BRA's "B.I.G." Events Raises More The $20,000 For Charity.

Board Retailers Association, the action sports industry’s preeminent voice for independent retailers, held its first annual Boarders In Giving (B.I.G.) Art Show and Auction, raising over $20,000 on January 7th at the Surf Expo kick-off party. The B.I.G. event featured nearly 50 surf, skate and snow boards and other items donated by over 25 major manufacturers, independent artists and collectors.

The highest bid of the evening was $3,000 for a surfboard donated by Billabong and signed by three-time world surfing champion, Andy Irons. Hurley International donated 19 artistic skateboards raising $3,400 for the event.

Proceeds benefited amateur surfing through Surfing America and children with special needs through Florida’s Space Coast Early Intervention Center. Special items were also auctioned off to contribute to Surf Aid International’s tsunami disaster relief fund.