Beach Crew is ending their 53rd season this month. Parents, friends, family, and alumni, joined in on Beach Crew’s Annual Awards Banquet, an evening celebrating the year’s contribution to our heritage. Take a look at some of the festivities:

Beach Crew alumni, coaches, and staff from years past will be descending on Zubie’s Dry Dock in Huntington Beach, this Saturday, February 26, to reconnect with their roots and pay tribute to the impacts of this sport at CSULB. The event starts at 4:00 PM until the “last boat leaves the dock.” Come whenever you like.

The Beach Crew Alumni Association would also like to remind you that it’s time to renew your membership if you have not already done so. Come hear about the projects that BCA is sponsoring to assist the program and make such needs a reality for them. Join us!

Zubies Dry Dock
9059 Adams Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA

About the BCA

The mission of the Beach Crew Alumni Association (BCA) is to enhance the rowing programs at California State University, Long Beach, help provide funding for the team’s necessities, and maintain the relationship with alumni to extend the involvement of the program.

The BCA is an official project of the CSULB Foundation and qualifies as a part of their 501.c3 operation. The BCA is open to all rowers (men & women), coaching staff, and campus personnel, who were involved with the team through at least one season regardless of the level of competition. The BCA is run by seven directors, elected annually by the membership, and campus personnel appointed by the university.

Beach Crew is excited to move forward with a more comprehensive website (opening soon) that will continue to evolve with updates coming to the alumni that will retain stories of lore and success. This will keep you posted on events that will be driven around embracing the alumni back into an active roll in the program. We hope to include you in crew functions, days on the water with the coaches, and any other kind of gathering to help make the rowing experience a special one for the athletes as it was for you. Keep the traditions and create new experiences for the athletes that will leave a lifelong impression on them.

Be a part of the movement and join BCA.

The winter holidays are behind us, the team paid its annual respects to the RMS Queen Mary I, the intersession training has ended, and the athletes are in their final month of preparation for the spring racing season. During the month of February, The Beach spent a day on the water with ‘Eater Crew of UC Irvine in the waters of Newport Harbor.

Coaches Rob Edwards and Jeff Vreeland coordinated two joint winter workouts for the men, one in Newport, and one to be in Alamitos Bay later this week. Coach Danny Harris has the women working hard on land to improve the fitness of the athletes. Below is a little of what they’ve been up to.

The spring racing seasons kicks-off on Saturday, March 5, 8:00 AM, as CSULB takes its turn hosting the Annual SoCal Opening Day Regatta in Marine Stadium. The event will host men’s and women’s crews from UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, and University of San Diego. Come see The Beach take on these prestigious teams from around Southern California.

Beach Crew’s staff from campus has been assisting UC Irvine’s for the past year, keeping them afloat after their program was slashed from the athletic department in 2009. Beach Crew alumnus and former coach, Michael Long, stepped-up to fill-in a coaching vacancy this season, further defining Beach Crew’s impact with other teams around the greater Los Angeles Area. It’s an establishment that we are proud to honor and reach out for.