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USA Blue Water Task Force Report

20 May, 2013: ENVIRONMENT - Summer is right around the corner and many people will soon flock to the beach. To help make sure the beach does not make you sick, Surfrider Foundation and Emergen-C Blue are releasing the Second Annual Blue Water Task Force Annual Report to share water quality results from the Foundation…
Save The Waves dig Jack O'Neill, throw party

15 May, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT Save The Waves Coalition announces its seventh annual Life Is A Wave fundraiser and benefit party, a yearly celebration of grassroots coastal protection through music, art, film, and community. This year the celebration will be Friday, June 14th, at 111 Minna Gallery in downtown San …
Surfing Great Britain enters Green deal

14 May, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT: Surfing GB, the organisation responsible for coordinating Great Britain’s Surfing efforts have taken the initial steps to go green, by working with a South West based Environmental and Extreme Sports Company; Decarbonated. This new and exciting partnership will help develop Surfing…
Global Wave Conference gathers in Mexico

15 May, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT: The world’s largest gathering dedicated to global wave protection with representatives from 19 organizations and ten different countries came together for the 3rd Global Wave Conference in Rosarito, Mexico. The three-day conference concluded with the signing of a conference stateme…
Global Wave Wednesday program launches in UK

13 May, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT: This week Surfers Against Sewage is launching Global Wave Wednesday, a new campaign action uniting surfers from around the globe in the call to protect UK waves from pollution, marine litter and over-development. SAS is calling on surfers, environmentalists and ocean lovers to join…
La 10ème édition l’International Surfing Day

13 May, 2013 : - CULTURE: Prêts à investir les plages et profiter d’une journée 100% surf ? Bonne nouvelle, l’International Surfing Day (ISD) est de retour pour sa 10ème édition, le dimanche 23 juin 2013 aux quatre coins du monde. Lancé par l’EuroSIMA en 2004…
No Niño & No Niña: What do we call it then?

9 May, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT: During April 2013, ENSO-neutral continued, with near-average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) observed across most of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, and below average SSTs confined to the far eastern equatorial Pacific. The Niño indices were near zero throughout the month, except for…
Alex Gray & Dave Wassel back Int'l Surfing Day

9 May, 2013 : - TEAM: The Surfrider Foundation announced this week that professional surfers Alex Gray and Dave Wassel have signed on to be this year’s International Surfing Day Ambassadors. Observed globally on June 20th, International Surfing Day celebrates the sport of surfing and helps raise awareness …
Beach clean set for England, Scotland & Wales

1 May, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT: Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), Ben Fogle and Barefoot Wine are leading the way in a campaign to keep Britain’s beaches ‘barefoot friendly’ in 2013. The national campaign, now in its sixth year, will kick off at Ben’s childhood beach of Climping in West Sussex in May…
Waves for Water deep in the Sandy rebuild

29 April, 2013 : - VIDEO: It's been a long six months since Hurricane Sandy has made landfall; the relief efforts are still going, and going strong thanks to Jon Rose and Waves for Water. Press play to relive one man's account of the storm and to see how Jon Rose, along with locals, are rebuilding homes and lives on …
Recycling styrofoam into surfboard blanks

23 April, 2013 : - VIDEO: They say surfers are an indicator species. We are the first affected when the natural environment gets degraded. Hence, we are watchdogs, activists and trend-setters. However, foam and fiberglass, the two materials that make up the very symbol of our pursuit, are both toxic materials. So, we…
Speak up for Snapper (and other Gold Coast spots)

23 April, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT: The new Gold Coast Surf Council is working closely with the Gold Coast City Council to develop a ten year plan to create a sustainable surfing amenity in a city under increasing pressures – from cyclonic erosion events to some serious storms brewing with crowds in a limited line …
Spy launch eco-friendly sunglass line

23 April, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Spy introduces the greenest sunglass frames ever made—the SPY + Surfrider Foundation Helm—as a part of its new eco-friendly Recompose Collection. With a shared passion for surfing and the common goal of environmental awareness, the SPY + Surfrider partnership aims to high…