Trip Reports - 2003

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2003 Outdoor Adventures (by Rich Henke)
Paddling Lake Casitas - 12/29 (by Patrick Martin)
El Porto Surf Report - 12/29 (by Rachel)
Butterfly to ALMOST Carpenteria - 12/28 (by Mike Brown)
Surf Report - 12/27 (by Steve Brown)
Seawall Fun - 12/23 (by Dr Paddle)
Tamarack Surf Report (pics) - 12/23 (by Steve Brown)
Impromptu Paddle - 12/21 (by Steve Holtzman)
Dana Point - 12/21 (by Dave O'Connor)
January 4, 2007rown)
Parade of Lights - 12/13 (by Mike Brown)
Practice/Play - 12/07 (by Mike Brown)
Surf Report - 12/06 (by Steve Brown)
Ventura Harbor to Emma Woods - 11/30 (by Steve/Patrick/George)
Post Thanksgiving Paddle & Potluck - 11/28 (by George Miller/Steve Brown)
Dan Blocker to Pt Dume - 11/23 (by Mike Brown)
The other side of Tamarack - 11/22 (by Steve Brown & Garrett D'Amore)
Gaviota to Point Conception - 11/16 (by Mike Brown)
Ventura Paddle (pics) - 11/16 (by Steve Holtzman)
Coronado Island Circumnavigation - 11/16 (by Duane Strosaker)
Grand Teton & Yellowstone - September (by Joe Hutch)
Westside PV - 11/08 (by Steve Brown)
Sunday Practice & Paddle - 11/02 (by Steve Holtzman)
Cabrillo Beach - 11/01 (by Steve Brown)
Cambria to Cayucos (pics) - 10/26 (by Mike Brown)
Paddling With The Prez (pics) - 10/26 (by Steve Holtzman)
Tamarack Surf Report - 10/25 (by Steve Brown)
Bluff Cove (pics) - 10/19 (by Steve Brown)
Skills Practice Session - 10/19 (by Steve Holtzman)
BCU Skills Symposium - 10/17 to 10/19 (by Paul Jonason)
Summer is over! - Abalone Cove - 10/12 (by Steve Brown)
Gaviota State Beach - 10/12 (by Patrick Martin)
Southwest Symposium Report - 10/04 (by Steve Holtzman & Friends)
San Juan Islands, WA (pics) - 10/05 (by Sandy Mayuga)
Paddle to Oil Platform Gina - 09/21 (by Steve Holtzman & Patrick Martin)
Catalina for Lunch Report (pics) - 09/20 (by Duane Strosaker & Friends)
Dana Point to Newport Bay & back - 09/14 (by Dublin Dave)
Old Farts - Dan Blocker to Pt. Dume - 09/14 (by Patrick Martin)
Kinetic Sculpture Race (pics) - 09/13 (by Paula Chavez)
Blue Whale Sightings - 09/07 (by Duane Strosaker)
Santa Barbara Sojourn (pics) - 09/07 (by Steve Holtzman)
Outer Channel Islands Grand Tour (pics) - 08/29 to 09/02 (by George Miller)
Racing with the sailboats - 09/01 (by Steve Holtzman)
Skills Practice Session (pics) - 08/31 (by Steve Holtzman)
Cabrillo to Smugglers Cove - 08/24 (by Mike Brown)
Practice Session - 08/24 (by Steve Holtzman)
Ladies Day (pics) - 08/17 (by Paula Chavez)
Refugio Beach to Gaviota - 08/10 (by Mike Brown)
Newport/Laguna Paddle - 08/10 (by Duane Strosaker)
Practice Day/Play Day - 08/03 (by Mike Brown)
Crossing to Anacapa & Back - 07/27 (by Mike Brown)
Lost in the Fog - 07/26 (by Rafael Mier Maza)
Ventura Paddle (I Remember Gina) - 07/20 (by Len Goodman)
Surfriders to Leo Carillo - 07/19 (by John Petersen)
Arrecife El Cabezo (pics) - 07/15 (by Rafael Mier Maza)
Rescue Practice - 07/13 (by George Miller)
Full Moon Paddle - 07/12 (by George Miller & Patrick Martin)
Platform Gina Redux - 07/12 (by Rick Powell)
Paddle to Oil Platform Gina - 07/06 (by Steve Holtzman)
Rescue Practice - 06/29 (by Mike Seiffert, Bruce Morley & Steve Holtzman)
Malibu to Pt Dume Round Trip - 06/22 (by John Petersen)
Catalina - 06/21 (by Dave O'Connor)
San Clemente Island Crossing (pics) - 06/21 (by Duane Strosaker)
Laid Back Father's Day Paddle - 06/15 (by George Miller)
Oil Rig Edith Crossing - 06/14 (by Duane Strosaker)
Queen Mary Revisited - 06/08 (by Steve Holtzman)
Cabrillo to Smugglers Cove and back - 06/07 (by Steve Brown)
Aqua Adventures Forward Stroke Clinic - 06/07 (by George Miller)
Black Canyon, Colorado River (pics) - 06/01 (by Carl Smith)
Surfrider Beach, The Carnage Returns - 06/01 (by Steve Holtzman)
A Little Carnage Off The Rocks - 06/01 (by Mike Brown)
Baja Class with Aqua Adventures - 05/24 to 05/26 (by Mike Brown)
Newport Beach Paddle - 05/25 (by Duane Strosaker)
Channel Islands Harbor Paddle - 05/25 (by Steve Holtzman)
Skills Practice (pics) - 05/17 (by Mike Brown)
Almost Full Moon Paddle (pics) - 05/16 (by Steve Holtzman)
Trip Guide Class - 05/10 (by Steve Holtzman and Friends)
Goleta to Hendry's - 05/04 (by Mike Brown)
CKF Paddle FEST (pics) - 05/03 (initial pictures)
Montecito Paddle - 04/27 (by Steve Holtzman)
Ladies Day - 04/26 (by Paula Chavez)
La Jolla to La Bufadora - 04/25 (by Mike Brown)
Kiddee Beach Paddle (pics) - 04/20 (by Mike Brown)
Cabrillio Beach to Smuggler's Cove - 04/19 (by Dave O'Connor)
Marineland - 04/18 (by Steve Brown)
Anacapa Virtual Paddle - 04/15 (by Steve Holtzman & Len Goodman)
Paddle up the coast, rain or shine - 04/10 (by Mike Brown)
Two Cultures, One Goal (pics) - 04/10 (by Rafael Mier Maza)
Old Farts Follies - 04/06 (by Patrick Martin)
Skills Practice - 03/30 (by Steve Holtzman)
Hundred Miler - 03/22 to 03/23 (by Duane Strosaker)
La Costa del Golfo Expedition (pics) - 03/22 (by Rafael Mier Maza)
Dana Point Harbor to Treasure Island - 03/16 (by Duane Strosaker)
When Nature Goes Mad - 03/14 (by Steve Brown)
Cayucos, just north of Morro Bay - 03/07 (by Read Shoemaker)
Battle for the South? - 03/01 (by Steve Brown)
Harbor to Harbor Lunch Paddle - 02/23 (by George Miller)
Rock Gardening in PV - 02/22 (by Steve Brown)
Tamerac beach & Aqua Hedionda lagoon mouth - 02/15 (by Steve Brown)
Topanga to Malibu to Pt Dume & Back - 02/09 (by Mike Brown)
Veracruz (pics) - 02/08 to 02/13 (by Rafael Mier Maza)
Un-Anacapa - 02/02 (by Mike Brown)
Malibu to Point Dume - 01/26 (by Mike Brown)
San Simeon Campout (pics) - 01/24 (by Steve Holtzman & Terry V.)
The Whale's Tail - 01/19 (by Steve Holtzman)
Surf Zone Practice - 01/19 (by Mike Brown)
(no) Whale Watch Paddle - 01/12 (by Mike Brown)
Rock Gardening at Marine Land - 01/11 (by Steve Brown)
Surfing at Malaga Cove - 01/08 (by Steve Brown)
Malibu - 01/05 (by Steve Holtzman)
Solo Paddle, Solo Whale - 01/05 (by Ray Roux)
New Years Day Paddle - 01/01 (by Steve Holtzman)


Updated on February 6, 2006