Second Annual Pay It Forward Paddle Official Report! 6-25-2011

The pay it forward paddle was a great event.  I'm a newb to the NCKA seen but everyone I met and talked to couldn't have been nicer.  What a great group of people, I'm going to have to get more involved in events like this.  Great day, great people, great grub, and to top it off I even caught some fish!

Another cool PIF 2011 story:

I'm chilling with Jim. We're just hanging out shooting the shiz/drinking some brews when I commented on his cool ncka sweatshirt. I said, "I gotta get myself one of those." Having not seen the back of his shirt I didn't realize it was a sweatshirt from GS5 until he pointed it out. I told him I'd just be stoked to buy one of the regular ncka sweatshirts. Not 5 minutes later I'm making a trip over to my car to grab some gear for the raffle and I turn around and there is Jim, holding out the same sweatshirt that I had just been talking about. He says,"Hey Deva, here you go buddy."

Big Jim literally gave me the shirt off his back. 

How cool was that?

Thanks for the sweatshirt Jim!! You are the man!!

I take back all that bad stuff I said about you 

Oh and I'm calling off the hit I put out on you after you super soakered me in the face on the sail back to the beach 

-FF

LMAO!!!!!!!!!

Dude, you have helped out BIG time both years and it has been super cool hanging out with you both times...maybe this time we can get together before another year goes by!!

 

Thanks for calling off the hit buddy....my wife and kids thank you!!

 

Great times bro!!!!

One of my highlights was meeting and chilling with Russ From Reno aka Desert Diver...could tell from his posts here and on NCUWH that he was a good guy and meeting him in person just affirmed that...looking forward to diving with you in the future for sure!!!

 

Still jazzed about the event and how much $$ we raised!!

Really, really special to have a group of folks from all different walks of life get together and do something like this...makes me feel super warm and fuzzy inside!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

did I miss it?  What is the official tally?

Awesome video G-Whiz!!

-FF

did I miss it?  What is the official tally?

We're still doing final calculations (donations made on multiple paypal sites, checks mailed in etc), but I can say with a certainity that between the main raffle, the G-Whiz GoPro raffle, t-shirt sales, sticker sales and other donations we CRUSHED last years PIF total of ~$6,900!!

 

And that's not even taking into consideration the additional $1,000+ from the Ravensblack vs. Baitman race!!!

 

Will post up once the exact tally is ready!!

Trust me, we are working on getting all the $$ together and into Mooch and Shicken's hands as soon as we can!!

THANK YOU once again to EVERYBODY who helped make this a reality...really was a GROUP effort and everybody involved should be extremely proud of what was accomplished!!



Sincerely,

Jim

One of my highlights was meeting and chilling with Russ From Reno aka Desert Diver...could tell from his posts here and on NCUWH that he was a good guy and meeting him in person just affirmed that...looking forward to diving with you in the future for sure!!!

 

Still jazzed about the event and how much $$ we raised!!

             +1 here ...  With some  Awesome Sauce on That !

EXCELLENT video Glen!!!
 

Thanks for sharing bro!!
 
Sincerely,

Jim

Trust me, we are working on getting all the $$ together and into Mooch and Shicken's hands as soon as we can!!

....Marv and I already have a couple of High Roller Suites booked in Vegas    

Trust me, we are working on getting all the $$ together and into Mooch and Shicken's hands as soon as we can!!

....Marv and I already have a couple of High Roller Suites booked in Vegas    

 
If that's what you are going to do with it - you sure deserve it
But if you go make sure I get my invite

See Ya Soon,
Eric / Yakhopper

Great video Glen. Thanks for sharing. BTW, I love that look you had on your face coming in to land. 

Jedmo

Glen, really very impressed with your video.  Great job pare!  Very professional.  Can't wait to see your next production.

Rey

Can't wait to see your next production.

Thanks Rey! Did you like the 3 slides towards the end???

Also had to to a close up of someone's Albino legs; think he over soaked them in the h-tub.....

Hopefully the next video production will be from the Albion event.....

...maybe this time we can get together before another year goes by!!

 

I hear ya. Lets go fishing soon.

-FF

My first attempt at editing, but here is what I was able to salvage off my card from that day! -----nevermind, I need to find out how to load vido on a post, brb!

http://jaycut.com/content/30-june-2011-942-1

Finally finished my Pay It Forward 2011 Video!  Sorry for the lengthy delay, but hopefully you will enjoy it!