Keith Melville makes the news!

pb-bob

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Keith Melville makes the news!

Posted: August 21, 2006 - 9:21am

So, I'm on my way to work this morning and I turn on KOGO and hear that a Keith Melville balsa board sold yesterday for $50,000! I was stoked for Keith for making a board worthy of selling for so much and for the Moores center.

I was sorry I didn't make it down for at least the contest, but the auction must have been a sight to see. For those who don't know, yesterday was the 13th Annual Moores UCSD Cancer Center Luau and Longboard Invitational.

I think Keith has now raised the bar for all backyard shapers - not only are his boards selling for a fortune, they are newsworthy!

Congrats Keith - and thanks again for hosting on Saturday.

keithmelville

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Re: [PB-Bob] Keith Melville makes the news!

Posted: August 21, 2006 - 9:34am | #1 (permalink) | Back to Top

thanks Bob!
It was indeed one heck of a weekend.
Saturday was the 3rd annual Sway's get together, that was a bunch of fun - pictures are posted on another thread.

Then Sunday I went to 13th annual UCSD Cancer Center Luau, which raises money for cancer research.

You may have seen this board posted here recently:
http://www.swaylocks.com/resources/detail_page.cgi?ID=1664

Well, it sold at auction Sunday afternoon:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060820-1641-surfbenefit.html

Which may be a record of some kind, I dunno.

After the auction, the board was signed by John Peck, Carl & Woody Eckstrom, Rabbit Kekai, Debbie Beacham, Jericho Poppler, Rusty, Robert August, Wingnut, Hank Warner, Joe Roper, Gidget, Jock Sutherland, and Micky Munoz, among others (can't remember all of them at the moment).

Anyway, shape on!!

ALOHA

Coque

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Re: [KeithMelville] Keith Melville makes the news!

Posted: August 21, 2006 - 9:47am | #2 (permalink) | Back to Top

Congrats Keith!, the Good Karma Master.

Nice board by the way.

Coque

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rhino

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Re: [KeithMelville] Keith Melville makes the news!

Posted: August 21, 2006 - 9:59am | #3 (permalink) | Back to Top

Right on Keith, was that the La Jolla longboard event?

Cheers.

Shipman

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Re: [PB-Bob] Keith Melville makes the news!

Posted: August 21, 2006 - 10:16am | #4 (permalink) | Back to Top

Keith, I am stoked for ya' that was a sweet looking board. Did you get to meet the winning bidder? $50,000 and it goes to very good cause. it's a win win situation.
Congrats Keith....

LeeV

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Re: [KeithMelville] Keith Melville makes the news!

Posted: August 21, 2006 - 10:25am | #5 (permalink) | Back to Top

See? I told you the nose looked just fine...

TedZsurfer

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Re: [KeithMelville] Keith Melville makes the news!

Posted: August 21, 2006 - 5:22pm | #6 (permalink) | Back to Top

Keith, that is fantastic, what a great gift. Everyone involved with that board should feel very proud.

PlusOneShaper

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Re: [TedZsurfer] Keith Melville makes the news!

Posted: August 21, 2006 - 7:57pm | #7 (permalink) | Back to Top

Yes, that's great Keith, and for a great cause!
how does that look on your shaping resume?! or your pricelist? HA!
Congratulations!

easternpacific

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Re: [KeithMelville] Keith Melville makes the news!

Posted: August 21, 2006 - 8:12pm | #8 (permalink) | Back to Top

LA JOLLA – About $300,000 was raised for the Moores UC San Diego Cancer Center at its 13th annual luau and longboard invitational, attended by about 1,000 people Sunday.
Organizers were still counting receipts from raffles, auctions and merchandise sales, and were hoping to beat last year's record of almost $300,000, said the event's Jason Foster.
Over 13 years, about $1.8 million has been raised for the cancer center, Foster said.
A 9-foot, 2-inch balsa longboard formed by Keith Melville was bought by John Moores, the Padres owner and philanthropist, for $50,000,
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Keith - I want to say thank you! What you and Richard did is really great. I have a feeling that you are a humble guy who does good things because it will help others. $50 grand is just a huge amount of money, it's shocking. What a stoker!!! I'm proud to be a cyber brother.

==ep

johnmellor

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Re: [easternpacific] Keith Melville makes the news!

Posted: August 21, 2006 - 10:24pm | #9 (permalink) | Back to Top

Hi Keith -

That really is wonderful news. A generous buyer, a generous board maker and a heap of money for a worthy cause. It doesn't get much better than that!

Great board and a great gesture!

chipfish61

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Re: [JohnMellor] Keith Melville makes the news!

Posted: August 21, 2006 - 10:42pm | #10 (permalink) | Back to Top

wow

50000 american dollars too ??

wow

that's probably around $75000 aus , I'm guessing ?

....I think you have played a very signicant role in helping / saving many lives there Keith !!

good on ya ! as Skip said .... I, too, am proud to be a "cyber brother" ...what an EXAMPLE you have set to us !

cheers !

ben

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