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Welcome LRO Supporter,
 Joyous July!
2005 on track to become a record year
For one week in July, thousands of individuals, dozens of companies, and an army of committed volunteers helped to raise over $200,000 for Life Rolls On.
Starting with the 2nd Annual Night by the Ocean on July 24 which brought in $145,000, guests awoke early the next morning to raise an additional $30,000 at the 7th Annual Golf Tournament. After just two days rest, the 5th Annual Expression Session week kicked off at the Honda US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. By Sunday July 31st, nearly $15,000 was raised at the beach. This a result of Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water sales, SoBe beverage sales, spin-the-wheel proceeds, LRO clothing sales and general donations. Not to be forgotten, is the $15,000 contribution from the Warne Family Charitable Foundation.
$200,000 in one week! Thank you everyone who contributed to achieve this milestone. More information about each of the events can be found below.
 Honda & Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water present a Night By the Ocean
Wow - What a night!
Life Rolls On's annual formal dinner gala and auction, the major fund raiser of the year, took place on July 24th in Santa Monica. Guests came in from around the country, including Alabama and New Jersey.
The event featured great food, drink, live and silent auctions, music by Kate Earl and a special performance by Minnie Driver.
Special thanks to all the sponsors and volunteers who helped to make this event a success.
> Read full story
> View event photos
> Night by the Ocean attendees - Please help us to improve this event next year. Please take five minutes to complete the online survey regarding the NBTO. Please be candid.
> Have photos? If you have some great photos from any of these three events, we welcome you to email them back to us for posting on our website.
 2005 Golf Tournament
Another Perfect Day!
The 7th Annual Life Rolls On Golf Tournament was held on July 25th at the Malibu Country Club.
Closest-to-the-pin winner, Charlie Christiansen, won a trip for two to Salani Surf Resort in Samoa courtesy of Waterways Travel. Being the generous guy that he is, Charlie is donating the trip back to Life Rolls On to auction off. Check back to www.liferollson.org for details on this upcoming auction.
Although there were no hole-in-ones, Life Rolls On would like to thank Quiksilver Travel for putting up the hole-on-one prize, a trip to Fiji's Nukubati Resort.
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> View event photos
 Silent and Live Auction
A New Record!
The live auction portion of the event(see Night by the Ocean), raised $47,000 for Life Rolls On. The highlight of the night was the frantic bidding for "A day in the life of Jesse Billauer" -  when the gavel came down, the winning bid was $12,000 (thank you Tom & Susan Whitesell)! Supersize Me's Morgan Spurlock donated $10,000 to Life Rolls On for a trip to Tavarua, Fiji - where he announced to his celebrity vegan chef fiance, Alex Jamieson, that their wedding would be taking place on Tavarua. How romantic!
View a listing of all the items available in the auction here.
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> View event photos
> Special thanks to the Warehouse Auction Centers team for coming in last minute to help coordinate the silent auction. Also a shout out goes to Jewels Eubanks and Chris Cotone - our Live Auction team.
 2005 Honda US Open of Surfing
Three Top Bidders Join the Pros
Life Rolls On auctioned off three spaces to surf in the 5th Annual They Will Surf Again Expression Session at the Honda US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. Winning bidders included Nick Kendall-Barr, Nick Rotundo and Diane Miraglia. (Photo : Frederico Pompermayer)
Tim Curran won the Best Air competition with an amazing 360-air. Tim won a year supply of Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water.
Mini-grom Kolohe Andino also won a year supply of Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water for winning "Best Wave."
 Jesse Billauer took "Best Performance," which Tim Curran was in control of until Jesse pulled off a surprise off-the-lip re-entry into the closing out wave. Amazing! (Photo: Tom Cozad)
Film star Dennis Hopper was also seen cruising the VIP tent in his Life Rolls On hat. Go Dennis!
> View More US Open Photos
> Read more about the event on the LRO website
 Honda unveils the LRO Element
Sketches shown at the US Open
The partnership between American Honda and Life Rolls On has taken another step towards reality. Over one hundred thousand attendees at the Honda US Open of Surfing were able to view sketches of the soon-to-be converted Honda Element. Highlights include custom LRO graphics, KMC wheels, integrated Boost Mobile phone, and more.
> View the Honda Element sketches (on page 3 of 7)
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Water sales at US Open benefit LRO
Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water donated the proceeds of water sales at the 2005 Honda US Open of Surfing to LRO. The sun and heat cooperated, and by the end of the three day effort, event goers contributed upwards of $5,000 to Life Rolls On. Special thanks to Kelly Gold of Lead Dog Marketing, Shannon Kavanaugh of the Ryan Partnership and everyone at Arrowhead for supporting this effort.
 SoBe steps up
US Open proceeds benefit Life Rolls On
For the second year in a row, SoBe has donated one-half of all proceeds from the US Open of Surfing to LRO. Thanks SoBe!
 Andy Irons Takes Honda US Open
Carried on the shoulders of LRO wearing Wolfpack
Andy Irons survived a late Rob Machado charge (Rob is on the Board of Life Rolls On) in the final 10 seconds of competition to take the US Open title. As the three-time world champion has been accustomed to, he was carried up the beach on the shoulders of friend Kala Alexander (left) Kala happened to be wearing his new Life Rolls On tank-top. Congrats Andy. Thanks Kala!
> Get yourself the same tank-top as Kala
 Volunteers Do Time
Dozens of volunteers make big difference
Some signed up months ago, some never signed up (they just magically appeared), but they came! Either way, volunteers came in droves to help put on and support all of the recent LRO events (Dinner, Auction, Golf Tournament, US Open). Christy Leonard led a great team for the NBTO and Golf Tournament, while Bridget Convery directed the volunteer efforts at the US Open. Thank you to all volunteers for making a difference!
> Sign up for future volunteer opportunities
 Vans/Scion xB eBay auction
eBay auction to benefit Life Rolls On
Vans and Scion will be sponsoring an eBay auction that will take place August 19th to 29th. The highest bidder takes home a brand new Scion xB. If you know someone looking to buy a car, this is a perfect opportunity to make a charitable contribution and get a car at the same time!
> View Auction Details (and bid too!)
Jesse Billauer Surfs Cloudbreak
First ever quadriplegic towed in to huge waves in Fiji
Jesse Billauer made history in June after being towed into 8-10 foot waves at Cloudbreak on the island of Tavarua in Fiji.
Pick up the newest issue of Surfer Magazine to see a two-page spread of the wave. Flip through the magazine a little further to also find a one page article on Life Rolls On founders Jesse & Josh Billauer.
 3rd Annual Surf Film Festival
Test screening of "Jesse's Story"
Big Red Productions presented a special test screening of Mark Jacobs' documentary on the life of Jesse Billauer, "Jesse's Story." A few hundred were in attendance and the reviews and comments have been positive. Stay tuned for the full length feature towards the end of 2005.
> View movie trailer
 Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
Life Rolls On featured in August issue
The August issue of Kiplinger's (on newsstands now) features a short story about starting a non-profit on a budget. Life Rolls On is the featured charity, and founders Josh & Jesse Billauer are featured in the two page photo spread.
>Read full text of article here
 Life Rolls On Heroes
Know a hero? Nominate him or her today!
The LRO Hero section was buried in our website, so nominations have slowed. We've moved it to a more prominent location and hopefully will be receiving more nominations soon.
> Listing of current Heroes
> Nominate a Hero
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