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Rosarito Adds Sand Sculpture To Activities With September 27 Amateur Competition

September 18, 2009

Sand Sculpture

Sand Sculpture

ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO—Known for decades as one of the hot surfing spots on the West Coast, Rosarito on Sept. 27 will add another popular beach activity to its attractions with a sand sculpture contest.

Baja Sand 2009 will be held from 10 to 6 p.m. that Sunday in front of the Rosarito Beach Hotel. The exhibition and amateur competition is a prelude to the first full-scale sand sculpting competition which is scheduled for May 2 of 2010.

Half of the profits from the 2010 event will be donated to the Rosarito Boys & Girls Club.

“We’re very excited about this inaugural event and think it’s a perfect fit for this city with its miles of beautiful coastline and tradition of artistic creations,” said Rosarito Mayor Hugo Torres.

Registration and further information is available at info@rosarito.org, rosaritotur@baja.gob.mx or by calling 661-612-0200 or 661-612-0396 in Mexico or 619-730-1871 in the United States.

The creation of elaborate sand sculptures is a popular event on beaches throughout the world, including an annual competition in Imperial Beach which attracts some of the best global teams and hundreds of thousands of fascinated spectators.

Raul Aragon, Rosarito’s delegate from the Baja State Secretary of Tourism office, an organizer of the event, said that planning has been going on for month to make Baja Sand 2009 a memorable and successful attraction.

The event will follow by one day the 30th-year edition of the Rosarito-Ensenada 50-Mile Fun Bike Ride, which attracts thousands of riders, and the same day as the Rosarito chamber of restaurants annual steak and lobster festival.

“It will create an incredible fun-filled weekend here,” Aragon said. “Both longtime fans of sand sculpting and those who have never seen this incredible activity before will have an amazing day.”

Although this event is an amateur competition Archisand, one of the top teams in the world, is being brought in to give an exhibition the day of the contest.

Archisand, a team of architects and craftsmen, was founded by in 1989 by Greg LeBon. It has won the 10-man division of the U.S. Open at Imperial Beach six of the past nine years. More than 300,000 people attend that annual competition.

“People will be amazed at what Archisand and create from simple sand,” Aragon said. “It truly does qualify as exceptional sculpture.”

To help amateurs prepare for this year’s competition, Rosarito sand sculptor Raul Ocegera will give workshops this Saturday and Sunday from 9 to 1 on the beach in front of the hotel.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Ron Raposa
619-948-3740
ronraposa@hotmail.com

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Padres & Emerson College Project Take Rosarito Students Out To The Ball Game

August 26, 2009

Padres & Emerson College Project Take Rosarito Students Out To The Ball Game

Padres & Emerson College Project Take Rosarito Students Out To The Ball Game

ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO—On Sunday, August 23, 2009, eight Rosarito Beach-area residents were treated to an afternoon at San Diego’s PETCO Park, courtesy of the Padres Foundation and in conjunction with an ongoing public affairs project, “Rediscover Rosarito”, led by Emerson College students and faculty. The students, aged 13 to 18, enjoyed a memorable experience while serving as cross-cultural ambassadors for the Baja community.

Rosarito Beach Mayor Hugo Torres expressed his gratitude to the Padres organization for hosting the group, providing their tickets, and presenting them with souvenirs.  Both Torres and the Padres envision the event as the first step in a long-term partnership: “There are many Padres fans in Rosarito Beach and there will certainly be many more.  We very much look forward to continuing to develop interest in both the Padres and in our beachside community, which is only thirty miles away from San Diego,” he said.

”The Padres were delighted to serve as hosts,” said Alex Montoya, the Padres Director of Latino Relations, ”and show how baseball in a beautiful ballpark is tremendously fun, especially for the children present. At the same time we look forward to speaking more with officials from Rosarito and exploring more things we can do in that city and how we can make their visits to PETCO Park even better.”

The event was organized by Rediscover Rosarito, (http://www.rediscoverosarito.org) a public affairs/public diplomacy project led by Dr. Gregory Payne that is dedicated to the community of Playas de Rosarito, Baja California.  Established in 2008, the effort is run by a grassroots coalition of graduate students from Emerson College in Boston and local Rosarito Beach leaders and supporters.  Its mission is to mitigate the effects of a steady stream of bad news and inaccurate reporting coming from Mexico and restore Rosarito Beach’s image as a safe, secure, convenient location for tourism, retirement and investment.

The afternoon was spearheaded by Emerson Masters in Communication Management candidate Jeffrey Werner, who worked closely with Rosarito-area leaders, “I was personally excited to have helped build a much-needed bridge between the municipality and the Padres, in addition to the obvious pleasure of sharing the event with the students themselves.”  He added, “I look forward to similar future endeavors with Mayor Torres and his staff.”

Emerson School of Communication Dean Janis Anderson also expressed her support for the project. ”It is always gratifying to find our students utilizing their Emerson education by applying it to a real world situation and using it to do their best to improve a particular situation.”

For more information, please contact:
Ron Raposa
Telephone: (619) 948-3740
E-mail: ronraposa@hotmail.com

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WFO! Full Report for SQ Trip with K&M 7.25 and 7.26

July 31, 2009

By Chad Baron

Full Report for SQ Trip with K&M 7.25 and 7.26

Full Report for SQ Trip with K&M 7.25 and 7.26

I woke up super-amped at 5:30 AM Friday, with visions of the south swell pumping along the coast and pelagics gathering offshore under floating kelps. I had a bear of a work week, having been in Palm Beach, Florida on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and then working long hours on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday. I was ready to get this baja adventure started!

Having already packed the night before, I effortlessly headed across the 10 to pick up Scott Hall, who was, likewise, packed and ready to go (except for his nine-foot jig stick which proved to be a pain in the butt by sticking out the shotgun window the whole trip! OK, so it wasn’t that bad and at least he got plenty of serious bendos with it, but next time eight foot rods are the max!)

We quickly loaded his gear into my Avalanche, knowing that we’d reorganize when we picked up Reid in San Diego. The goal was to sneak into North County before the morning commute got nasty and we managed to do just that. Along the way we were treated first to Trestles showing us a taste of the south swell and then Oceanside truly announcing the swell’s energy level in the form of exploding white wash larger than the waves’ faces. read more »

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Weekly Fishing Column: Mexico is safer than you think

July 6, 2009

Weekly Fishing Column: Mexico is safer than you think

Weekly Fishing Column: Mexico is safer than you think

Written by: Phil Friedman

Mexico has been reduced to a single, small, geographical piece of this earth. If there is a murder in Michoacan, then the presumption of the 24-hour news cycle has been that it is too dangerous to travel to Rosarito Beach even though it is thousands of miles away.

According to Arturo Martinez from the Mexican Tourism office, no tourists have been killed in the drug war violence throughout Mexico.

Still, on a recent CNN news report, U.S. citizens were warned not to travel to Mexico. Well what part of Mexico was CNN referring to? Mexico is a huge country and to say travel to Mexico is dangerous is not only inadequate information but very misleading.

Please do not misunderstand me. If you want to find trouble in Tijuana, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Paris, I have no doubt that with the proper directions, you will find trouble and the dregs of society you seek.

If however, you use common sense, stay out of bad neighborhoods, do not travel at night etc., your journey to Mexico should be not only safe, but a memorable trip with lifetime memories.
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Another Day in Baja

June 8, 2009

This weekend in Baja !!
NEWS FROM BAJA:

Robby Gordon Monster Energy Truck Baja 500 June 6, 2009

Robby Gordon Monster Energy Truck Baja 500 June 6, 2009

Yesterday, two luxury power boats were passing each other in front of Calafia Resort and Villas at the tip of Descanso bay in Northern Baja, one going south and the other going north in what was a beautiful sunny day with surfers out all over and the Baja 500 race underway just south in Ensenada.

Today, while headed north toward the San Diego border, my wife noticed no less the 25 power boats off the coast near Playas. Was there some kind of boating event going on or were people just out enjoying another beautiful day in Baja?

Surfers have enjoyed 3 days of 4 to 7 foot sets from a new south swell which was really lining up in front of Las Gaviotas and to north at Calafia.

And to top it off the Monster energy truck driven by Robby Gordon won the overall trophy truck with a great finish time of 8:35:49 only to be topped by the pro class motorcycle team riding a Honda 450x with a elapsed time of 8:30.

Just another fun filled weekend in Baja!!!

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The wheels are Rolling in Baja

June 1, 2009

Monster Energy Terrible Herbst

Monster Energy Terrible Herbst

The wheels are Rolling in Baja in anticipation of the upcoming Baja 500 Off Road Race from Ensenada and back over rugged mountainous terrain, spanning pristine Beaches and of course the hot dry desert of Northern Baja.

This morning while taking my little ones to school we had the Pleasure of seeing the Monster Energy Terrible Herbst Entry pass us along the way. The support drivers were more than happy to wave at the children and pose for some photos.  Here are a few we took of the trucks on the way down. read more »

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Newport Ensenada Sailboat Race is ON, Celebrity Participants Abound

April 24, 2009
Ensenada Yacht Race

Ensenada Yacht Race

Dr. Laura Schlessinger famous radio talk show host teams up with Dennis Conner to pilot the 60′ Farr Stars and Stripes in this weeks 2009 Newport Ensenada Yacht Race.  Leaving today from the Balboa Yacht Club

The usual high-powered ocean racers are already lined up for todays’s start of the 62nd Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race, led by last year’s two big winners. David Janes and Bill Turpin’s Akela, a Reichel/Pugh 77 that won the 2008 Tommy Bahama Trophy for first overall on handicap time, and Doug Baker’s first-to-finish, record-chasing Magnitude 80 are among the Maxi Class fleet that sets the pace in the 125.5-nautical mile race, along with Roy Pat Disney sailing his dad Roy E.’s recycled Pyewacket II; Dennis Conner’s Farr 60, Stars & Stripes; several ULDB 70s, a handful of TP52s and the prototype of the latter global class, John MacLaurin’s Pendragon 4, a Davidson 52.

Overall, entries—approaching 300 at this report—appear to have been impacted by the economy and, to a lesser extent, concerns about security at the Mexican border for people driving to Ensenada. The latter have been eased by aggressive efforts by Mexican authorities and officials of the Newport Ocean Sailing Association (NOSA) who organize the race.

One hour to Kick Off…

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