattoo.

Danny Keith getting his Fury 66 tattoo.

Hey so it is that time of year where the GoodTimes Best Of’s come out and we need our customers support to win! Please click the image below and VOTE for Santa Cruz Skate Shop and Santa Cruz Surf Shop as best skate and surf shops for Santa Cruz County you have to vote for at least 10 items so make your choices count. Remember every time you make a purchase in our store a percentage of the sales go to Grind Out Hunger and The Core.

VOTE for SC by clicking this image!!!

Thats right just when you thought the Skateathon was super fantabulous we went one step further and secured a 1999 Mustang 5.0 to raffle off!!! When you bring your 10 pounds of food or $10 you will get raffle tickets towards winning this awesomely divine car. Dominic Cusimano of 3D Construction has gone above and beyond for this event and Aptos Towing was kind enough to donate the car. So make sure you come down tomorrow and get some skating in and get a chance to win a car!! See you 10am tomorrow!!! Twin Lakes Church.

1999 Mustang 5.0 will go to some lucky skater today!

Rotary Interact and Grind Out Hunger 1st Annual Skateathon!

P.S DJ Tech Minds will be showing up around noon to spin some beats and make the event as festive as it can be, feel free to come in costume!

As the holidays approach its hard to forget that 1 in 4 kids in Santa Cruz County are going hungry. Grind Out Hunger is the charity we started and we support it 100%. 2009 over 130,000 pounds of food was raised to help feed hungry children in Santa Cruz County. 2010 we want to double that to 250,000 pounds and we are 500 pounds closer.

Tarp Surfing legends Homer Henard, Omar Etcheverry, Chris Killen Seth Migdail, Dana “SkimShady” and DK pull some major Tarp Kegs to raise money/food for Grind Out Hunger special thanks to Timmy of Aloha Island Grille for the killah grinds!!! The Chesters for the video production and Black Tide for the song!

Special appearances by Luke Rockhold, Bud Freitas, Kyle Thierman, FujiTV (from Japan), Seth Migdail, Tyler Fox and many many more that made the day seriously out of control!!!

Make sure you keep an eye out for the Skateboard Ramp Donation Station as it makes its way around the county. Here is a little video made for us by The Chesters with some Black Tide music…enjoy and get involved!

Grind Out Hunger Skateboard Donation Station

Grind Out Hunger Sponsors 2010

TarpSurfing has become a world wide phenomenon and SC is right there with it! Take a look at the screen shot and link on over to Apple’s Website to watch the video yourself (look in lower right corner for “TV AD” click and watch)! I guess you could say Tarp Surfing is the new POP CULTURE ICON!!! Make sure you come to our Tarp Surfing event at Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop which benefits Grind Out Hunger.

Tarp Surfing in new Apple iPod Touch TV commercial

Grind Out Hunger is all about feeding children through skateboarding. So when Consuelo Anthony of C3TV Skateboard Radio sent me a Tweet about endorsing a skate event in Georgia with proceeds going to feed children I was all over it. With over 1.5 million listeners worldwide, C3TV Skateboard Radio has now began what Grind Out Hunger has needed…a voice! Consuelo and her crew are truly angels as I urge you to listen and support this awesome Radio Channel. Lets get Grind Out Hunger widespread so the skateboarders of the world can help end childhood hunger! Today’s Grind Out Hunger food drive will go down Saturday June 26th from 2pm to 6pm EST at North Georgia Skateboard Center, Tunnel Hill Georgia with prizes donated from ERGO and Santa Cruz Skate Shop. Make sure to listen up LIVE or go to the site C3TV Skateboard Radio to hear Grind Out Hunger call in and discuss feeding children through skateboarding Saturday 9:15am EST. This should be a good time, thanks to C3TV Skateboarding Radio and especially Consuelo Anthony! Please check out these Georgia Foodbanks and support them there is over 1.8 million children going food insecure right now in 29 counties in Georgia!!!

C3TV Skateboard Radio hosts Grind Out Hunger event in Atlanta

Josh Copeland, Nick Copeland and Zach Copeland of C3TV Skateboard Radio

Local charity Grind Out Hunger and Danny Keith have been nominated in Major League Baseball and People Magazine “All-Stars Among Us” national campaign.

Danny Keith People Magazine All Stars Among Us

Grind Out Hunger is on a mission to end childhood hunger through skateboarding! in 2003 Santa Cruz Skate Shop owned by Danny Keith placed some barrels from Second Harvest Food Bank in the store, the result 7 years later is a full fledged program to utilize Action Sports to feed children. http://www.grindouthunger.org founder Danny Keith is infectious with his approach to feeding children, going right to the source and speaking directly to the students in their schools. Keith skates into over 25 schools a year in Santa Cruz County to spread the message of altruism and preventative guidance about people going hungry. “When I started understanding how many kids were going hungry, it was pretty moving for me,” Keith said. “I just couldn’t let that happen on my watch.” With over 500,000 pounds of food raised for children, Grind Out Hunger is looking to expand its reach outside of Santa Cruz County. “I call on all food banks across the nation to reach out and use Grind Out Hunger in their area to speak to the kids” Keith remarks, “I am willing to travel, train and execute with the rest of the United States”

To vote for Danny Keith Go to

http://www.peopleallstars.com/

select SF Giants and vote Danny Keith.

The annual campaign honors every-day heroes who make a difference in their community, said Major League Baseball spokesman Matt Bourne. People magazine selected three finalists for each one of the league’s 30 franchises and is putting them to the fans’ vote until June 20 on the Web site www.mlb.com/peopleallstarsamongus.

Keith was selected for his work with Grind Out Hunger, the charity he created in 2004 to help the Second Harvest Food Bank raise food for children in Santa Cruz County.

“Danny just put his heart and soul in Grind Out Hunger and really got the kids involved,” said Bly Morales, food drives and events manager at the food bank.

The 30 community leaders — one representing each club — will be honored during this year’s pre-game ceremony of the All-Star Game in Anaheim on July 13, Bourne said. The overall winner will be featured in People Magazine during the game’s week.

Grind Out Hunger/Danny Keith will be honored at homeplate in tonights June 14th San Francisco Giants game at 6:30pm PST against Baltimore Orioles.

I have faith in the world again.

Last night I was awarded a NEXTie award with three other amazing people Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Reyna Ruiz and Marina Sousa held at the old Wrigleys Gum Factory…yes they use to make gum in Santa Cruz.

A night at the NEXTies

My wife and I arrived to find the venue artfully decorated and definitely 1st class, there was a bit of comedy when we tried to check in as my name wasn’t on the guest list….thank god they had the party poster nearby with my pic on it…it was a close one as I saw security eyeballing me lol. Once we worked out that issue which was hilarious as I had to have Ryan Coonerty vouch for me and then all was fine. As the sold event filled in and the food rolled out, people started mingling and the party was getting started. Ironically, the first people we spoke with were Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz and Reyna Ruiz (2 of the 3 other award recipients) you could tell the nervous energy was built up as we were excited to be honored and really had no idea what was in store for the evening. Greg Archer and Jeff Dinnell were on fire making sure to get film outtakes with all the nominees and making the event even brighter. Jeffrey Kongslie, MC and man de la extraordinaire with his spiffy bow tie was full of energy and a phenomenal host to all that showed to celebrate the gala in store. After carousing the crowd and eating the fine hor devours it was time to get down to business. I was up first and Ryan Coonerty along with an insane video bio introduced me to the stage and I had my moment to share with the crowd what Grind Out Hunger meant to me through this quote from Alvin Toffler:

“The secret message communicated to most young people today by the society around them is that they are not needed, that the society will run itself quite nicely until they – at some distant point in the future – will take over the reigns. Yet the fact is that the society is not running itself nicely… because the rest of us need all the energy, brains, imagination and talent that young people can bring to bear down on our difficulties. For society to attempt to solve its desperate problems without the full participation of even very young people is imbecile.”

I had the time of my life as my wife and I made it around the capacity crowd talking about Grind Out Hunger and what an inspiration it is to the youth of Santa Cruz County. My friends and colleagues came out in full support of the evening, Willy McCrea, Shane and Eden Gallagher, Paul Gallagher, Gina Renna and Eric Walters, Sean and Valerie Sinnot, Christian Sacoolas and Jen Nelson. I also ran into a few of my Facebook and Twitter friends Dewey Decibel, Mosiac Moon and MRosas who shared the wonderful evening.

Greg Archer, Jeff Dinell my lovely wife Taniya and yours truly DK

Tons of thanks and gratitude go out to Ryan Coonerty for nominating me, Greg Archer for believing in me, Willy McCrea Second Harvest Food Bank for taking a chance on me and Grind Out Hunger, Jeff Dinnell for capturing my essence on video, Jeffrey Kongslie, Timerie Gordon, Santa Cruz Next and its board, Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop, all the volunteers that helped setup, my wife Taniya and especially…especially the youth of Santa Cruz County…this award is ours!!!!