Are you ready to ROCK!

Monday May 18th, 2009 the House of Blues in Anaheim held a benefit show for Jay. The bands included were Social Distortion, The Vandals, The Black Tibetans, and The Japanese Motors. The show was an amazing success. Many of Jay's friends and co-workers came out along with his family and made it a beautiful night to remember. Thanks to the amazing Jay-Team who made it all happen and did an amazing job behind the scenes. A huge thanks goes out to the House of Blues,Ticket Master and all of the people that donated goods for the benefit. And last but not least, a huge sincere thank you goes out to Shane Trulin, without him this amazing event couldn't have been possible. Thank you to Natalie Moser for taking these great photos and be sure to check out her work here:
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Dano catches 80 waves!!!

On Tuesday May 12th, 2009, Dano held a surf-a-thon at Blackies. It started at 9am to 11am. At the final horn, Dano caught his 80th wave. With Jay's brother James and fellow surfer Steve keeping track of the wave count, 3 year old Stuart Jeremias allowed them to have a few chocolate cookies on the house to hold them over till lunch time. An amazing contribution from Rich Knight who not only sold hats from his work and donated the money, he also donated $10 a wave! A total of $800. Everyone was baffled by the generosity and the Thomas family can't say thank you enough to him and all those who donated and participated in getting the signatures they needed to make this a very successful surf-a-thon. Special thanks to Laylan Connelly at the Orange County Register and also to The Daily Pilot who did amazing stories on the event and did a great job with the information provided in each article. And a special thank you goes out to Dan Forte, the surf-a-thon would not have been as successful with out his motivation, determination and sheer perseverance to make this event a tremendous success. Here are a few photos from the event taken by Tom Cozad at newportsurfshots.com

Party Time!

On May 1, 2009 there was a get-together/ party extravaganza held at Jay's new headquarters. There was a great turnout and plenty of food and drinks. Most of Jay's closest friends showed up and everyone got to catch up with one another and shoot the breeze. Jay was super excited to see everyone together and everyone had a blast. We can't wait until the next party May 18th, 2009 House of Blues in Anaheim With Social Distortion!

May 3, 2009 TWSA Bolsa Chica

They Will Surf Again (TWSA) a sister organization to Life Rolls On held an event on sunday May 3, 2009 at Bolsa Chica. The purpose of this event is to get individuals with spinal cord injuries active again. Most of the athletes who participated have surfed before and for a few, it was their first time. There were 35 athletes and 150 volunteers. They biggest turnout for TWSA ever! 

Jays brother James volunteered for this event and said it was an amazing experience. From 9am to 2:30pm James, amongst 149 other volunteers and his team, (the blue team) took about 6 athletes surfing that day. Each athlete had a half an hour surf session and almost all of them caught at least 3 waves. With about four teams total and 15 volunteers per team, there were plenty of people in the water. 

There was free food and drinks for everyone, and lots of smiles being had. It was an amazing turnout.