REQUEST FOR SPONSORSHIP

Be a part of the Humboldt Honeys Cardboard Kayak World Adventure. The Humboldt Honeys are a three-woman cardboard building and racing team with a history of success and a reputation for fearless mastery of our craft while practicing good sportsmanship (We didn’t actually capsize those two little girls in that double). It is our quest to follow in the footsteps of many great kayaking explorers who have gone before us to make history. John Bowermaster, Scott Lindgren, all those English guys, Shawna Franklin , Leon Somé, Justine Curgenven, and Stef Dutton. We too (three!) have excellence, guts, and vision. You can be a part of this vision in our effort to be the best in our field: THE CARDBOARD KAYAK RACE TEAM.

Humboldt Honeys Team Bios:

Marna (If you can’t do it today do it to Marna) Powell (AKA “That gimp in the tiger-stripped leg brace”), CCO (Chief Cardboard Officer), ACA Open Water-Coastal & Adaptive Paddling Instructor
Member: US Kayak Swim Team
Motto: More fun is more good!

• 1st Place 2004 WCSKS (CCO, Designer, Co-Builder & Paddler)
• 1st Place 2003 WCSKS (Designer, Co-Builder)
• DNF 2002 WCSKS (CCO, Designer, Co-Builder & Paddler/Swimmer)
• 3rd Place 2001 WCSKS (CCO, Designer, Co-Builder & Paddler)
• 2nd Place 2000 WCSKS (CCO, Designer, Co-Builder & Bow Position Paddler)
• 3rd Place 1999 WCSKS (CCO, Designer, Co-Builder & Paddler)
• 2nd Place 2004 Trinity River Whitewater Festival Freestyle (Designer, Builder, & Paddler/Swimmer) Ledge Drop “Pigeon Pt Hole”
• Cardboard Race organizer HSU Humboldt Bay Paddlefest 2003, 2004, 2005

1. Don’t change the design just because of a little knee surgery (see 2002 WCSKS).
2. Cardboard is perhaps not the best medium for freestyle (see Trinity River Whitewater Festival).
 

Rebecca Zettler RN MS FNP, Cardboard Queen, Health and Safety Coordinator and Song Leader
Member: Interspecies Kayak Choir
Motto: To Hell with safety, just win!

• 2nd Place 2000 WCSKS (Co-Builder & Stern Position Paddler)
• 1st Place 2004 Humboldt Bay Paddlefest (Music Director, Co-builder)
• “Queens o’the Cockpits”; Accredited kayak cockpit redecorating procrastinator
• Cut and paste instructor, kindergarten, 1970
• Founding mother of the Blue Lake Ladies’ Bocce Ball, Libation and Liberation League (nothing to do with kayaks or cardboard, but a heck of a lot of fun)
• Member of the Sisterhood of Sigma Ki Aka

1. You can never use too much tape!
2. There really is a song for every occasion!
 

Georgianna La Peer, Cardboard Quality Assurance, Art Director
Member: Humboldt County Mental Health through Kayaking Association
Motto: It’s OK as long as you know better!

• 1st Place 2004 WCSKS (Art Director “Pygmy Goat Boat”, Co-Builder)
• 1st Place 2004 Humboldt Bay Paddlefest (Art Director, Co-builder)
• 1st Place Women’s Division Humboldt Bay Paddlefest 2004 Obstacle Course Race (So what if she was the only woman!)
• Certified kayak interior designer – preferred medium is minicell foam
• Licensed recycled cardboard broker
• Member of the Sisterhood of Sigma Ki Aka
 

1. It’s okay to make fun of the Pygmy Boat’s cardboard team as long as we beat them.

EVENT

To further the sport, and bring worldwide attention to cardboard kayak racing, the Humboldt Honeys are beginning their world tour by competing to win this year’s West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium Cardboard Kayak Race – a thrilling and treacherous expedition across hundreds of feet of roiling ocean off the coast of Washington State (well, okay it’s really the Puget Sound but it’s coastal waters). After a brief rest, we will continue our race for excellence at HSU’s Humboldt Bay Paddlefest in Eureka, California. To ensure victory in our expedition, in addition to operating expenses, advertising, travel, food, lodging, libation, beefcake roadies, and massage therapy, we will need the following critical gear:

• Three Lincoln Navigators (one for each of us) to reach these remote and desolate locations safely
• Thule racks and kayak cradles for each of the vehicles
• Three matching pink breathable dry suits with relief zippers to survive the conditions
• Matching pink PFDs
• Significant stock holding in Argrov Box Company
• Truckloads of schwag
• Three Carbon fiber paddles (Georgianna likes Greenland style, Marna wants a short, high-angle-shaft blade and Rebecca likes a small bladed touring paddle. Maybe we really need one of everything just to cover our bases.
• Coffee table book published with beautiful photos of our competitions
• DVD and video produced “The Cardboard Kayak”
 

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS

Sponsorships may be in the form of monetary donations and/or approved services or goods.

• Your Company name or logo tattooed on our body parts of your choice
• Company name mentioned or shown in all print, radio and television ads
• Your company colors with your company name and/or logo on our three Lincoln Navigators (one for each of us --we retain ownership of the vehicles)
• Company name and/or logo embellished on each and every cardboard kayak we build
• Company name and/or logo on our matching Pink Dry Suits and PFDs.
• Company name and/or logo on the limited edition Humboldt Honeys poster
• Company logo and link displayed on the Humboldt Honeys web site
• The Humboldt Honeys will sing a jingle written especially for your company at the start of each race (We all will be on key)
• The Humboldt Honeys will stay at only the finest Bed & Breakfast places, drink only the best wine and beer, and generally give your company a good name in the industry for having great taste
• Your name and logo on the coffee table book, DVD, and video
• The Humboldt Honeys will pass out free beer coozys with your name and logo

Same as Event Underwriter above but we pick the body parts to be tattooed.

• No body parts will be tattooed
• Company name mentioned or shown in all print, radio and television ads
• Company name and/or logo embellished on each and every cardboard kayak we build
• Company name and/or logo on the limited edition Humboldt Honeys poster
• Company logo and link displayed on the Humboldt Honeys web site
• The Humboldt Honeys will sing a jingle written especially for your company at the start of each race (Rebecca will be on key).

• No body parts will be tattooed
• Company name mentioned or shown in all print, radio and television ads (if we have any)
• Company name and/or logo embellished on each and every cardboard kayak we compete in (if we build one)
• Company logo and link displayed on the Humboldt Honeys web site (if there is one)

• Give us some hats & tee-shirts and we’ll wear them at the event
• Give us some stickers and we’ll plaster them on our cardboard kayak (if we build one)
• Give us some beer money and we’ll make a cardboard sign with your company name and/or logo to tape to our car (if we have one)

Contact Us:

Please send all donations, schwag, fan mail, etc. to:

The Humboldt Honeys
c/o Marna Powell
PO Box 68
1720 Hufford Rd
Orick, CA
95555-0068
info@kayakzak.com

Or say hello to us at this year’s West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium 2005 and HSU Humboldt Bay Paddlefest