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Ryan Carr stands with the 65 Roses surfboard, which his parents bought during Pipeline to a Cure East's live auction. Photo courtesy of Amanda Carr.
Ryan Carr stands with the 65 Roses surfboard, which his parents bought during Pipeline to a Cure East’s live auction.
Photo courtesy of Amanda Carr.

The fourth annual Pipeline to a Cure East gala raised more money than any previous year, amassing more than $158,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, event co-chair Susan Wasserman said.

During the Aug. 8 event, members of the surfing community mingled with CF families in the Country Club of Landfall, listening to music performed by Jack Jack 180 and bidding on the numerous surfboards, paddleboards and other ocean-related items in the silent auction.

Later, during the live auction, a thrilling bidding war ensued as guests strove to take home the event’s iconic 65 Roses surfboard. The board was custom designed by Ian Balding to represent the words “65 Roses,” a phrase made famous by a 4-year-old child with cystic fibrosis who mispronounced the name of his diagnosis.

Balding created a sleek black shortboard with a fabric rose pattern inlaid on the underside. Wasserman said he didn’t count the number of roses until after he cut and created the inlay.

“When he cut the fabric — and he did not plan this — there were 65 roses on the fabric of the board,” Wasserman said.

Matt and Amanda Carr were barely outbid for the signature surfboard during the 2014 event. This year they were not to be denied, even when the price rocketed to more than $4,000.

“Last year, my husband and the man that got it were in a big bidding war and my husband was a little disappointed that we missed out on it,” Amanda Carr said. “This year he was like, ‘That board is coming home with us.’”

They took the board home to their son, 7-year-old Ryan Carr, who has cystic fibrosis. Carr said someday when Ryan is older he’ll probably enjoy surfing on the board, but that was not their sole motivation for bidding.

“It’s the board, what it means … the 65 Roses,” she said. “And it’s for CF. That’s why we had to have it.”

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