Moores Cancer Center UCSD Award Fins by Dennis Scott

These two fins representing surfing at Scripps Pier in La Jolla, California were created as lifetime achievement awards for the Luau & Legends of Surfing Invitational event - a fundraiser for the Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health. Santa Cruz-based artist Dennis Scott hand-painted the art. This fin is made of Alaska yellow cedar used in the reconstruction of the Western Flyer boat, considered by many to be the most famous fishing boat in the world. John Steinbeck, Ed "Doc" Ricketts and crew sailed this 77-foot sardine boat into the Sea of Cortez in Baja California, Mexico in 1940. The following year, Steinbeck published his book, The Log from the Sea of Cortez, about the adventure. Learn more about this amazing boat and Ventana's use of its wood. The fins are mounted in a base of salvaged redwood from old wine tanks at Martini & Prati Winery (now Martin Ray Wines) by way of Mission Bell.  This fin is glassed with sap-based Entropy Resins, soy-based Ecopoxy, and Aerial