Thursday Travel Ticker: Surf champs and seafood

The L.A. County Lifeguard Assn. surf racing team has won its 25^th consecutive national championship, in a competition featuring more than 700 professional lifeguards from throughout the country . . . . Feast on unlimited oysters and Napa wine, all for $40, at Waterbar’s 3^rd annual OysterFest on Aug 27. Proceeds benefit Surfrider Foundation . . . . Participants can choose from six different options in the 19^th Annual Donner Party Hike taking place Oct. 8 and 9 in Truckee, Calif. (thankfully, food is included). Info: (530) 587-8808 . . . . Santa Monica’s swanky Casa del Mar offers, on Monday evenings, a roving mixologist to make customized drinks . . . . A Yellowstone tour operator suggests “Get out of your rut and into ours (our elks’, anyway),” as it touts a breeding season trip amid the aspens, Sept. 11-16 . . . . Oliver Jones, Stanley Jordan and Gary Burton are among performers at the inaugural Jazz on the Mountain at Whistler, Canada, Sept. 2-4 . . . . Travel stats of the day: 15% of engaged couples had a destination wedding in 2010, according to Brides magazine. The average number of guests for all weddings: 152.