Environment

Turning trash into surfboard blanks

8 / 03 / 2012

This is a great idea that’s working well already in California. Big kudos, Waste to Waves
Question is, why just Cali? Seems like every surf community around the world should have something like this.

Surfing and Sharks – coming soon

30 / 11 / 2011

Here is the official trailer for the documentary film Surfing and Sharks which will have its World Premiere on December 15th at Wavescape Film Festival in Captetown.

SURFING AND SHARKS TRAILER from SURFINGANDSHARKS on Vimeo.

Join SAS now – free organic Tee

28 / 11 / 2011

This just in from our Surfers Against Sewage brethren:
JOIN SAS OR BUY A GIFT MEMBERSHIP & GET A FREE T-SHIRT

We’re giving away a free organic t-shirt to everyone that joins SAS quoting the offer code in the Terms and Conditions, whether it’s a membership for yourself or a Christmas Gift Membership for friends or family!
Gift [...]

Surfing: a toxicology report

10 / 11 / 2011

Basic, bottom-line info from EnviroSurfer:

Created by Envirosurfer: Eco-friendly Wetsuits & Surf Clothing.

Ericeira becomes World Surfing Reserve

17 / 10 / 2011

October 14, 2011 – Ericeira, Portugal was officially dedicated on Friday as a World Surfing Reserve, and becomes the second WSR overall and the first in Europe.
In a rousing day of events including a sunrise paddle out and a special fisherman blessing at world-famous Ribeira d’Ilhas, Ericeira, Portugal was dedicated as the second World Surfing [...]

Save Our Sharks

10 / 10 / 2011

Save Our Sharks from Save Our Seas Foundation on Vimeo.

Madeira – new threat to world class wave

24 / 08 / 2011

Paul do Mar, Madeira. This area is unique to the surfing world and its now under threat, again, from an unnecessary sea wall. Photo is by Al Mackinnon from Jardim do Mar nearby. It appears in his Madeira photo-feature in Issue 85 of TSP.
The Madeiran government is at it again, this time at Paul do [...]

Pro-shark Pangeaseed

22 / 07 / 2011

Here’s something we should all be propagandizing about – the depletion of sharks in the food chain. Sure, no one wants to be eaten by them. But a world without the men in grey suits (seriously some of the oldest creatures on Earth), will make for an ocean way out of kilter.
Here’s some art-fuelled propagandizing [...]

Al Gore’s Back …

12 / 07 / 2011

More inconvenience for those who suckle on the teet of doubt.
‘Nah, there’s nothing wrong with the way we treat the planet.’
‘Hey, he drives an SUV!’
‘Conspiracy!’
‘Whatever, nothing we can do about it.’ etc. etc.
You’ll see this hyped alot in the next few months, and no doubt by the time it happens there’ll be some compelling reasons [...]

Fukushima Kamikaze Mission

3 / 07 / 2011

Actor, musician and Japanese surf champion Claude Maki’s slideshow of a recent trip into the Fukushima radioactive zone a month or so after the Japanese disaster began.
Commentary and photos are by Claude Maki, music is by Soft Circle.