Beach
cleanup exposes team
By Justin Diemert
On-line Forty-Niner
 The
CSULB ski and snowboard team had its first
annual beach cleanup Saturday in an effort
to gain exposure from its community and
sponsors.
Lead organizer and captain of the team Huw
Morse-Evans, a sophomore business major,
said the event went as planned with many
coming out to lend a hand to the team and
to the beach. The event took place at Bolsa
Chica State Beach from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“We’re 70 members strong and growing … gaining
recognition from the school and the community
are our first priorities,” Morse-Evans said.
“We are proud that we can say we are a part
of Long Beach.”
The participants involved were rewarded
with free food courtesy of Litigation Management
Group to replenish their bodies after the
strenuous morning picking up trash. Two
truck beds full of trash were filled and
taken to a nearby trash dump.
The Surfrider Foundation, the CSULB surf
team and wakeboard team helped sponsor the
beach cleanup through promotion and by bringing
in some of their members. Even the captain
of the wakeboard team came out to show his
support for the ski and snowboard team.
Promoting the snowboard team was the main
focus of the event. The team was looking
to involve the community and the team in
a collaborative effort. The captain of the
team said it was a critical day to gain
the much-needed team recognition.
“Many Long Beach students don’t know that
we have a snowboard team. We are here to
change that and gain recognition,” Morse-Evans
said.
The group’s current sponsors are Electric,
Arbor, Burton, Anon and ET, but it is actively
seeking more. These sponsors help promote
the team throughout the year at competitions.
Last season the ski and snowboard team competed
for the state championship in Mammoth and
received second place. They went on to place
sixth in the nation at the national championship
in Tahoe at Northstar.
“We are trying to get good recognition and
take advantage of the clean air and fresh
powder we have the opportunity of competing
on,” Josh Jubak, a senior math and computer
science major, said. “We are here to give
something back.”
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