Homemade Ice Cream

After surfing all day on a hot summer night, I really love this hand-me-down family recipe for homemade ice cream.--Annie Walton-Teter

Homemade Ice Cream

Makes 1 gallon

ice cream salt - 1 to 2 boxes
crushed ice -1 to 2 bags

2 cups sugar
2 T. plain flour (secret ingredient: makes it creamy!)
1 small can evaporated milk (Pet or any brand)
1 can sweetened condensed milk (Eagle Brand, etc.)
2 T. vanilla extract
1 pint whipping cream
2-3 cups chopped peaches (strawberries, etc.) mixed with 1 cup sugar ( let set for a few minutes so sugar will dissolve)
Milk (2% or whole) - enough to finish filling mixture in freezer container up to 1 gal line

Blend sugar and flour. Mix evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and cream with mixer or blender. Add sugar & flour, beating well. Add vanilla and fruit (if used). Stir well and pour into freezer cylinder. Add enough milk to get up to 1 gal fill line (don't go all the way to the top or ice cream will spill over. The fill line is usually @ 1-2 inches below top).

Put top on cylinder with milk mixture and put it in ice cream churn (bucket). Put a layer of crushed ice in the bottom around cylinder. Add a generous layer of salt and repeat layers to top of bucket, but being careful not to cover cylinder top so that salt water will get into the ice cream. Turn on the freezer (if electric) and set in a larger pan or bucket. It will probably take @ 15 -30 minutes for it to freeze ... or more, depending on how much ice & salt you've used. When the motor starts slowing down and stops, it's ready to eat!

All Girl Skate Jam

Empowering Girls Through Skateboarding
All Ages, All Abilities, All Girls
All Girl Skate Jam at Vans Warped Tour
August 22nd Cricket Wireless Ampitheatre San Diego, CA
August 23rd Home Depot Center Los Angeles, CA

Following the LA stop:

Patty Segovia Solo Girls Skateboarders Photo Exhibit

445 E. Wishire Blvd Fullerton

For more information go to the All Girl Skate Jam website.

Final All-Girl Surf Day of the Season

Join Rebecca Heller , author of SURF LIKE A GIRL, and PERFECT DAY SURF CAMP for the last all-girl surf day of the season. Come learn to surf in an all female, non-competitive and girl friendly environment. Sponsored by Roxy!

Who: All the ladies (ages 17 and up, please)
When: Saturday, August 29
Time: 9 - 11am (Please arrive by 8:45am)
Where: Santa Monica Beach, Parking Lot #9 North of the Pier
What to bring: Wear a bathing suit and sunscreen. Bring a towel and water. We will supply wetsuits and foam surfboards.

Cost: $80

Click here for details and email information.

Viva la Mexico!

Great food, tons of sunshine, and uncrowded waves just a short drive away. That is why we still love Mexico. Over the weekend, us surfer girls headed south of the border for some summer swell. We are very sad about all the bad press, and certainly encourage everyone to be cautious, but we found Mexi to be as much of a draw as ever.

Read more about our adventures in Baja here or find out about my dream Baja wedding by clicking here.--Rebecca Heller

Super-Duper: Supergirl Pro Junior Surf Finals

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We dare you not to be impressed with the highlights of the Supergirl Pro Junior finals. And winner Courtney Conlogue? She's sixteen. Sweet, sweet, sweet.

Women at the Helm

When the wind picks up, I trade in my boards for a Open 5.70 sport boat. Last year the annual 2008 turnout for the Women on the Water regatta in Marina Del Rey, held by South Bay Yacht Racing Club, was sad. Won overall by Phoebe Staff, a twelve-year-old who rocks the helm, yet I was disappointed about the turnout of only 5-6 boats. This year there will undoubtedly be more women and girls at the helm and crewing. It's a little late to sign up and race if you do not yet know how to sail but I thought a post on the subject couldn't hurt. Despite popular belief that sailing is for the affluent only, in the LA area there is the UCLA Marine Aquatic Center, where one can learn to sail and rent their boats at an affordable rate. Sailing is so much fun and it's just as addicting as surfing; the best part is you surf when it's glassy then sail when it's windy.--Annie Walton-Teter

Surfrider Beneft in Malibu

Efforts to try to keep our beaches and oceans safe and clean are always worth celebrating and the Surfrider Foundation's been at it for years. Party on: The West LA/Malibu chapter is having a 25th anniversary celebration at Duke's Malibu (Moana Room) on Tuesday, August 25, from 7 to 10 PM, with music, food and drinks, and more.

Good Luck Dolphins

I went out surfing last week in Venice with a new surfer girl. Jillian is the niece of a friend and was visiting from the East Coast. She's a teen and had taken some surf lessons, popping up on her soft board in the white water for a few days. The water was pretty flat on the morning we met for our surf and she was sleepy-eyed and quiet, saying only that she wanted to chill on the beach for a while. I convinced her that we should paddle out past the breakers and see what we might catch. The waves were few and far between, but the water was warm and it was a pretty morning. Then, up popped the head of a sea lion within feet of us--and this woke Jillian up fast. Shortly after that, we spotted dolphins and and she was all smiles. Me, too; I never tire of seeing dolphins out in the water. I told her that I believe it's good luck when you see dolphins swim by. Is that true? she asked. I told her I made it up but believed it. "Well, I'll bet it's good luck somewhere," she said. Good answer. I agreed and told her that it was good luck in California if you saw a dolphin in the water. . . The photo above comes from Lisa Denning, whose gallery of dolphins can be found here. --Stef McDonald

Cool Surf Band Video

Via Boing Boing: a video from the Japanese surf band The Royalfingers. The video is hilariously bad (check out the fierce Godzilla-like creature battle!) and the song makes me want to get up and join the beach dance party about two minutes in. So fun.--Stef McDonald

Coastal Cleanup Day

Coastal Cleanup Day is coming on Saturday, September 19 from 9 A.M. to noon. Join Heal the Bay to keep our beaches clean and help protect us surfer girls from polluted lakes, streams, and oceans. For an informational flier including the various locations click here. See you there! --Rebecca Heller

Science Lesson with Professor Laird: Surf Boards

Big wave surfing legend Laird Hamilton (and the guy credited with popularizing stand-up paddle boarding) posted yesterday on the Gizmodo techie blog on "Science and the Surf Board." --Stef McDonald

ISA World Surfing Games: USA, USA!

PacSun USA Surf Team in Costa Rica - Episode 5 from Surfing America on Vimeo.

Team USA took the gold at the ISA World Surfing Games in Costa Rica. The individual women's winner: Courtney Conlogue. See video highlights here.

Coming Up: ASA Supergirl Jam

Go, girls! The Supergirl Jam takes place August 15 and 16 in Oceanside, CA, then it comes to Venice Beach on September 6. For more info, check out the schedule on their site. . . And now for some dish: Check out this story in the LA Times on the new Venice Beach skateboard park and how there was a battle over who would use the park first (oh, the drama!).

Update: More info on the drama here at the Yo! Venice blog.

Surf Board Award

MTV Shows

Just because... The "Hottie" winners at the Teen Choice Awards (Megan Fox and Robert Patterson), where the winners are given surf boards as trophies.--Stef McDonald

Diamonds

The ocean is serving up some clear water and fun mixed up wind swell in the Santa Monica Bay today. When the light shines through my crystal making rainbows on the wall, I know it's time to DP (dawn patrol). Today I rode my favorite long board that a shaper friend made and I painted. For info about custom shaped art boards you may e-mail me annie at surflikeagirl dot net. A Ben Harper song came to mind and here's the awesome video. Check it out! Diamonds on the Inside.