Alaska Ocean Festival-Events
More details and registrations forms for the festival's events.
EVENTS
Music from noon until 10pm
Water World REI Kayak Demo Pool - 25,000 gallon pool
Moose's Tooth Beer Garden
Bucking Salmon 
Run for the Waves – 5K Fun Run 
Roll for the Waves - In-line Skate and Roller Ski Races
Shrimp Peel-Off 
REI sea kayak Raffle - $10 ticket or 3 for $25 - drawing at 7pm
Film Tent – 16 films shown throughout the day and 4 speakers
Marine Treasure Hunt - prize drawings between music sets
Climbing Wall
Local artists, vendors, conservation groups and more
Saturday June 7, 2008 - 2:00pm at the Alaska Ocean Festival
Where:Park Strip to Westchester Lagoon, then along the Coastal Trail out and back past Elderberry Park and back to the Park Strip via Bootlegger’s Cove. (see map)
Registration:
Register online here or Click here for mail-in registration (405.8 KB PDF)
PreRegistration:
Postmarked or hand deliver before May 28th to 807 G. Street, Anchorage, AK 99501
Race Day Registration:
Noon-1:45pm at the Race Info Booth - West End of the Park Strip
Entry Fee:
$25.00 per racer; ($35 on race day)
All racers receive Alaska Ocean Festival T-shirts
Awards:
Original Stained Glass Winners Medals by artist Lynn Dixon
Top three racers overall for Men and Women
1st place men and women in the following age groups:
19 and under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, Over 60
Information:
For 5k race information contact Brij at 250-0132
(brij_potnis@yahoo.com), or Kelly at 360-0409.
or butch@akcenter.org.
Roll for the Waves
An Alaska Ocean's Festival Event
Co-hosted by Alaska Center for the Environment & Alaska Winter Stars
3:30pm
In-line Skate Race - 4 laps
Youth Race - 2 laps
4:15pm
Youth Roller Ski Race - 2 laps
4:30pm
Women Classic Team Relay: 2 x 1k x 2 laps
5:00pm
Men Classic Team Relay: 2 x 1k x 3 laps
Download Registration Here
(PDF 94.2 KB)
Marine Treasure Hunt
The 6th annual Alaska Ocean Festival brings together a wide spectrum of marine organizations to celebrate, inspire, and educate around the theme of our Alaska ocean resources. The Marine Treasure Hunt is vital part of our educational outreach efforts particularly toward youth and their families.
More than thirty “hands on” educational booths are set up through out the festival grounds. As kids pick up a starfish for the first time or learn about salmon spawning habits, we seek to inspire a true appreciation of the Alaska ocean that laps at our shores right here in Anchorage.
The Marine Treasure Hunt serves as an incredibly successful vehicle to attract children and families to learn as much as they can about our marine world. Festival attendees are given treasure maps which direct them to participating educational booths located amid the art and food vendors. At each educational booth, children seek the answer to a question listed on their map which corresponds with that exhibit. At each location, participant’s maps receive a stamp once they’ve correctly answered the ocean question and thus move on seeking answers to these questions until every education booth is visited.
Once maps are completed they are handed in for small prizes and also entered into several larger drawings of gift packs from participating sponsors. The Marine Treasure Hunt seeks to provide hands on ocean educational experiences which inspire participants and thus lead to a greater respect for our fragile oceans which are such a critical part of the tapestry of life here in south central Alaska.
