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**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Contact: Dave Pagnucco                                                 
Phone: 248-373-7451
Email: dpagnucco@clarityresearch.net       

Provide Input about Your UTV or ATV to Aid in Design of Future Vehicles
Brevard, North Carolina – October 1, 2009 – Clarity Research, a powersports research company, is conducting a national research study among Side x Side utility vehicle owners and ATV vehicle owners.
Owners of Side-by-Side UTVs and ATVs are encouraged to provide their feedback on their vehicles by completing an online survey. Your input into the survey will aid in the design of future Side x Side UTV vehicles. 

You will also have a chance to win one of two $250 major retailer gift cards!

Questionnaire topics include:
Description of currently owned vehicle
Usage
Transport
Types of cargo carried
Types of terrain ridden on
Importance of and satisfaction with vehicle attributes
Owner profile information
Qualified UTV or ATV owners can complete the 5 to 10 minute online questionnaire by clicking on the link below:
http://survey.clarityresearch.net/survey

There will be absolutely no sales effort as a result of completing the questionnaire.  The survey fielding is scheduled to be completed on October 31, 2009.

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More than 100 surfers rode a wave at the Earthwave beach festival in Muizenberg, Cape Town on Sunday to break the Guinness World Record for the ‘most surfers riding the same wave’.

“We estimated that there were more than 120 surfers on the fifth of the seven waves surfed at Muizenberg during Earthwave,’ said Paul Botha of Kahuna Promotions, the founders of the event that leverages the publicity generated by the world record attempt to promote awareness of climate change and sustainable lifestyles.

“However, the photographic evidence we have so far shows that there were …  Details & picture

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Central Oregon’s slice of Hawaii is colorful. Bend Oregon Outrigger includes nearly 50 members who bring a centuries-old Polynesian sport to an unlikely location — an inland high-desert town.

The core group of competitive paddlers — about half of the club’s membership — trains twice a week for races throughout the Pacific Northwest, California, Hawaii and Canada. The local paddle-sport club was founded in the early 1990s by Bend residents Meg Chun and Leslie Blok, who formed a women’s team. A competitive men’s team followed a few years later and completed Bend Oregon Outrigger…  Details

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MISSION BEACH — They used to get kicked out of neighborhoods when they showed up to surf.

So it makes Floyd Smith chuckle that 50 years later, people gathered yesterday to celebrate the company he co-founded, Gordon & Smith Surfboards.

“The police would harass us: ‘What are you doing in this rich neighborhood?’ ” said Smith, 69 … Details

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