DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL:
THE PIPELINE BODYSURFING CLASSIC 2007 COMPETITION
WAS NOT HELD.

DETAILS WILL FOLLOW AS SOON AS AVAILABLE.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY IN ANNOUNCING THE STATUS OF THE EVENT AS WE WERE
MAKING EFFORTS TO SALVAGE ENOUGH TIME TO RUN THE CONTEST ON ANOTHER CONTEST
HOLDING PERIOD.
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UPDATES AS OF JUNE 26, 2008:

We have submitted testimony to the City Council Public Health, Safety and Welfare Committee hearing for 6/26/08
there is the possibility that Honolulu DPR will open public hearings on proposed changes to shorewaters rules. The current 1991 rules are still in effect and there was a push to revise them in 2001 (2001 draft rules here) and now there is another draft (2007 draft rules here) that needs to be heavily changed prior to being adopted by the city.

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UPDATES AS OF APRIL 5, 2007:
  
**   On February 26 2007, we submitted a reply to the Mayor's letter (directed to the city council) in the form of testimony
       via email to the City Council committee (Public Health, Safety and Welfare)  concerning resolution 07-055; the Public
       Hearing was postponed due to mass transit hearing running over.

**   On Mar 26 2007 we submitted a Proposal as an addendum to our previous testimony to the City Council committee
      (Public Health, Safety and Welfare) concerning resolution 07-055; the Public Hearing was postponed due to lack of quorum.

 ** Additionally, we have created a page on the ORIGIN of the Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic as well as our historical results site.
      Note: we are seeking any information on previous events noted on the historical results site.
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On June 23, 2006; The Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic was denied a Shore Water Event permit from the
City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation.  The Letter received is shown here.  The City rules are here.
Here Is the Cover Letter for the Permit Application.

We Contacted the City of Honolulu and requested documents regarding the City and County of Honolulu
Department of Parks and Recreation "Conflict Resolution" process (used to determine which applicants receive permits).
Our requests were made in the form of a Hawaii State Office of Information Request. We received numerous documents.
The ranking form of events is shown here. The list of event applicants is here and the final calendar is here.

Please find the Letter to the Mayor of Honolulu (Honorable Mufi Hanneman), the response from Mayor Hanneman is here
and a letter to the Mayor from the City Council Chair Donovan Dela Cruz is here.

We are currently asking that bodysurfers and other concerned individuals and organizations Please NOT contact the City
and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation office.

Instead, we are asking interested bodysurfers and other concerned people to become involved in the process that the
city (of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation) uses to determine which events are offered shore water permits.

We are in the process of forming a committee who is well briefed on the legal and  bureaucratic issues  involved will be
circulating information regarding efforts to prevent this  problem from  resurfacing in the NEAR future.

Additionally, we are seeking additional legal assistance familiar with the issues involving procedure, administrative
appeal issues and possible discrimination by an agency in the State of Hawaii.

Finally, we are involved in establishing an international organization with domestic and local offices in Hawaii to act
as an advocate regarding bodysurfing issues.


Thank You
NSBSC