AB3 East 2009 - - May 16 Harvey Cedars, NJ

Saturday May 16, 2009
Anything But Three EAST
Hudson Ave Harvey Cedars, NJ

It’s official. The second annual AB3 East is 10 weeks away. Time to celebrate the art and creativity of hand shaped surfboards. This will be the same weekend as the NY Fish Fry again to make it easy for the West Coast guys to go to both.

Spectators - Come on out to fondle and test drive some fine crafted hand shaped surfboards. Get to know your local shapers and meet some not so local shapers whose boards you wouldn’t normally have a chance to see.

**Garage shapers **- Bring your homemade creations and let others see what you’ve been up to for the past year. If it has three fins, don’t worry we’ll still let you sneak it on the beach just as long as it’s hand shaped.

West Coast and East Coast Production Shapers - we have worked out some deals to make this trip financially worth your time. This year, after the AB3 you will be able to sell the demo boards you brought at our sponsor surf shop, Surf Unlimited, only 10 minutes down the road in Ship Bottom, NJ. No sales will be done on the beach. This is again a banner free, low key event. But in appreciation of you guys coming out to the event, Surf Unlimited will allow sales to occur at their shop the day of the event. Furthermore, you can ship your boards out early to save money. We will post pictures of your boards on the AB3 blog and Surf Unlimited is willing to hold your boards after the event and sell them for you for a reasonable commission. And FINALLY, we have arranged for available shaping bays provided by Mahady Surfboards and Essence Surf and glassing services by Brian Wynn for any shapers who would like to make this a shaping trip and fill some orders out here. (contact me for more details).

More details on sponsors and attendees to follow as they develop!

Mark your calendars, save the date, and start shaping!

Keep your eye on the AB3 East Blog site for an update!
http://anythingbut3east.blogspot.com/

WOOHOOOO!!!

Ive
been wondering if there was going to be an AB3 East this year. I
missed last years- wont miss this one! Might even bring my boards if
yall promise not to laugh…

We should try to send some spaceships up there, thanks for the heads-up. Will the water be over 50 by May 16?

RDJ, you need to update this thread with the date change. should come from the horse’s mouth, so I’ll refrain from posting second-hand info.

Yup, we didn’t firm up the date until yesterday and I didn’t want to cause confusion by posting more than once.

Due to Sacred Craft, Memorial Day, and Mother’s Day pretty much taking up every weekend in March, we’ve decided to move the AB3 East to the fall this year. A bunch of the California guys would have been rushing to get boards ready for Sacred Craft and still try to get out to NJ and it just wouldn’t work. The fall brings the added benefit of warm water, possible tropical swell, and more potential customers for the shapers. So we are setting the date as Saturday September 26th with a rain/no wave date of the 27th. Same location.

AB3 East Hudson St. Harvey Cedars, NJ Saturday September 26th (rain/no wave date Sunday September 27th)

Thanks for the update. Maybe you can edit the subject line for those who might not read down this far…

Hey, Cali guys wouldn’t be the only ones rushing to get boards done!

We were blessed with nice waves for the last AB3 event but I think the fall is a much better choice. Bring the Jersey Juice!

~Brian

www.greenlightsurfsupply.com