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The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s oceans, waves and beaches, for TRACKING THE EBB all people, through conservation, activism, research and education. Publication of The Surfrider Foundation AND FLOW OF COASTAL A Non-Profit Environmental Organization P.O. Box 6010 San Clemente, CA 92674-6010 Phone: (949) 492-8170 / (800) 743-SURF (7873) ENVIRONMENTALISM Web: www.surfrider.org / E-mail: [email protected] crickey.com.au Rex 122 victories since 1/06. The Surfrider Foundation is striving to win 150 environmental campaigns by 2010. For a list of these victories please go to: www.surfrider.org/whoweare6.asp Chief Executive Officer Hawaiian Field Coordinator Jim Moriarty Stuart Coleman Chief Operating Officer California Policy Coordinator Michelle C. Kremer, Esq. Joe Geever Director of Chapters Washington Policy Coordinator Edward J. Mazzarella Jody Kennedy Environmental Director Ocean Ecosystem Manager Chad Nelsen Pete Stauffer Director of Marketing & Communications Oregon Policy Coordinator Matt McClain Gus Gates Director of Development Coastal Campaign Specialist Steve Blank Stefanie Sekich Many of the top-rated restaurants in the Stan is now living peacefully at an Director of Membership Ventura Watershed Coordinator states serve fish that are as endangered as aquarium in Newquay, Cornwall. Jane Kelly Paul Jenkin the Giant Panda. Assistant Environmental Director Controller iStock Mark Rauscher Toni Craw Direct Mail Manager Accounting Assistant Jenna Holland Ryan Johnson Global Grants Manager Cash Receipts/Mail Order Lori A. Booth Jill Tierney Coastal Management Coordinator Content Manager Rick Wilson Tracey Armstrong Water Quality Coordinator Marketing Manager Mara Dias Laura Mazzarella Central Coast Regional Manager Communications Manager Sarah Damron Alexis Henry Florida Regional Manager Community & Events Manager Ericka D’Avanzo Vickie McMurchie Northeast Regional Manager Membership Coordinator John Weber David Rey Legal Manager Membership Assistants Angela Howe, Esq. Emily Hughes & Kyle “Monte” Lishok Remember the most important thing to wear when going to the beach is sunscreen! So Cal Field Coordinator Office Administrator Nancy Hastings Kirstin Harvey Top Restaurants Serve Fish as Endangered as Giant Panda Puerto Rico Field Coordinator Chief Financial Officer Leon Richter Christopher Keys, CPA LOW Oregon Field Coordinator Director of Technology The team that brought you the documentary “The End of Line,” a film that Charlie Plybon Alan Hopper examines the problems of overfishing our oceans, has now turned its attention to Washington Field Coordinator Technology Consultant what people put on their dinner plate. Charles Clover and his team have developed Shannon Serrano Mark Babski a guide called fish2fork.com that surveys more than 100 top restaurants to show which are still serving endangered fish. Unfortunately, nearly 9 out of 10 2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAKING WAVES STAFF Chair Wing Lam Editor in Chief – Tracey Armstrong restaurants were serving at least one ‘fish to avoid’ from over-exploited stocks, and C.J. Olivares Greg Perlot Layout/Design – Casey Holland some of the most critically acclaimed eateries were among the worst offenders: Vice-Chair Michael Marckx Contributors: Laura Mazzarella, John Weber, 7 out of 25 Michelin-starred restaurants visited served species officially listed as Vipe Desai Sergio Mello Jody Kennedy and Stefanie Skekich endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List. Secretary Tony Radaich Michelle Duval Steve Shipsey Stan the Superstar Board Brooke Simler Smith FOUNDING ADVISORY BOARD HIGH Sean Ahlum Shaun Tomson Yvon Chouinard Tom Curren A unique starfish now referred to as Stan, was found off the coast of Cornwall, Meg Caldwell David Wilmot Steve Pezman Jericho Poppler Bartlow Laura Cantral England recently and he had not the usual five, but eight limbs. Although starfish Bruce Johnston D. Dwight Worden do have a remarkable ability to regenerate lost arms, sometimes growing two where there was one, evidence suggests that Stan was indeed born this way. Like 2009 ADVISORY BOARD conjoined twins, he could be the product of a single egg and sperm which failed Advisory Board Chairman Advisory Board Manager to separate properly early in the process of development. Researchers believe Shaun Tomson Jim Kempton this must be the case because Stan boasts not one disc but two fused together in a figure-of-eight shape. Tan Lines Mandatory NEITHER HIGH NOR LOW The California Supreme Court recently ruled to allow state parks officers to enforce a ban on nudity at state beaches, even ones that have been informally designated as “clothing optional.” The Court’s action revoked an existing 1979 policy, which stated that officers should wait until someone complained before enforcing regulations that forbid public nudity at state parks and beaches. Under said policy, officers who received a complaint would first warn the beachgoer to please put on a swimsuit or leave for the day. *Since Surfrider Foundation’s focus is on beach access, not beach attire or lack thereof. We are merely reporting on this recent ruling. On the cover: Future big-wave charger celebrates International Surfing Day in Sweden. Photograph by Per-Erik Bylund 2 | www.surfrider.org THE MORE YOU KNOW THE GREATER IMPACT YOUR ACTIONS CAN HAVE Yvon Chouinard said “The more you know the less you need.” I love the simplicity in that statement. The statement itself is minimalistic, it has a stickiness/hook to it and I think of it when I feel myself slipping into consumer mode... yet look at us. Look at how we approach surfing... we know virtually Here’s my point. Let’s all stop the whining about the past and everything about swells and coastal conditions. look forward. Instead of looking backward, let’s look forward as there is a whole lot at risk and this era of large-scale I woke up this morning and before a foot even hit the ground environmental damage is high stakes. We need all hands I knew every real time, relevant detail regarding the swell on deck. that’s hitting Southern California. I knew the swell direction was coming in at 197 degrees (telling me where to go), the We can’t turn back the clock of time. No, I’m not suggesting we waves were averaging 4-5ft at 18 seconds (telling me what embrace globalism. I’m simply suggesting this... use the tools board to take), the tide was negative but rising nicely, the that exist to maximize what you’re seeking to accomplish what wind was 1 mph at 335 degrees, air and water at 70 degrees you want to with your life. (telling me no wetsuit)... oh and I had streaming video. I dig that I can have that much info regarding swells. I love So, I got out of bed. that I can text with my family from across the globe. And I love that emerging tools can be pointed and powered directly at I should probably mention that to gain access to that our mission. plethora of intelligence I didn’t open my Mac. I hit one button on my phone and then tilted it. Nutty. We know so much. We know when and where a swell will hit. But we also know that single-use plastic is changing our ocean’s Like most people that surf with some regularity, I fully composition. We act on the former, what about the latter? understand the argument against innovation. Specifically the argument on the bumper sticker that says, “Leashes and We know the water temp to tell us to leave the wetsuit at forecasting ruined surfing” (for those that aren’t frequent home... but we also know that sea-level rise is real and is surfers, the sticker suggests that those two things opened up impacting coastlines all over the world. Why does the former the sport to... anyone and everyone). But the real truth is that warrant more action than the latter? those two things didn’t do anything to the waves except let others in on the joy of riding them. What we’re really I love the age-old (Mies van der Rohe) “less is more” suggesting with statements like those is that surfing is a inspiration behind Yvon’s quote. It cuts to the heart of limited-resource activity and that as long as we’re a part of consumerism. Yet I think derivatives of this suggest a more the group that gets access to that limited resource... we’re all holistic look at life... something like “the more you know the for anything that limits access by others. Sure, I detest greater impact your actions can have.” Of course, that impact crowded waves as much as anyone. I hate being dropped in can be positive or negative... but your actions will undoubtedly on, etc. But I’m guessing that while many of us surf without make an impact. leashes some percent of the time... how many of us totally disregard all forms of forecasting? Two points there. First, you know a ton. Second, act. Join us. Come to a Chapter meeting. Subscribe to a blog on wave energy. Invest a few minutes to really understand marine protected areas. The more you know, the greater impact your actions can have. Go. —Jim Moriarty, Chief Executive Officer Making Waves | 3 By Laura Mazzarella L On June 20, 2009, surfers and ocean lovers join festivities in the United States, Argentina, ISA around the world united, and gave back in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, &P celebration of the fifth annual International Mauritius, Peru, Mexico, France, French AUL Surfing Day (ISD). Founded by Surfing Antilles, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, West H Magazine and the Surfrider Foundation, Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, West Africa, the ANSEN ISD invites surfers and coastal enthusiasts United Kingdom, Europe and the U.S.