Help Save The Gaviota Coast! ...Buy This Fin!

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Yet another environmental message concerning important coastal conservation. This concerns the Gaviota Coast between Gaviota and Santa Barbara. This is a beautiful area and I knew it well in the years I surfed in Santa Barbara

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Email from Drew:

                                                    Rick Rietveld is one of the very finest surf artists, and this fin must be outrageous.Certainly the cause is.

                        Have fun on eBay if you feel it and have it. – drew

                           Begin forwarded message:

From: Rietveldr@aol.com
Date: February 19, 2010 3:05:09 PM PST
Subject: Rietveld's painted "Save Gaviota" Fin
Hi Friends,
I donated a custom painted surfboard fin ( I used mixed medium, acrylic and One Shot enamel ) to the Surfrider Foundation to save Gaviota from being developed by a very large housing project which would destroy this beautiful natural habitat and part of our quickly diminishing natural coastline.
They are putting the Fin up for auction on e-bay. If interested, please make a bid to get it going or think of it as a great donation for a great cause. Or if you know someone who may be interested pleas give them a heads up and forward this e-mail See their letter below mine.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200441579637

Thankyou,
Rick Rietveld
Rietveld Editions, Inc.
See my portfolio @ www.RietveldArt.com
Purchase my art @ www.McKibbenStudios.com

In a message dated 2/19/10 1:30:41 PM, nhastings@surfrider.org writes:
Hi Rick,
The surfboard fin is now for sale online at eBay! 100% of proceeds will go to Surfrider Foundation via eBay Giving Works (MissionFish) and will be directed back to the Santa Barbara Chapter once the auction is over. Please post anywhere and everywhere... Let’s get big $$$ for this beautiful piece of artwork!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200441579637

If you have any questions, problems, revisions... Whatever... Please don’t hesitate to contact me directly. I have informed Surfrider Global staff, posted it on all my personal social network sites, and posted listings on the following sites:

Surfrider_Socal MySpace - http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=230230230&blogId=529511989

Surfrider_Socal Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=Rick+Rietveld&init=quick#!/pages/Surfrider_SoCal/125839473809?ref=ts

Thanks for all your help!
~ Nancy

Nancy Hastings - Southern CA Field Coordinator
(310)995-7873 cell – nhastings@surfrider.org
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