The world famous Santa Monica Pier and the Honolua Surf Co. kick off the summer of 2012 with the Santa Monica Pier Paddleboard Race & Ocean Festival, featuring ocean swims, SUP and paddleboard races, dory competitions, live music and a surfing, lifeguard and paddleboard “museum for the day.”

The event is a benefit for Heal the Bay and its public marine education facility, the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. Heal the Bay will receive a portion of net proceeds from the event.

The waterman “museum for the day” on the pier deck will feature antique surfboards, paddleboards and lifeguard equipment. Paddleboard racing was a popular Santa Monica sport in the 1940s with two paddleboard clubs headquartered on the pier.

The family fun happens all day on Saturday, June 9th, from 8:30 am to 3 pm. Don’t miss it!

Schedule & Info

The Santa Monica Pier Paddleboard Race & Ocean Festival is an all-day, family friendly celebration of decades of surf, paddleboard and lifeguard history. The festival will feature live entertainment all day long, including Hawaiian-style slack-key guitar, hula dance troupes and a return live performance by the FuDogs.

Come check out the largest-of-it’s-kind exhibits of antique surfboards and paddleboards from the area, artifacts, historic photographs as well as classic cars from the California beach culture.

Heal the Bay will provide on-site education beach, ocean and waterway stewardship and trivia contests for kids of all ages.

DRAFT SCHEDULE (Subject to Change)
7:30 am Race Registration opens
8:45 am Hawaiian Blessing
9:00 am Dory Race – One Mile Sprint
9:15 am One Mile Ocean Swim
9:30 am Hula and Live Music
10:00 am ”Pop-Up” History Museum Opens
10:30 am Paddleboard & SUP Fun Course
10:45 am Hula and Live Music
11:30 am Run-Swim–Run
Noon Paddleboard & SUP Long Course
12:10 pm Dory Race – 3 Lap
12:15 pm Competitor Lunch
12:15 pm Awards for Fun Course and Swim Races
12:30 pm Hula and Live Music
1:15 pm Heal the Bay Children’s Art Contest Awards Ceremony
2:00 pm Luck-of-the-Draw SUP Relay
2:30 pm Hula and Live Music
2:45 pm Awards for Long Course, Relay and Dory Races
3:00 pm More Hula and Live Music!