Pleasure Point Night Fighters
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The Pleasure Point Night Fighters , a.k.a. PPNF.http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2007/August/05/style/stories/01style.htm
This designation is used to define the surfing community on Soquel Point in the county of Santa Cruz.
It is defined by Moran Lagoon, Portola Dr, 41st Ave and the Pacific Ocean.
(1919 to 1933), the Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz, California
community was not served by the Santa Cruz City Fire Department after dark.
In response to this lack of fire service in the night time, a group of volunteer’s organized to fill this need.
The Pleasure Point Night Fighters began as a volunteer fire fighters organization. They helped to fight many fires that were started by drunken revelers who came to this remote area between Santa Cruz and Capitola during Prohibition.http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/11.14.01/nuz-0146.html
PPNF was also renowned as a vigilante organization that kept the peace in unincorporated area of Pleasure Point. The people who were at the mercy of those who came into the area turned to this local organization for protection.http://www.mcpost.com/article.php?id=678&PHPSESSID=3a6f1fb2bf3bb0018699fad08e53ac1c
The rumors of the many valiant actions and the heroes of this time are still told among the older members of Pleasure Point surfing community.
Jim Phillips,http://www.jimphillips.com/indy.html world-renowned for his surf art
and contributions to surf culture
, designed the PPNF calling cards. He and Harry Contiehttp://www.saveourseas.org/sosDirectors.htm, reincarnated the Night Fighters in the 1970’s.
Pack Your Trash started a larger trend that has evolved to larger beach clean-up days.
These larger clean-ups are supported by Save Our Shores, Surfrider, Coastal Conservancy and Save our Seas, among others.
The PPNF is now a strong community-oriented organization that comes together to preserve and protect the Pleasure Point area.
for a community center.
Pleasure Point
The Pleasure Point Night Fighters are the first to use the name Pleasure Point.http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/pl/hpc/2007/minutes/051607m.pdfThis designation is used to define the surfing community on Soquel Point in the county of Santa Cruz.
It is defined by Moran Lagoon, Portola Dr, 41st Ave and the Pacific Ocean.
The Prohibition era
During the time of ProhibitionProhibition
Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the...
(1919 to 1933), the Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz, California
Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz, California
Two more spots surfed in the early '70's are "Little Wind & Sea" and "26th avenue". Both are just north of "Sewers" and "First Peak" at 26th Avenue....
community was not served by the Santa Cruz City Fire Department after dark.
In response to this lack of fire service in the night time, a group of volunteer’s organized to fill this need.
The Pleasure Point Night Fighters began as a volunteer fire fighters organization. They helped to fight many fires that were started by drunken revelers who came to this remote area between Santa Cruz and Capitola during Prohibition.http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/11.14.01/nuz-0146.html
PPNF was also renowned as a vigilante organization that kept the peace in unincorporated area of Pleasure Point. The people who were at the mercy of those who came into the area turned to this local organization for protection.http://www.mcpost.com/article.php?id=678&PHPSESSID=3a6f1fb2bf3bb0018699fad08e53ac1c
The rumors of the many valiant actions and the heroes of this time are still told among the older members of Pleasure Point surfing community.
WWII
During World War II, many of the members joined the service to protect the USA from the greater world threat and their activities were suspended.1950s
The PPNF was revived in the 1950s when “Pleasure Point Night Fighters” became the call to arms and rebel yell for the locals.Jim Phillips,http://www.jimphillips.com/indy.html world-renowned for his surf art
Surf art
Surf art is visual art about or related to the sport of surfing.There is a strong connection between art and surf culture, which reaches back 3,000 years to Peru, where some of the world's first historians carved bas-reliefs of surfers. The intersection of the surf and art realms today, however,...
and contributions to surf culture
Surf culture
Surf culture includes the people, language, fashion and life surrounding the art of surfing.The culture began early in the 20th century, spread quickly during the 1950s and 1960s, and continues to evolve. It affected fashion, music, literature, films, jargon, and more...
, designed the PPNF calling cards. He and Harry Contiehttp://www.saveourseas.org/sosDirectors.htm, reincarnated the Night Fighters in the 1970’s.
Night fighter park
In the 1980’s they planned and developed the Night Fighter Park at the corner of Pleasure Point Dr and East Cliff Dr.http://sctikis.com/article_01.htmlPack Your Trash
They ran Pack Your Trash http://www.packyourtrash.com/aboutus.html, for many years.Pack Your Trash started a larger trend that has evolved to larger beach clean-up days.
These larger clean-ups are supported by Save Our Shores, Surfrider, Coastal Conservancy and Save our Seas, among others.
The PPNF is now a strong community-oriented organization that comes together to preserve and protect the Pleasure Point area.
Roadhouse for community center
It is working together with the County to preserve the Pleasure Point roadhousePleasure Point roadhouse
The Pleasure Point Roadhouse is a historic building on the Monterey Bay,located at 2-3905 East Cliff Dr., 95062 in Santa Cruz County, California. It was torn down on September 27, 2008, -Henchy:...
for a community center.