drift, perspectives in surfing

Ando + Friends definitely pulled off one of the coolest coloring contests this summer. Be sure to swing in this Saturday to view the entries, hear who took top honors, and enjoy some libations - the submissions were much much more than just whoever had the baddest box of Crayolas.

A historic decision in a Texas court helps to ensure equal access to the beach (and waves) in the Lone Star State…

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…

The one downside to swell-packed winters is the effect they can have on your local beaches. Sign a petition from Save the Waves and Surfrider to help protect a few of Norther California’s best peaks.

The Surfrider Foundation is putting together an exploratory mission to the under-researched North Atlantic plastic gyre. Find out how you can help Portland, OR chapter Chairman Stiv Wilson with his scientific mission…

Fuel TV is airing a one-hour showcase of Surfrider’s 25th Anniversary Gala today and this weekend. It will feature footage from the event including interviews, the presentation of the Keeper of the Coast award, and the Art for the Oceans auction (really the highlight of the whole thing; 25 world class waves interpreted by 25 artists.) Definitely worth watching while feasting on leftovers this weekend.

“The threat to your local surf spot can come in many forms: pollutants in the water, development that may block sand or access to that break, or coastal armoring such as breakwaters that would destroy the surf…” Rob Nixon talks about protecting your waves.

Here’s a quicky and easy way to help make a difference this Monday morning. Airwalk, yeah remember Airwalk, is setting aside $10,000 to donate to the Surfrider Foundation and Music for Relief. They supply the cash, all you have to do is go to airwalk.com/doingyourpart, click on the cause of your choice, and Airwalk will give them a dollar in your name.

Who out there likes surfing in raw sewage? Come on, you know you love the smell, the taste of it in your mouth, and you even love getting sick from it after a session. Oh? You don’t like that at all? Well neither do the folks out in Malibu and they let their voices be heard at last week’s hearing with the LA Water Quality Control Board.

What a great time to be a Texan! This past Tuesday we went to the polls and laid claim to our beaches by passing Constitutional Proposition 9.

Almost two years to the day after the Cosco Busan spilled 58,000 gallons of bunker fuel into the San Francisco Bay, another oil slick threatens area beaches and marine life.

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.