Wahoos and Blue C Baja Charity Run 2
11.25.08

The program was a success yet again, delivering food to a school in San Felipe and Jaws of Life equipment to a local firehouse.

Although the Class One truck racing the Baja 1000 suffered transmissionfailure, the most important goal of the trip was achieved. Congratulationsto the Team for another successful Baja Charity Run





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Kelly Slater Book Signing
11.21.08

Held at the Malibu Performing Arts Center, the night included an intimate session with Slater and a performance from favorite Brett Dennen.

Each guest received a complimentary autographed copy of For the Love. Co written by long time surfer Phil Jarratt and featuring an introduction by surf soundtrack king Jack Johnson, the full color book reveals Slater’s life and career.

For the Love, is a revealing and heartfelt tribute, written with surfing veteran Phil Jarratt. Published by Chronicle Books, For the Love marks the first time Slater’s story has been told in full color reflecting the latest twists and turns in an incredible and unconventional life.





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Tony Hawks Stand Up For Skateparks
11.09.08

The action sports and the entertainment elite were on hand Sunday for the fifth annual Activision Presents Stand Up For Skateparks, where over 1 million was raised for the Tony Hawk Foundation and its mission to bring free, quality skateparks to low income communities across the United States.

Held at an exclusive estate in Beverly Hills, attendees included Tony Hawk, Shaun White, Anthony Kiedis, David Spade, Perry Ferrell, Chris Big Black Boykin, Kathy Ireland, Bam Margera and BMX legend Mat Hoffman, as well as event benefit committee members Jamie Lee Curtis and Mia Hamm. The one day action sports carnival included games, activities, a special acoustic performance by Social Distortion, and a Vert Demo on Hawks personal ramp, where he was joined by White, Bucky Lasek, Andy Macdonald, Kevin Staab, and BMX riders John Parker and Dennis McCoy.





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Red Bull Soap Box Racer
10.25.08

Team Wahooligans
A record breaking 25,000 spectators crowded Red Rocks Park today for Red Bull Soapbox Race's Colorado debut, and more than 25,000 others arrived after the park had reached capacity. Forty three teams of colorful characters, from the likes of cross dressing prom queens to the Wicked Witch of the West, took to the track in hopes of non motorized, raceway glory.
This has been a great teambuilding experience for myself and the other general managers who are involved, says Igor Nemerzhitskiy, crew member and general manager of Wahoo's Hampden, who has spent long hours in the office garage constructing the cart from an old lawnmower, bicycle tires, tons of Styrofoam, and a few 2x4s, with the Wahoo's logo as the inspiration behind the design.





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Susan G Komen Race for the Cure - Temecula CA
10.19.08

It was a morning of bonding, support and hope as Wahoo's handed out free taco's to some of the 13,000 men, women and children that participated in the ninth annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure-Inland Empire in Temecula on Sunday.

Before the first race at 8 a.m. a 5K timed run nearly 400 breast cancer survivors were invited to sit at the main stage for a brief ceremony of music and recognition.





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Sessions 10th Annual Tim Brauch Contest and After Party
09.27.08 and 09.28.08

This year’s 10th Annual Tim Brauch Memorial Contest took place and was definitely the most memorable event to date. Friends, family, and local skaters all came out in memory of Tim Brauch, who was and is one of the most respected skaters of all time. Tim’s great talent and willingness to help local youth in skateboarding is what has kept this contest going for 10 years and that is why the leaders of skateboarding came to compete in this great contest.





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Our Hearts Are With You, Travis
09.20.08

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the loved ones of our good friend Travis Barker and the victims of the airplane accident that occurred last night. We wish Travis and Adam Goldstein a speedy recovery and offer our humblest and most heartfelt condolences for those who lost their lives in this tragedy.





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Napa Valley Taste of the Nation
08.25.08

Share Our Strength officially wrapped up their 2008 Taste of the Nation season. California Director Judy Walker was pleased to say that they returned to all five cities (San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Napa Valley) again this year and added Santa Barbara to their line up. They appreciated all the hard work, dedication and passion….this year was extremely successful and they have increased their dollars over last year in every single city!





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19th Annual Waterman's Ball Weekend
08.22.08

More than 850 professional surfers and surf industry VIP’s supported the most anticipated surf event of the year, the SIMA Environmental Fund’s Waterman’s Ball, on Friday, August 22. The event took place at the St. Regis Monarch Beach in Dana Point, Calif., and the SIMA Environmental Fund Board of Directors are confident that the final amount raised at the event will approximately match the goal of $500,000 for oceans and surf breaks around the world. At the Ball, SIMA honored former world surfing champion Mark “Occy” Occhilupo as Waterman of the Year, musician Jackson Browne as Environmentalist of the Year, and surf contest pioneer Eduardo Arena with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Surfrider Foundation and Sierra Club’s Friends of the Foothills campaign also received Special Recognition Awards for their ongoing battle to save Trestles and stop the development of the 241 Toll Road.





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Wahoo's-Metal Mulisha XGames 14
08.02.08

The Winner of the Wahoo's-Metal Mulisha XGames Contest was LISA JAVERNICK from Arizona. Lisa and a friend were flown in and were put up in a hotel for the weekend. She received tons of Metal Mulisha gear and a All Access Pass to XGames 14. She also received a Free Guitar from the guys at ESP GUITARS signed by all the Mulisha Team. Wahoo's served food to all Mulisha Guests and Team in the Pit during the XGames and it was a great time.

What can I say, my trip to X Games 14 was way better than I ever could have imagined! Everyone from Metal Mulisha and ESP Guitars was so friendly, and excited to show us around. Hanging out in the pits with the Metal Mulisha team was awesome. Amidst all the chaos of getting ready to compete and adoring fans screaming for autographs, the riders all found time to take pictures and hang out with me. They really are great guys with a crazy passion for this intense sport. Wahoo’s Fish Tacos came and served up some delicious fish and chicken tacos for lunch. I can’t wait to show off my candy red ESP Guitar signed by the Metal Mulisha team! I just want to THANK Metal Mulisha, ESP Guitars, and Wahoo’s Fish Tacos for my KICK ASS trip to the X Games 14.
Much Love, Lisa

Congrats Lisa and Check back always to Wahoos.com for your chance to Win!

Mulisha Killed it at the Xgames. Josh Hansen surprised a lot of people with his riding this weekend and came through with one of the biggest wins of his career! Just to get an idea of how huge this is, we’ve heard some pretty staggering top-secret stats that X Games Moto got more TV viewers than all the outdoor motocross races will combined this year–big bikes and lites! Twitch then went against Mason to see who would get Bronze and Twitch won no problem. Just some more X Games bling for Twitch’s growing collection.

Visit METALMULISHA.COM!





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Maxim magazine’s Extreme Sports Party
07.31.08

As part of the Maxim’s Extreme Sports X Games party at Hollywood’s The Stork, the new Shaun White Snowboarding video game was celebrated and a big turnout of celebrities, such as David Spade, Verne Troyer, Tila Tequila, Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Kat Von D and many more were on hand to show their support. Wahoo's was there to soak up Absolut's free drinks for the night. The game, which is set to to be released for Holiday 2008, is being developed by Ubisoft and White, and is designed for XBox 360.





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Ryan Sheckler XGames Celebrity Skins Classic
07.29.08

The 18-year-old skateboarding phenomenon hosted his first celebrity golf tournament – the Ryan Sheckler XGames Celebrity Skins Classic – on July 29 at the renowned Trump National Golf Course in Palos Verdes, CA and Wahoo's was there to support and feeding everyone. Many celebrities and professional athletes that participated, including Jerry O’Connell, Josh Kelley, Kendra Wilkinson, Dean Cain, Kevin Federline, Brody Jenner, Verne Troyer and Dave Mirra.

The tournament aimed to further the mission of the Sheckler Foundation and raise funds for four additional charities: the Athlete Recovery Fund, which provides financial support to seriously injured BMX, FMX, and skateboard athletes; Boarding for Breast Cancer, a youth-focused awareness organization; Road 2 Recovery, which provides financial assistance and emotional support for motocross athletes coping with career-ending injuries; and Wings for Life, a spinal cord research foundation.






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US Open of Surfing
07.27.08

Wahoo's served our Corona Extra friends with tacos on the beach while they watched some great surfing from the top pros around the world.

Nathaniel Curran didn't wait for conditions to improve Sunday at the Honda U.S. Open of Surfing. He grabbed an early lead in the two-man final and held on to defeat Frenchman Tim Boal, 11.66-10.70, in sparse two to three foot surf alongside the Huntington Beach pier.

The victory earned Curran 15,000 and moved him from No. 4 in the World Qualifying Series standings to No. 1. The top 16 at the end of the season qualify for the World Championship Tour, of which Curran's brother, Timmy, was a longtime member. Curran hopes the result will finally separate himself from his brother's accomplishments.





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Signal Snowboards Dream It. Build It. Ride It. Day
07.23.08

Signal Snowboards hosted an open house of sorts and invited everyone into their factory aka “The Lodge” to show everyone what they’re up to.

They’re cranking out boards these days and according to Signal co-founder and owner Dave Lee, they can barely keep up with the demand.

Dave was most hyped on their new testing facility out back. Recently they had a buddy of theirs build them a mini shred slope. And today they hosed it down with a couple hundred bucks worth of ice and had themselves a little rail jam.

A bunch of the Signal team riders were on hand to wow the crowd that was feasting on Wahoo’s fish tacos and ice cream in the relative comfort of their street clothes.

Heads wandered in and out of the factory all day. Signal’s board builders were giving tours to Transworld Magazine, Archies Ice Cream, Rockstar Energy, Signal buyers and to anyone interested.






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Vans Warped Tour Starts in Pomona!
06.20.08

Wahoo's served it up to all the crew before the first date of the Warped Tour at the Pomona Fairplex.

With a heavy helping of highly political bands as well as acts offering old fashioned entertainment, the summer event still seems to epitomize American freedom and creativity. This equilibrium is probably one of the reasons why the tour has maintained its wide appeal and attracted such a large number of musical acts, which marked its 14th year!





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Rip Curl Grom Search In Huntington Beach
06.14.08

Wahoo's took care of lunch for all the athletes where Luke Davis and Evan Geiselman took top honors at the Huntington Beach Grom Search. Double dipping in the Boys 14/under and Boys 16/under divisions, the two blitzing talents unleashed a back and forth, get a load of this, dueling banjos sequence that set the beach a buzz with talk about similar all time performances from the Grom Search memory bank. Geiselman placed first in 14/under, Davis in 16/under. In Boys 12/under, Ian Gentil bested Koa Smith in a neck and neck Hawaiian showdown and, never outdone, Kauai's Nage Melamed delivered the goods among female competitors, showing textbook technique with a series of open face carves, wide bottom turns, and her silky-smooth wave presence. Congrats to all the athletes from the Wahoo's Family.





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West Coast Customs Ford Flex Launch Party
06.16.08

Xzibit and West Coast Customs had the Ford Flex Launch Party at their facility on friday and Wahoo's was their to take care of all the VIP exclusive invited guests.





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Wahoo's at OP Clothing Launch Party
06.04.08

Wahoo's was on hand to feed all the celebrity supporters such as Rumer Willis, Corbin Bleu, Kristin Cavallari, Wilmer Valderrama, Christina Milian, Pete Wentz, Josie Maran and the Kardashian sisters for the OP Clothing Launch Party. Private Residence - Beverly Hills, CA.

OP unveils heavy hitters for its Summer 2008 Multi-Media Marketing Campaign. The campaign will surround Wal-Mart's spring-summer launch of Op. As previously announced, Iconix signed a direct to retail licensing agreement for Op with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

The television, movie and music personalities will represent the brand as it launches this spring exclusively at select Wal-Mart stores and walmart.com. The concept of the campaign is Open Road and celebrates Op's historical open road California lifestyle, which the brand has represented since the original launch in 1972. The campaign will continue to follow the Op cast as they head into fall with a back to school campaign that will debut in August.





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Mann's Chinese Premiere of Raiders of the Lost Ark
05.15.08

It took seven summers to make, required a cast of, well, dozens, and included the star's first on and off screen kiss, but Raiders of the Lost Ark The Adaptation, has become a favorite of film festivals around the world. Scott Rudin bought the rights to the filmmakers story for a Paramount feature film, and Steven Spielberg to Eli Roth to Quentin Tarantino have declared themselves fans of the film. Now the 100 minute feature made it to Los Angeles for a premiere at Mann's Chinese Theater, at a one night only screening.
Wahoo's Fish Taco along with Hampton Productions created this premiere to help benefit the Festival of the Children Foundation. TV and Magazine coverage from ABC Channel 7 News, Good Morning America, Vanity Fair and many more were there to witness the great event. The Directors of the film Eric Zala and Producer Chris Strompolis were there for a Q and A after the film. Sandy Daniels from Festival of the Children Foundation along with Eli Roth, Ed Lee, Mingo Lee and Wing Lam enjoyed the SOLD OUT Premiere and then had a blast at the after party in the Mann's Chinese VIP room.





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Share Our Strength Taste of the Nation San Diego
04.13.08

The talented Chefs joining JSix at Hotel Solamar included Mistral at Loews Coronado Bay Resort, Anthology, Oceanaire Seafood Room, 1500 Ocean at Hotel del Coronado, Jack’s La Jolla, Addison at The Grand Del Mar, Jade Theatre, Currant, Grant Grill at US Grant Hotel, Stingaree, Blue Coral, Quarter Kitchen at The Ivy Hotel, Rancho Bernardo Inn, Molly’s Fine Dining, Georges California Modern, Blanca and much more.
Took place on Hotel Solamar’s ultra chic rooftop bar, jBar, this annual fundraiser also included prominent wineries, an exquisite silent auction with once in a lifetime items and an iron chef competition which paired up the best San Diego chefs and a few local kids.
Wahoo's Fish Taco is the CA Regional Sponsor of Taste of the Nation so Ed Lee was there as one of the Celebrity Judges for the Iron Chef competition.





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