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Ohio Girl Wins Surfboard Raffle
Last winter, Anne Hager met a smooth-talking Yorkshireman named James Eyvbowho while visiting Australia. James had moved to the Gold Coast from England a decade prior, and the pair chatted for hours at the local pub in Bondi (James sharing stories of his surfing exploits), eventually exchanging email addresses and phone numbers. Since then, James has been urging Anne to enjoy the thrill of riding her first wave someday soon.
In March, Anne visited CSM to view the Tom Keck exhibit when she noticed the pretty tangerine surfboard being raffled. Unfortunately, after shopping and talking to the staff, Anne forgot to purchase any raffle tickets before leaving the museum.
While communicating with James one day in July, Anne remembered CSM’s surfboard raffle was ending in August and she still wanted to purchase tickets. Anne called CSM, wanting to send a self-addressed envelope with her donation money so the staff could mail her a dozen raffle tickets. (Obviously, CSM obliged.) Upon receiving the blank tickets Anne told James that she would enter his name on the six even-number tickets and place her own name on the odd-numbered ones.
After months of selling raffle tickets the board winner was finally chosen at CSM’s Surf Film Night event on August 18, and the colorful, swallowtail Doyle surfboard graciously donated by Arson Surf Shop was won by Anne. She was very surprised to hear the voicemail from Jane Schmauss the next day, knowing it could only mean one thing. When told the museum drew her name instead of James’ she really could not believe it; Anne thought that James had won the board for himself! Reflecting on her luck, Anne now believes it all happened for a reason, and that she should now learn how to surf. James agrees: “No excuses, time to get wet!” (As a side note, James is also very excited about Anne’s new surfboard, because when he travels to the U.S. for the first time he’ll be able to use her new board instead of transporting one of his own!
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