Chicks with Sticks: chicks with sticks man auction

Chicks with Sticks Surf Off was held on Saturday 31st July! It was a celebration with fancy dress and girlie treats; and we spent the day raising awareness and money for charity; with the funds going to Surfers Against Sewage this year.

Due to unforeseen circumstances it went from a Surf Off to a Man Off, but as the weather and waves were drizzle and dribble, it meant total energy went into raising some serious cash at the Chicks with Sticks Evening Event.

In the morning Nat and the Oakley Surf Sistas were joined by charities PANTS and Animal Aid, who are currently raising money towards Sea Shepherd.

Nat said “It was an honour to offer a free taster to people who work incredibly hard for charities, and who live in Cornwall, but have never had the chance or opportunity to experience the beach, let alone a surf lesson. I think they thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and they certainly deserved it”

The beach bar was home to the evening event; and we’ll let the pictures speak for themselves! We had killer DJs from Wales, who turned the tiny dancefloor into a mass of writhing bodies!

As always, something went wrong – the microphone had gone missing – but luckily music guru October was quick to offer a slightly renegade solution. That’ll be headphones. As a microphone. And they worked like a dream!

Once the “Man Pen” was in place Nat did her thang in a daring, swimsuit-leggings combo, assisted by “keeper” Swanson, “herder” Shone and “transporter” Nikki. Czuczy was on hand with her photog. skills to capture all the man action!

Congratulations to Virginia Taylor; winner of the coveted Surf Maroc Roxy holiday! And the winner of the Paulo Award for Outstanding Effort was Lisa Jones, who’ll be joining Surf Sistas with Oakley in Hossegor this September for a boutique surf and pilates holiday.

The Paulo Award was created in honour of our friend Paul Brewer; a shining star who always put 100% into everything he did! We will always remember his winning smile.

Now for the thanks you’s.

Firstly the CWS team who are now “Team Man”; we couldn’t have done it without you girls (and guys!)

The Fistral beach bar; Paulie and co. for keeping the drink flowing and being genuinely supportive of the man auction concept.

The DJ’s; Colin Francies, you are a legend! A massive "diolch yn fawr" to team "bag" for coming all the way to Kernow and blowing our minds with your vibe.

Of course we are eternally grateful for all the men who put their dignity and pride on the line and offered themselves to a mob of frenzied females in the name of charity. Especially the Sportsvision boys who were unfortunately bought by men. You did us proud and we salute you!

A huge thank you to all the prize donators;

Surf Sistas with Oakley for a boutique surf & pilates holiday to Hossegor and coaching weekend in Newquay; Surf Maroc for a Roxy Girls week; Lusty Glaze for a Surf Fitness weekend; Sportsvision for 4 VIP Relentless Boardmasters passes; Ripcurl’s ESF Surf School; Quiksilver Surf School; The Harbour Hotel & Restaurant; Lusty Glaze Restaurant; Peeler.com; Surf Girl Magazine; Fire Fly Tonics; Yoshimi Spa; Celissimo hair and beauty; Sands Resort spa; The Central; Café Irie; The Lanherne; The beach bar; PANTS charity shop; Sunset Surf and Oakley for raffle goodies and finally Pot Tea Training Café (also for the amazing Paulo award made there!)

Thanks and well done to SAS for doing what they do so we can surf cleaner, greener waves.

Finally thank you so much all who came along to the event and supported us. We will be back next year – again, bigger, brighter and with more prizes!

Get your groovy selves to the internet art auction page on www.chickswithsticks.org.uk to score some amazing surf art, where all proceeds are going towards Surfers 4 Cetaceans and Ticket to Ride’s Foundation Project in Cape Town.