Marking the California Coastal Trail

Greetings!

Coastwalk has agreed to assist the California State Coastal Conservancy in their effort to place the official California Coastal Trail markers on posts along the Trail. Here is a video describing the work we are undertaking.

Collaborating with Communities of Interest

Greetings!

Building support for the mission of Coastwalk means constantly looking for ways to expand the number of people who know about what Coastwalk does. Discovering groups of outdoor activists who have been to the California coast, and finding methods to help them do what they want to do - while serving to advance your activities - has to be the right way to proceed.

Geocachers are enthusiasts who place small caches of removeable treasures in locations identified by their Global Positioning System (GPS) locations on websites. Almost a thousand of them have been placed close to the California Coastal Trail, a project of Coastwalk. Coastwalk is building an interactive website which identifies the trail locations, is engaged in placing signs of the Trail, and is soliciting volunteers who can provide it with the GPS locations of the signs and other coastal access points for its website. The latest project of this blog is to bring the two groups together in an organized way.

The website of the geocachers identifies by GPS location all of the geocaches which exist, including those on the California Coastal Trail. Because the geocaching community has also collaborated with Google Earth staff, a method has been produced which downloads all of the geocache locations to an overlay on Google Earth. I have downloaded that overlay to my home computer, and am in the process of transferring to a spreadsheet the vital information about each geocache on the Coastal Trail. My objective is to assemble a database of the potential geocachers who could assist us in the development of a GPS-coded trail.

I have also produced a short video, which I have placed on Youtube. It can be seen here. I will be sending a link to those geocachers I find who have placed caches near the California Coastal Trail to invite them to our official signings of the trail.




To learn more about geocaching, go to

Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site

Festival Awards

Greetings!

After three months of reviewing and voting, the awards have been determined. Thanks to all who participated, filmmakers and judges.

Best of Festival Award

Awardee - Pacific Coast Highway - California (08Sep06)

Best of Division Awards
Short Film Division

Awardee - Pescadero Waves

Shoot and Present Film Division

Awardee - Tour of California's Central Coast

Feature Film Division

Awardee - Pacific Surfliner

Experienced Filmmaker Division

Awardee - Pacific Coast Highway - California (08Sep06)

Best of Class
Coastrides

Awardee - Pacific Coast Highway - California (08Sep06)

Hikes

Awardee - Lost Coast hiking

Places

Awardee - The Light House

Surfing Movies

Awardee - Deaf Surf Lesson at La Jolla Shores

Trips
(Tie)

Awardee - Central California Coast

Awardee - California Coastal Trip2

Waves and Rocks

Awardee - Heavy Surf - Baker Beach, San Francisco Dec 10, 2006

Wildlife

Awardee - Seals & Squirrels

The Finals

The following films have been selected and ranked preliminarily for the Final Judging. Judges will be a combination of those Coastwalkers who walked the entire coast of California in the 2003 Coastal Expedition, plus some selected film enthusiasts from the San Francisco and San Diego Bay areas. Changes in rankings will be made during the month of July, and final standings will be announced in mid- August.

To learn more about Coastwalk, visit the site at:

Coastwalk

Short Film Division
This division has been judged, and the film rankings are final.
Films lasting under a minute, usually with one scene and continuous footage.

Section 1. Coastrides

First Place - Mary's Birthday Driving the Pacific Coast Highway

Second Place - On the Coast Starlight

Third Place - Highway 1 on the northern California coast.

Section 2. Hikes

First Place - Lost Coast hiking

Second Place - High tide hiking and the Lost Coast

Section 3. Places

First Place - Pescadero Waves

Second Place - Edge of the World

Third Place - Xmas Day at Grove Beach

Fourth Place - California Coast4

Fifth Place- kayak this way

Honorable Mention - davenport cliffs - taken by christina

Honorable Mention - Paradise Cove-Malibu-California

Honorable Mention - West Coast - California

Honorable Mention - Newport Beach and Pier Los Angeles

Honorable Mention - Pacific Grove Lover's Point Beach

Honorable Mention - Northern CA Coast - Redwood National Park

Section 4. Surfing Movies

First Place - Sunset Cliffs Surfing

Second Place - Otto is fine, surfing Malibu Beach

Third Place - bryan heaveys big air at seal beach

Fourth Place - OB Jetty

Section 5. Waves and Rocks

First Place - Heavy Surf - Baker Beach, San Francisco Dec 10, 2006

Second Place - Goat Rock Beach, Ca

Third Place - Venice Beach Waves

Fourth Place - Laguna Beach Waves

Fifth Place - Ocean Beach Waves

Honorable Mention - Waves at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

Honorable Mention - Surf at The Sea Ranch, 12-28-06

Section 6. Wildlife

First Place - Brittle Star Wiggles

Second Place - Elephant Seals

Shoot and Present Film Division
Films with little editing, with the exception of titles.

Section 1. Coastrides

First Place - Bach California

Second Place - On the road...

Third Place - Driving along California coast, Big Sur 2004

Fourth Place - Drive on PCH from Santa Monica to Malibu

Fifth Place - Huntington Beach

Honorable Mention - pacifica

Section 2. Places

First Place - San Francisco 11-30-2006

Second Place - Laguna Beach CA waves

Third Place - Sonoma County Coast

Fourth Place - The Pacific crashing into Pescadero, CA

Fifth Place - Pigeon Point

Honorable Mention - California Coastline

Honorable Mention - Sunset at La Selva Beach

Honorable Mention - Otto is fine, at the Golden Gate Bridge

Honorable Mention - pier one

Section 3. Surfing Movie

First Place - california winter 2005 starbar

Second Place - Otto is fine, surfing Venice Beaach

Third Place - My 1st Surf Video

Section 4. Trips

First Place - Tour of California's Central Coast

Second Place - L.A. to San Jose Timelapse

Third Place - Highway #1 - California

Fourth Place - Fiero Convoy Crosses Bixby Bridge

Fifth Place - A Day at the Beach

Section 5. Waves and Rocks

First Place - Northern California

Second Place - View From the Cliff House of Ocean Beach San Francisco

Third Place - Surf at the Sea Ranch on Dec. 9, 2006

Fourth Place - Surf in Newport Beach, California

Fifth Place - Epic waves at Ocean Beach, Part I

Honorable Mention - High Surf at Goat Rock Beach, California

Honorable Mention - Epic waves at Ocean Beach, Part II

Section 6. Wildlife

First Place - Seals & Squirrels

Second Place - Elephant Seals at Ano Nuevo

Feature Film Division
Some combination of titles, music, graphics, transitions, special effects, interviews, or narration in general editing story-telling.

Section 1. Coastrides

First Place - Pacific Surfliner

Second Place - Ride from Big Sur, Califorina

Third Place - California Ride Sequoia & PCH

Fourth Place - California Ride

Fifth Place - Coast Starlight

Section 2. Hikes

First Place - Lost Coast Hike

Section 3. Places

First Place - Big Sur Coast

Second Place - Willow Creek - Big Sur

Third Place - O.C. Coast

Fourth Place - Ocean Scenes - Coastal Highway, CA

Fifth Place - I Give Thanks

Honorable Mention - Mystic Coast

Honorable Mention - Kayaking Central California Coast

Honorable Mention - The California Coastline

Honorable Mention - Lighthouse - Battery Point

Honorable Mention - Beach Impeachment

Honorable Mention - California sunsets

Honorable Mention - Coast Starlight and UP at Jalama Beach

Honorable Mention - 17 Mile Drive

Honorable Mention - Pacific Coast Highway SUNSET near Big Sur

Honorable Mention - Monterey

Section 4. Surfing Movie

First Place - Ocean Beach Jetty Surf Movie

Second Place - OB surf, corns

Third Place - OBSF 111903

Fourth Place - Seal Beach Surf

Fifth Place - Surfing Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA 11/21/2005

Section 5. Trips

First Place - nor cal trip

Second Place - My US Trip - LA to San Francisco - up the Pacific Coast Hwy

Third Place - California Coast Tour Summer 2005

Fourth Place - mama and papa plum

Fifth Place - Why I Walk

Honorable Mention - Central California Coast Remix

Honorable Mention - My Central Coast

Honorable Mention - Feeling Good

Honorable Mention - Santa Cruz Adventure

Honorable Mention - Cornelius and the gang find California

Honorable Mention - Coast Trip 1

Honorable Mention - Tour of California's Central Coast

Honorable Mention - Rhythms of the California Coast

Honorable Mention - Goat Rock Beach, Jenner, CA

Honorable Mention - USA West Coast Trip 2006

Section 6. Wildlife

First Place - Whale Rescue Team

Second Place - Central Coast Steelhead

Experienced Filmmaker Division
Reserved for films submitted by those with more than 10 feature films produced.

Section 1. Coastrides

First Place - Pacific Coast Highway - California (08Sep06)

Second Place - The California Coast

Third Place - Pt. Mugu - this winter

Fourth Place - Bike ride to Nois for lunch

Fifth Place - Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance

Section 2. Places

First Place - The Light House

Second Place - Rodeo Beach

Third Place - Montana De Oro

Fourth Place - Hearst Castle Bus Ride

Fifth Place - Tidepools, Elfin Forest and Valencia Peak

Section 3. Surfing Movie

First Place - Deaf Surf Lesson at La Jolla Shores

Second Place - World Surf Tour 2006: San Francisco

Third Place - San Diego Pits

Fourth Place - Surfing San Francisco Ocean Beach 30 Nov 06

Fifth Place - Surfers in Half Moon Bay and San Francisco late Oct 06

Honorable Mention - 3 Deaf surfers at Marine Corps base (ASL VLOG)

Honorable Mention - Surfing in Ocean Beach

Honorable Mention - Deaf and Surf Culture (ASL VLOG)

Honorable Mention - Jordan, the surfer

Honorable Mention - Big Surf in OB

Honorable Mention - South Side Seal Beach

Section 4. Trips

First Place - Central California Coast

Second Place - California Life

Third Place - California Coastal Trip2

Fourth Place - Foggy Summer California Beach

Fifth Place - Coast Views Slide show - Tudor ApMadoc

Honorable Mention - California Coast

Honorable Mention - From Big Sur to SF

Honorable Mention - Trip to Humboldt

Honorable Mention - 2006 California Birthday Trip

Honorable Mention - The Journey is the Destination, Part 4 -- California Coast

Honorable Mention - Flying to Morro Bay

Honorable Mention - Mendocino Coast driving tour

Section 5. Wildlife

First Place - Salmon Fishing Northern California

Second Place - Monterey Otters

California Coastal Views Film Festival

Greetings!

The First Annual California Coastal Views Film Festival has begun. Film entries providing non-commercial California coastal views are being acquired from those submitted to Youtube.com. The film competition will be judged as follows:

Films are being collected from those tagged with key words indicating they contain scenes of the California coast. Until May 1st, they will screened and separated into logical categories (coastrides, places and wildlife, trips, waves and surfers, etc.). From May 6th until May 2, a group of judges will be asked to narrow the selections to the top ten in each of the categories. The final judging will be done by the members of the 2003 California Coastal Expedition, those who walked the entire coast of California during that spring and summer. Links to the winning films will be sent to this year's coastwalkers prior to their scheduled walks on California's coastal counties. Coastwalk's reputation for hosting walks in California counties over the past 24 years makes it especially qualified to partner with us to help coastal activists enjoy these films.


Here are those we've selected so far:

Shoot and Present Division
Coastrides

Bach California

Bike ride to Nois for lunch

Driving along California coast, Big Sur 2004

Coast Starlight

Drive on PCH from Santa Monica to Malibu

Mary's Birthday Driving The Pacific Coast Highway

driving down the west coast

Mendocino Coast driving tour

On the road...

On the Coast Starlight

Huntington Beach

Places

San Francisco 11-30-2006

West Coast - California

Ventana Campground Big Sur California

The Pacific crashing into Pescadero, CA

Sonoma County Coast

Northern CA Coast - Redwood National Park

Pacific Coast Highway - California (08Sep06)

Pacific Coast Highway near Big Sur

Pacific Coast Highway SUNSET near Big Sur

Pacific Grove Lover's Point Beach

pacifica

Paradise Cove-Malibu-California

Pescadero Waves

pier one

Pigeon Point

Pt. Mugu - this winter

Restaurant on Cannery row Monterey

Mystic Coast

Near Mendocino Coast in California

Montana De Oro

Monterey bay scene

Lighthouse - Battery Point

Lost Coast Hike

Lost Coast hiking

Lost Coast, California

I'M SAILING

kayak that way

kayak this way

Gold Bluffs of Northern California

Hearst Castle Bus Ride

High tide hiking and the Lost Coast

Xmas Day at Grove Beach

Laguna Beach CA waves

Otto is fine, at the Golden Gate Bridge

Northern California

Cliffs at Ocean Beach

davenport cliffs - taken by christina

Monterey

17 Mile Drive

Beach Impeachment

California Screamin'

California sunsets

Catalina Island

Coast Starlight and UP at Jalama Beach

Sunset at La Selva Beach

O.C.Coast

Central California Coast

Trips

2006 California Birthday Trip

Big Sur Coast

California Coast 1

California Coast Tour Summer 2005

California Coast

California Coast4

California Coastal Trip2

California Coastline

California Life

Santa Cruz Adventure

Up the CA coast to Shell Beach

US Road-Trip, December '06

USA West Coast Trip 2006

USA West Coast Trip in 2005

Tour of California's Central Coast

Trip to Humboldt

Trip to Mendocino

The Searcher Long Range Pelagic

The California Coast

The California Coastline

The Journey is the Destination, Part 4 -- California Coast

Rhythms of the California Coast

Road Trip California 2006

nor cal trip

Mr. Dieds goes to Butano

My Central Coast

My US Trip - LA to San Francisco - up the Pacific Coast Hwy

mama and papa plum

mendocino county trip

California Trip '04

california winter 2005 starbar

L.A. to San Jose Timelapse

Highway #1 - California (2)

Highway #1 - California

Day 11-California SR 36

Edge of the World

Fiero Convoy Crosses Bixby Bridge

Flying to Morro Bay

Globe Trekker California

Feeling Good

Why I Walk

From Big Sur to SF

Central California Coast

Central Coast Steelhead

Coast Trip 1

Coast Views Slide show - Tudor ApMadoc

Cornelius and the gang find California

Central California Coast Remix

Foggy Summer California Beach

Newport Beach and Pier Los Angeles

Tour of California's Central Coast

Goat Rock Beach, Jenner, CA

San Diego Pits

View From the Cliff House of Ocean Beach San Francisco

A Day at the Beach

Pacific Grove Lover's Point Beach

Waves and Surfing

Waves at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

Surf at the Sea Ranch on Dec. 9, 2006

Surf at The Sea Ranch, 12-28-06

Laguna Beach Waves

Venice Beach Waves

Otto is fine, surfing Malibu Beach

Otto is fine, surfing Venice Beaach

Waves Crash on Rocks (long)

Goat Rock Beach, Ca

High Surf at Goat Rock Beach, California

bryan heaveys big air at seal beach

SEAL BEACH 15ft

South Side Seal Beach

Seal Beach Surf

My 1st Surf Video

Surf in Newport Beach, California

Big Surf in OB

Surfing in Ocean Beach

Sunset Cliffs Surfing

OB Jetty

Ocean Beach Jetty Surf Movie

Deaf and Surf Culture (ASL VLOG)

3 Deaf surfers at Marine Corps base (ASL VLOG)

Deaf Surf Lesson at La Jolla Shores

Ocean Beach San Francisco (1/23/07)

OB surf, corns

World Surf Tour 2006: San Francisco

Epic waves at Ocean Beach, Part II

Epic waves at Ocean Beach, Part I

Jordan, the surfer

Surfers in Half Moon Bay and San Francisco late Oct 06

OBSF 111903

Heavy Surf #2 - Baker Beach, San Francisco Dec 10, 2006

Heavy Surf - Baker Beach, San Francisco Dec 10, 2006

Surfing Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA 11/21/2005

Surfing San Francisco Ocean Beach 30 Nov 06

ocean beach waves

Rodeo Beach

Wildlife

Brittle Star Wiggles

Elephant Seals near San Simeon, CA

Elephant Seals

Monterey Otters

Seals & Squirrels

Salmon Fishing Northern California

Whale Rescue Team

Elephant Seals at Ano Nuevo

Edited Division
Some combination of titles, music, graphics, transitions, special effects, interviews, or narration in general editing story-telling.
Coastrides

California Ride

California Ride Sequoia & PCH

Highway 1 on the northern California coast.

Ride from Big Sur, Califorina

Pacific Surfliner

Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance

Places and Wildlife

Willow Creek - Big Sur

Tidepools, Elfin Forest and Valencia Peak

The Light House

O.C. Coast

Ocean Scenes - Coastal Highway, CA

Trips

Waves and Surfing

Wildlife

If you have a video on the web which features California coastal views, and want it to be considered, provide a comment as to how to locate it.

Videos of Coastwalks

Greetings!

I've placed three videos on Google's Video site (and on YouTube.com)which contain photos of two coastwalks, and a short ceremony of a signing of the California Coastal Trail:

Mendocino Coastwalk

Del Norte Coastwalk

Coastwalk Trail Signing

Coastwalkers will be invited to submit their pictures of this year's walks, and videos will be produced of those walks.