Op Girls Learn To Ride Brings A Summer Of Surf
The Original Series Of Surfing Clinics For Females Announces 2005 Event Schedule
Laguna Beach, Calif. — Op Girls Learn To Ride (Op GLTR), the original series of action sports clinics for females, today announced its 2005 surfing schedule of events. Since its inception in 1998, Op GLTR has worked to develop the highest quality instructional series of its kind, using the best surfing instructors and locations from coast to coast. Over the years, Op GLTR has helped thousands of women become hooked on the sport by demonstrating that it’s a fun outdoor alternative to their traditional fitness routines.
Op Girls Learn To Ride surfing clinics will be taught by top instructors in the sport. On the east coast, clinics will be taught by: Lou Maresca and Lisa Meade’s Central Florida Surf School, Coastline Adventures Surfing School and Peter Pan Surfing School. On the west coast, clinics will be taught by: HB Wahine, Surf Diva, Surf Academy and Pacific Surf School on the west coast. Presenting sponsor Teen Vogue will provide marketing and promotions support and outreach to a broad mainstream audience of young girls, and supporting sponsor etnies Girl will create additional promotions and special events for select cities.
Also new for 2005, Op Girls Learn To Ride will be the presenting sponsor for HB Wahine’s summer surfing camps, a series of 2 to 5 day camps in Huntington Beach, Calif.
HB Wahine will also offer a wide selection of Op Girls Learn To Ride-branded apparel, gear and sports equipment in their Southern California retail store.
Op GLTR will feature 15 surfing clinics from June through October this year, as the overall series expands to include over 200 action sports clinics and camps in the U.S. and Canada this year in seven different sports.
The 2005 schedule of events is as follows:
June 4 Ft. Pierce, Fla. Ft. Pierce Inlet Recreation Area
June 25 San Diego, Calif. La Jolla Shores
July 2 Narragansett, Fla. Narragansett Town Beach
July 2 Ft. Pierce, Fla. Ft. Pierce Inlet Recreation Area
July 23 Long Beach, Tofino, BC Pacific Rim National Park
July 23 Huntington Beach, Calif. Bolsa Chica State Beach
July 23-24 Seaside Heights, NJ Seaside Heights
July 24 Los Angeles, Calif. Santa Monica Pier
August 6 Ft. Pierce, Fla. Ft. Pierce Inlet Recreation Area
August 6 Ventura, Calif. Carpenteria Beach
August 20 Babylon, NY Robert Moses State Park
August 27 Narragansett, Fla. Narragansett Town Beach
September 3 Ft. Pierce, Fla. Ft. Pierce Inlet Recreation Area
September 24 Newport Beach, Calif. Op Newport Classic
October 1 Ft. Pierce, Fla. Ft. Pierce Inlet Recreation Area
The HB Wahine Summer Surf Camps Presented By Op Girls Learn To Ride are as follows:
June 4-5 2-day Camp
Jun 11-12 2-day Camp
Jun 18-19 2-day Camp
Jun 25-26 2-day Camp
July 9-10 2-day Camp
July 16-17 2-day Camp
July 30-31 2-day Camp
Aug 6-7 2-day Camp
Aug 13-14 2-day Camp
Aug 20-21 2-day Camp
Aug 27-28 2-day Camp
June 20-24 5-day Camp
June 27-July 1 5-day Camp
Jul 11-15 5-day Camp
Jul 18-22 5-day Camp
Jul 25-29 5-day Camp
Aug 1-5 5-day Camp
Aug 8-12 5-day Camp
Aug 15-19 5-day Camp
Aug 22-26 5-day Camp
Aug 29-Sept 2 5-day Camp
Sept 5-9 5-day Camp
For clinic details, including addresses and registration information, please visit www.opgirlslearntoride.com.
For the past five years, Op GLTR has developed relationships with the leading action sports organizers, athletes, instructional facilities and media outlets in order to provide the
highest level of instruction to women of all ages. In addition to Op, Teen Vogue and etnies Girl, this year’s list of sponsor partners includes Teen Vogue as presenting sponsor; Etnies Girl as supporting sponsor; top venues such as ESPN X Games skate parks, Vans Skateparks, Woodward Camps and ski resorts throughout North America; instructional schools such as Surf Diva, HB Wahine Surf School, Wakeboard Boot Camp, MTB Chick Racing, Mission2Ride, Honda Rider Educational Centers and MGT Snowboarding Camps; professional associations including the IASC (International Skateboarding Companies Association), Women’s Motocross Association, IWS (International Women’s Surfing), Women of Freestyle and E.A.G.L. BMX; and media partners within each sport, including Racer X magazine, Wake Boarding magazine, SG magazine, “GKA” and Active.com.
About Op Girls Learn To Ride™
Op Girls Learn To Ride™ (Op GLTR), the original series of girls-only action sports clinics, is designed to give females of all ages the basic skills and confidence necessary to participate in skateboarding, surfing, motocross, wakeboarding, BMX, mountain biking and snowboarding. In this program, skilled professionals provide hands-on training with an emphasis on safety and skill development. Now in its sixth year, Op GLTR has taught thousands of girls and women a new action sport. The program will host more than 200 events throughout the United States and Canada in 2005. For more information, please visit www.opgirlslearntoride.com.
About Op
Founded more than three decades ago, Op was the first surfboard manufacturer to offer a full range of products for surfers both in and out of the water.
Today, through sponsorship of world-class sporting events and athletes and manufacture of goods ranging from apparel and footwear to fragrances and accessories, Op, a division of The Warnaco Group Inc. (NASDAQ: WRNC), caters to an ever-growing worldwide youth culture by remaining true to its mission: to create quality active-lifestyle products with genuine value, authenticity and style.
Source: www.opgirlslearntoride.com
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