On November 15, Pennywise raised $55,000 at a sold out Saint Rocke show to a crowd of 250-plus people inside, and a worldwide audience who watched the broadcast live online at.
We’re authentic, and we’ll always be that way, and our shows and fans are part of that. Knowing that, as I was approached about hosting the Surfrider Charity event at Saint Rocke, I begrudgingly agreed, being that the bigger incentive of raising money to protect our beaches outweighed the risk.ĭuring the next few weeks though, I secretly used my time with Jim, Fletcher, and the band to slowly weave my best arguments as to why a circle pit of moshers during an upscale Surfrider event might wreak havoc on the evening: how would we prevent women from getting pushed, glasses from breaking, and all of the other hundred things that could potentially go wrong? But the more I tried, the stronger the opposition became, until Fletcher finally crashed into my broken train of thought and declared: “Authentic. Liability issues, aggressive tendencies, emotions running high – all of these concerns can turn disastrous instantly if the overall energy of the participants isn’t generally positive. As the owner of Saint Rocke, the idea of having a wrecking crew of South Bay local surfers, skaters, and fellow lovers of punk moshing in our venue to Pennywise was initially not very appealing. Pennywise playing Saint Rocke at a show benefiting the Surfrider Foundation.
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