Dano's 20th Anniversary

Tonight at the Hurley warehouse in Costa Mesa, Dano is having a party! Its his 2nd not so annual Blossoming of the White Lotus. Celebrating his 20th year of shaping surfboards! There will be bands, beverages, art and of course, surfboards. Jay, his father and brother will be attending as well, and are really looking forward to seeing many of the Blackies crew in attendance. Please tell your friends to come on down and join in the fun.

Bands: Dano & the Juke Joint Freakshow

The Cormans

Cost: $Free.99

Time: 6pm to 10pm.

Address: 1945 Placentia ave.

Costa Mesa, Ca 92627

June 14th, Sunday Funday!

On Sunday June 14th, The Spaghetti Bender in Newport Beach is having a benefit brunch for Jay. Jay worked for the bender for about 10 + years and his brother James is still a current employee there after 8 years or so. Shocking! We know. Now the Spaghetti Bender is giving back for all the years of Jays hard work that, over the years, has built some amazing friendships along the way. Close friend and general manager Janie Barger has spent countless hours getting donations from all over Orange County. Donations from restaurants include: The Spaghetti Bender, Mothers Market, Britta's Cafe, Golden Truffle, Quiet Woman and Freds Cafe and Cantina. We also are having cases of champagne donated and the kind folks over at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf are going to be donating coffee as well. The bender staff are donating there free time to help set up and serve for all those that attend. The hostesses are making cookies and more sweets and everyone is pitching in. If you feel like helping doing dishes or taking out the trash, your more than welcome to help yourself. Tickets are on sale now for $40 a person and there will only be 120 available. They are selling fast so hurry up and get one. All ticket sales go to the Jay Thomas Special Needs Trust. The brunch will start at 10am until 1:30pm. If you need to purchase a ticket feel free to contact Jay's brother James at jtgdshc@yahoo.com. or contact Janie Barger at the Spaghetti Bender 949-645-0651. Jay will be attending and we are all looking forward to having a good time. Hope to see you there!

Let the bidding begin!

Available now on Ebay are items from the show on May 18th, 2009. They include 2 Fender CD60 acoustic guitars that has been signed by the members of Social Distortion, The Vandals, The Black Tibetans and Japanese Motors. A Gibson Les Paul electric guitar that was played and destroyed by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails at their show in Lisbon, Portugal on February 11, 2007. This guitar is signed by the entire line up which includes Trent, Jeordie, Josh, Aaron and Alessandro. A 6'0 x 18 1/4 x 2 1/4 Channel Islands surfboard with FCS fins, that will be personally autographed by Kelly Slater. Kelly will sign a personal message to the winner of this auction. Please note that the surfboard in the photo is not the same board you will be bidding on, but it will be exactly like it. A L.A.M.B. handbag that was designed, used and autographed by Gwen Stefani. A Dean electric guitar that was played and destroyed by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails at their show in Madrid, Spain on February 15, 2007. This guitar is signed by the entire line up which includes Trent, Jeordie, Josh, Aaron and Alessandro. A Yamaha RBX170 electric bass guitar autographed by Gwen, Adrian, Tony and Tom of No Doubt. And an autographed Tony Hawk Birdhouse skate deck signed by Tony Hawk as well as two Tony Hawk t-shirts (Youth XL and Youth Medium), a Trick Tips DVD, Boom Boom Huckjam DVD, two Proving Ground Nintendo DS games and a TH hat.

A huge thank you goes out to Social Distortion, The Vandals, The Black Tibetans, Japanese Motors, Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt, Gwen Stefani, Trent Reznor, Tony Hawk and Kelly Slater for all their generous donations. We can't thank you enough. All proceeds from the sales of the items listed above will go to the Jay Thomas Special Needs Trust.

Here is the link to view this auction...Good Luck!

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/angelofsin_W0QQ_dmdZ1QQ_ipgZ50QQ_sopZ12?_rdc=1

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:
www.nataliemoserblog.com
www.nataliemoserphotography.com

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.