drift, perspectives in surfing

Plastic bags are bad. The eyesores floating around our cities and streets are the only the surface of a larger problem…

Words: Rhea Cortado

An anonymous donor just coughed up a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to the capture of whoever killed two Hawaiian monk seals last year…

Today’s the day–get out there and Wear Blue for Oceans…

Michigan is proposing a ten cent per bottle tax on bottled water sourced within their state. That’s a lot, considering that such a tax could gross up to $118 million a year based on past production numbers. It’s an unprecendented move that questions our use of both natural resources and single use plastics.

The Farallon Islands off of San Francisco hold a potentially catastrophic environmental time bomb on the ocean floor…

We are happy to report that on the heels of the NYSFF, the Save the Waves Coalition will be hosting its own Surf Film Festival at the Victoria theatre in San Francisco. Good to see more of this happening as we get really, really excited when surfing, art, film, music and environmentalism come together.

Words by: Rob Nixon

Photos by: Long Beach Surfrider and Sinkthebreakwater.com

Long Beach, once known as the Waikiki of Southern California, was shut down in 1949 by the completion of a 2.2-mile breakwater in nearby San Pedro Bay.

64 times this year, the beaches in Malibu violated water quality standards during the dry weather months. The waves at first point had to be firing on more than a few of those smelly days. While floating suprises in the lineup might keep the crowds down, I’m sure the locals would prefer to surf right hand peelers without getting sick, crowded or not. Due to pressure from the local surfing community, the Malibu Surfing Association and Surfrider’s “Clean Water at the ‘Bu” campaign, LA’s Regional Water Quality Board is holding a hearing on November 5 to finally do something about it.

We made a post a little while back on the launch of the Transparent Sea Voyage, a tri-maran kayak trip organized by Dave Rastovich that follows the path of migratory humpback whales from Byron Bay to Sydney. The idea of the voyage is to raise awareness for the way the whales and other marine animals are threatened by commercial fishing and pollution. Here is a little update on their progress.

Surfers have been harnessing the power of the ocean’s waves for centuries. In our individual quest for satisfaction, enjoyment and, in some cases, spiritual fulfillment we are drawn to the beauty and power of the ocean. We’ve known all along that waves have a special power that had yet to be tapped.