PIPELINE 79cs4.indd 1 >>>>>>>issue 79 >>>>>>> spring 2O1O

pıpelınenot just surfers // not just sewage // the newsletter of sas www.sas.org.uk SAS Victory in Scottish Marine Bill

SAS’s 20th Anniversary Year an excuse to bring back the SAS Ball? Utterly Vital: UV campaign widens Campaign film news 08/02/2010 20:03

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Who’s who at SAS? How to find us... n Executive Director (full time) Hugo Tagholm ([email protected]) CoNTENTS n Campaign Director (full time) Andy Cummins ([email protected]) n POW Campaign Officer (full time): Dom Ferris ([email protected]) n Office & Merchandise Manager (full time) Wendy Nicolson ([email protected]) editorial n Finance Officer(part time): Joanna Burn ([email protected]) A big year ahead for SAS ANdy’s report n Fundraiser (full time) Name TBC ([email protected]) page 4 n Admin Assistant (part time): Ceri Crowther ([email protected]) >> I hope the new decade has started n Everyone can be contacted on 01872 553 001 well for you all, and that you managed to 20 SUCCESSFUL YEARS sneak a session or two in the water page 4 Who does what between the snow and bitter weather we experienced over the winter. It was for pipeline amazing to see so many snow covered CAMPAIGN FILM n n page 6 Editor: Hugo Tagholm Surfers Against Sewage, beaches, which certainly added an extra Wheal Kitty Workshops, St. Agnes, Cornwall TR5 0RD element of challenge to some of the n Main Office:01872 553 001 n Campaign Office:01872 555 950 CLIMATE MARCH n n surfs I had in January. campaign. We are proud that SAS has once Merchandise: 01872 555 955 Sponsorship: 01872 555 945 page 8 n Fax: 01872 552 615 Anyway, enough of the small talk as 2010 again managed to influence big business n Internet: www.sas.org.uk n Email: [email protected] is a massive year for SAS, it being our 20th through its efforts and hopefully we’ll see n Design: Miles Johnson [email protected] anniversary and all – that’s right 20 years tangible progress by one of the world’s UV TURN OFF n Photographers: Charlie Chambers, Richard Stewart, Andy Cummins, Hugo Tagholm, old! Our teenage years are over! We’ll be biggest plastic manufacturers in reducing page 9 Wendy Nicolson, Dom Ferris, Owain Davies, O’Neill Europe and many others. n Front cover image: SAS campaigners outside the Scottish Parliament lobbying for celebrating this in all sorts of ways during the amount of plastic litter ending up in surfers’ inclusion in the Scottish Marine Bill. the year, but importantly, we’ll use the our seas and on our beaches. APPALLING CSO’s n Printing: Martin Luck Design & Print 01326 558000 opportunity to further raise the profile of We’ve also been steadily progressing page 10 the campaigns right around the country the Protect Our Waves campaign over cover story! Printed on 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper and create even more momentum to the last few months, and towards the >>> using vegetable based inks protect beaches, oceans, waterways and end of 2009 made some big strides SCOTTISH MARINE BILL waves right across the UK. forward in our calls for page12 ‘…it is shocking This year, the campaign that water more formal protection of has already thrown its companies are surfing areas and wave REGIONAL REPS weight against water still trying to resources, not just for page 14 companies trying to evade wriggle out of surfers but for all water having their regulation of combined sewage users – windsurfers, kite BRING BACK THE BALL sewer overflows. After the discharges surfers, bodyboarders, page 16 impact of SAS’s BBC monitored…” bodysurfers, kayakers; Panorama exposé last year, it is shocking the whole cross-section of SAS MEET A MEMBER that water companies are still trying to membership. We’ll be working hard on page 17 wriggle out of having their sewage this during the course of 2010. discharges monitored. After all, if these Finally, February 26th will see the Membership systems weren’t causing any problems, release of the SAS campaign film, page 18 why would water companies fear which is a beautiful production and regulation? In January, SAS campaigners confronts the campaign issues in a Fundraising were on hand in where a number whole new way through some fantastic page20 of water companies were appealing animation. Watch out for local against regulation of almost 4,000 of screenings and for the cover mounted Shop News these outfalls to question the temerity DVD on The Surfer’s Path magazine. page 22 of their request, which really amounts to We’ll also be giving some copies away a license to pollute at will. to lucky members – check out the 2010 Sponsors Our Return to Offender campaign has website and SAS Facebook pages for page 23 also struck at the highest level this year, details. with Coca-Cola Europe responding directly Stay stoked and see you out there! to the amount of packaging SAS has been Hugo Tagholm returning to its head office as part of the Director

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PIPELINE 79cs4.indd 2-3 08/02/2010 20:03 ILLUSTRATION IS VERY SMALL, WILL NOT DONT HAVE BOTTOM STORY PRINT WELL IF ENLARGED OR CROPPED

>>>>>>>NEWS NEWS>>>>>>> SUCCESSFUL ... of campaigning but the fight to protect our 2O Years coastline continues >>Yes, it’s SAS’s 20th anniversary and this spring along with other projects lamination to produce we have a stack of exciting plans for across the year, so look out for it on the highest performance wetsuit 2010 to celebrate the campaign. As you your travels. with one of the lowest Campaign will have already noticed, we have We are proud to be further environmental impacts. updated the SAS Eye logo to reflect developing our relationship with Gul Anyway, we’re stoked with just how much the campaign has this year, who are now sponsors of our the new Eye, and with the Editorial progressed over the years and campaign wetsuits, with their new overwhelmingly positive LOCAL MOTION importantly, how it remains at the Recore suit. After 3 years of reaction we’ve had to it so >>I’ve just got out of a meeting at found protecting ‘their’ surf spot. Surfers cutting edge of coastal protection in development, they have just launched far. Thank you for coming Westminster with SAS’s Brighton rep are motivated to protect waves because the UK. We have fond memories of the Recore Eco wetsuit, which is the with us on our campaign Aaron Jennings, his local MP, the we are the first people to feel the impacts each and every incarnation of the Eye first of it kind with true green journey over the years, and Environment Agency and Southern Water. of pollutants or over zealous but it was important for us to move credentials, combining recycled here’s looking forward to the This is just one of the repercussions from development. forward with a fresh brand reflecting polyester, Bamboo and Solvent free next steps over the course of 2010. the Panorama documentary which SAS I wouldn’t describe myself as an overly the campaigns of 2010, whilst also featured in and which continues to bear altruistic person. I work hard to ensure being true to the amazing heritage of fruit for all UK water users, from surfers to SAS gets campaign victories because, the organisation. sailors. Needless to say, the meeting went selfishly, I don’t want to surf in polluted This is already proving popular with well for SAS and there seas. I’ve first hand our members and we have some seems to be a sea change I’ve first hand experience of missing surfs fantastic new merchandise featuring within the other experience of because of contracting an the 2010 Eye, including the missing surfs organisations about what because of illness from the sea, or the quintessential tee and hoody for guys information should be contracting an beach is so polluted and girls. The Eye will also be sneaking made available to water illness from surfing’s strangely no into a collaboration with St Agnes users relating to combined the sea longer appealing. based pioneering eco-brand Finisterre sewer overflow discharges. Aaron was I’ve transformed these negative great in the meeting: confident, experiences into positive inspirations. I passionate and clear with what he wanted recognised that same drive in Aaron and We’d also like to welcome Dom Ferris to the campaign team. A for ‘his’ surf spots. casting my mind back over my many years Surf Science graduate straight out of Newquay, he’s making a Aaron’s an enthusiastic surfer, and one of SAS actions I’ve seen that drive and Thanks Tom & Will fantastic addition to the organisation already. His first month of the guys who’s regularly in the water in determination in many of our members, >>We’d like to say a huge Thank has seen successful actions in and Scotland so you’re the Brighton and Hove area. He’s not a We all share an affinity with the sea and You to Will&Tom for all their bound to see him out on the road sometime soon. You might campaigner by trade, but he’s bloody a desire to protect it. We are all help on designing our 2010 Eye, also see him out in the lineup as he likes a wave or two. good at it. I see something in Aaron that I campaigners at heart and our 2010 membership materials and new see in many surfers. campaign surf film Protect Our Waves, website. Cornwall trained, I have a theory about why surfers (and taps into this passion and protective Falmouth University Graduates when I say surfers I mean all wave riders) instinct, providing inspiration that can with a passion for surfing and are such proactive and passionate help us all focus our energies on design, have donated a massive campaigners. We don’t call ourselves protecting our environment. amount of their time and skill www.sas.org. campaigners at the beach, we call over the last year working on uk ourselves ‘locals’. Locals often take Andy Cummins this. And a great job they’ve ownership of the beach and can often be Campaign Director done too.

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PIPELINE 79cs4.indd 4-5 08/02/2010 20:03

Membership sticker >>>>>>>NEWS campaign report >>>>>>> SAS Campaign Film Protect Our Waves New SAS campaign film to inspire grassroots environmental activism

>> We set out on the journey to make litter, to coastal development threats. the Protect Our Waves film over a year The animations are a step away from ago, and it has been a roller coaster of a SAS’s fancy dress skits of previous ride to get to this point, but what a high productions like ‘View From The Green point we’ve arrived at. Working with the Room’, and hopefully this new style will acclaimed director of photography help reinforce the strong campaign Richard Stewart, we have been filming up message we have today. and down the country to capture With the increasing pressure on spectacular footage of beaches, coastlines around the world, including coastlines and waves with some of the the wave resources itself, there has country’s best surfers in tow. never been a more important time for Our aim was to surfers to campaign create an we’re going to need to protect the inspirational vision to be even more environments and of some of the vocal and resolute waves that make our best waves and about the protection sport such a unique most beautiful of our coastline pleasure. Every coastlines in the surfer must surely country, and have a latent increasing pressure on the coastline (the The characters (Candice O’Donnell, not only help us generate more for their help - Candice O’Donnell, Gabe contrast them with the environmental interest in these issues, even if it has UK has around 350 people per km2) and Toby Donachie & Jack Johns) in the support around the country, but also Davies, Sam Bleakley, Nathan Phillips, threats facing our beaches and surf spots not yet been awoken. We immerse forecasts that the population will grow animations react to the further raise the international profile of Toby Donachie, Jacks Johns, Trev today. With footage from Land’s End to ourselves in the environment and rely from 60 to 75 million over the next 40 environmental problems they come our campaign work. Garland, Jayce Robinson, Richie Sills John O’Groats, and surf action including on Mother Nature to deliver our prize. years so it looks like we’re going to need across, resolving them by taking the We are currently organising a mini and all the other talents who surfed shortboarding, longboarding and The Protect Our Waves film is meant to to be even more vocal and resolute necessary action. The film ends with tour of the film with our partners The with us. bodyboarding, a real rarity for the ‘surf not only remind you of the beauty of about the protection of our coastline and the next steps you can take as a Surf Screen, and will be showing the film We would like to thank Richard genre’ these days and one that really this wonderful sport we share, but the limited number of pristine surf spots fledgling campaigner, from reporting in the coming weeks with the help of Stewart for all his hard work and energy evokes the current surf scene in the UK. importantly to inspire you to use your that exist on this small island. And the pollution incidents to the some of our regional reps. Please check on the project. We would also like to These beautiful images are juxtaposed voice, use your skills, use your network same applies around the globe – the Environment Agency to exposing the website www.sas.org.uk for details, thank Charlie Chambers, Robin Bushell, with innovative animations focusing on to help preserve this amazing gift for challenge is growing just to maintain the a problem with the help of the or join our Facebook group for Gus Herdman……. our current campaign issues, from future generations. status quo, let alone deliver more local press. announcements. Thanks to our charitable partners, The combined sewer overflows and marine From a UK perspective, there is improvements for our environment. The film will be widely released with We are hugely grateful to Radiohead, Quiksilver Foundation and the EOG media partners The Surfer’s Path in Ben Howard, Jackson C Frank and Association for Conservation. February, so watch out for the cover Martha & the Arthurs for donating the No secret spots were revealed in the mount, and don’t miss the chance to music for the film – an amazing making of this documentary. own a copy. The issue will come out on soundtrack from some inspirational We have 50 copies of the film to give February 26th and also includes an SAS musicians. away to members free – just send in a feature all about campaigning. This will We would like to thank all our surfers SAE, stamped envelope (30 pence). Just include a note with your membership number, a self-drawn picture of yourself on the SAS campaign trail (cleaning a beach, protesting, etc) and if you’d like to make a donation, feel free.

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PIPELINE 79cs4.indd 6-7 08/02/2010 20:03 >>>>>>> NEWS NEWS>>>>>>> UV, it’s Utterly Vital, all year round UV turn offs threaten increasing numbers of winter surfers >> As many of you will know, in the North East we successfully campaigned to ensure sewage treatment couldn’t be reduced outside the bathing season where surfers regularly surf. On the back of this campaign victory we The Wave, challenged all the UK’s water companies to see if any more of them reduce sewage treatment at The March surf spots. Immediately we identified Pease Bay in Scotland, but we recently Of The learnt that Anglian Water also reduces sewage treatment outside the bathing season on the east Surfers coast. Turning of the UV treatment Surfers Against Sewage campaigners march within the sewerage processes against climate change at the Wave In . results in a massive increase in the amount of pathogens in the sewage >>SAS campaigners were on the front calling on world leaders to implement issue, the stakes are just too high. So effluent discharged into the sea. line of the Wave march leading 50,000 targets to limit global warming to a whilst we wait for the world’s politicians This can dramatically increase the people protesting against climate maximum increase of 2 degrees Celsius. to pull their finger out we need to step health risk for change around London. SAS joined This is achievable and will limit some of up to the challenge as individuals. We surfers and …a massive other leading NGOs and members of the devastating impacts climate change all witness the impacts of climate waveriders from increase the Stop Climate Chaos coalition to call is threatening. The Wave march started change, and if like me, you are pathogens like in the amount of for strong climate change at Grosvenor Square in central London intrinsically linked to a special stretch Ecoli 0157, Hep A, pathogens in the commitments from world leaders and finished with 50,000 people of coastline somewhere around the Gastro Enteritis sewage effluent ahead of the UN Climate summit in encircling Parliament. country, you will be more than prepared and worse. discharged into Copenhagen in Unfortunately, to walk that extra mile to ensure the Anglian Water the sea… December. SAS joined other Copenhagen didn’t tide continues to drop back when the reduces sewage With the march leading NGOs and live up to the hype groundswell approaches. treatment at both Cleethorpes and being called the members of the Stop and although You know what to do: Choose a Mablethorpe. Not the most Wave we were Climate Chaos commitments were renewable tariff from your energy prominent surf spots in the UK but obviously going to coalition made, and positive provider, car share, turn the heating both beaches support surf treatment must not impact on water So this is a call for all surfers around be extremely steps were taken, down a touch and put on a jumper, communities that deserves year quality. the Mablethorpe and Cleethorpes area popular with the media. SAS we were disappointed that no legally recycle and reuse where possible and round protection. We strongly believe we can to take a camera to the beach until the campaigners wore wetsuits, carried binding carbon emission targets were more. And SAS will continue to work As part of our previous UV turn off highlight the presence of water users 1st of May and capture the evidence we surfboards and had their faces painted set. The feeling around the alongside other NGOs pressuring our campaign victory the Environment at both these beaches. Especially as need to ensure you get the levels of blue , which attracted lots of media environmental community was that a Government and other world leaders Agency stipulated that for a water the east coast’s best surf seasons protection you deserve. attention and the chance to express real opportunity was missed by those to do the right thing before our company to reduce treatment they falls at exactly the same time as the our concerns on a global platform. negotiating in Copenhagen. oceans and coastlines suffer beyond must prove an absence of water sewage treatment is being reduced Send your dated images to SAS joined Stop Climate Chaos in However, we can’t be defeated on this recognisable repair. users and that the reduced from 1st October to 1st May. [email protected]

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PIPELINE 79cs4.indd 8-9 08/02/2010 20:04 >>>>>>> CAMPAIGN

Shocking Appeal from water companies against Water regulation of raw sewage discharges word “Appealing” >> A Combined Sewer Overflow is As water company executives, referred to as a CSO in the water legal teams and the EA entered industry. CSOs are designed to Yorkshire Water, Welsh Water/ the appeal hearing we managed operate under storm conditions Dwr Cymru, Thames Water and Companies Are collar them and make sure they when the normal sewerage Severn Trent Water. understood that water users treatment can’t cope with the Immediately we wrote to the thought the appeal was appalling. volume of effluent passing Secretary of State for the The EA were impressed SAS through the system. We accept Environment to express our turned up and I think they were Appealing that there are extreme conditions concern both for the grateful of the noise we were when the CSOs are needed. environment and public health making on the issue. However, we have dramatically should the water companies be As you can imagine, the different opinions from the water successful in their appeal. majority of water company companies on how regularly these When the water companies Against executives had “no comment” CSOs should be operational i.e. pushed forward with the appeal but a few stopped for a proper discharging raw sewage. we decided to kick the chat and privately sympathised Just over three quarters of the proceedings off with a traditional with our position. As the UK’s 20,000 CSOs have discharge SAS action, embarrassing the proceedings got underway we Regulation consents, licenses that determine polluters. So in Cardiff’s city slipped inside to listen to how how often they should discharge centre on a busy Tuesday they unfolded. From the outset raw sewage into morning in the water company’s barrister our seas and Companies January we came across as very aggressive of This? rivers. appealing: Anglian rocked up outside and defensive and I almost Conversely, Water, Yorkshire Water, the hotel where sympathized with him trying to there are Welsh Water, Dwr the appeal was defend the indefensible. approximately Cymru, Thames Water being held. As Pipeline goes to press the 4,000 CSOs that an Severn Trent Water Obviously we had appeal has just finished and we are operating our wetsuits and should hear the outcome within 6 under a surfboards but we to 8 weeks. As soon as we hear temporary license and have done were also armed with a giant the results we will let you know since the water companies were image of a CSO, stuffed with via our website, facebook and privatised. These temporary sanitary towels, condoms and the twitter feeds. licenses are in effect a licence to like and adorned simply with the pollute as often as they like without risk of prosecution. As the name suggests, these licenses were always meant to be temporary and the water companies have had 20 years to notice about updating these CSO licenses. So we were shocked when a number of water companies appealed against the Environment Agency’s (EA) proposed new discharge alling! consents for these 4,000 CSOs. App The water companies appealing are: Anglian Water,

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PIPELINE 79cs4.indd 10-11 08/02/2010 20:04 >>> cover story! >>>>>>>COVER STORY

SASWaveriders’ voices heard loud VICTORY and clear in the Scottish Marine Bill. ! >> This amazing SAS campaign victory resource is recognised, valued and who certainly deserves a voice on these started many months ago with a few promoted. Surfing has quickly grown into Planning Partnerships. Robin and his team encouraging conversations with Robin a well-established sport in Scotland, and a did the same and together we started to Harper, Scottish Green Party MSP great number of Scots and visitors hugely get somewhere again on the issue. (Member of Scottish Parliament) and his enjoy our beaches and make a significant On the morning MSPs were voting on team about marine litter issues within contribution to local economies….” the Regional Planning Partnership, SAS the Scottish Marine Bill. There are a However, even with this outpouring of held an action outside the Scottish couple of surfers on Robin’s team and encouragement from MSPs, Surfing Parliament, Holyrood. Our campaigners Robin himself loves the Scottish coast Reserves didn’t receive the support literally had to break the ice to get into so we introduced the idea of Surfing needed for inclusion in the Marine Bill. the water feature in front of the Reserves. They of course loved it. But campaigning is never easy, and so as building. Once in the water with their Together we launched the Surfing one door shuts we always look for surfboards, windsurf sails, kayaks, Reserve concept into the Scottish Marine another window to open. This came in kitesurf boards and body boards they Bill, and with a classic SAS action at the the form of Regional Planning made sure their presence was felt and Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh we Partnerships, again within the Scottish voice was heard with loud hailers. successfully moved the issue onto the Marine Bill. All this hard campaigning paid off, as political agenda. Regional Planning Partnerships offer within hours Robin Harper’s Initially the Surfing Reserves concept surfers and all recreational water users a amendment had been voted through gained strong and we had our victory, support, with MSPs Just as important is the need to look for recreational water falling over opportunities to ensure that our wave users were guaranteed themselves to resource is recognised, valued and their rightful place on comment in promoted” – Cabinet Secretary for Rural these Planning Parliament on how Affairs & the Environment Partnerships within the important surfing is Richard Lockhead MSP Scottish Marine Bill. to Scotland. The Once again SAS has Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and legitimate and more powerful platform to influenced the highest office and the Environment, Richard Lochhead went raise any concerns about offshore and broken new gound for surfers and all on record to say: “..I well understand the near shore developments and pollution at water users. As significant marine purpose behind the amendments, which the earliest stage. However, after initially stakeholders we are well best placed is to protect our waves. After my summer being included, news reached us that to ensure that any concerns we have holiday with my family on Tiree, I am recreational water users had slipped off over the protection and sustainable certainly aware of the importance of the latest incarnation of Regional development of the coast are surfing to that island’s economy. Planning Partnerships. addressed at the appropriate level Scotland has world-class surfing beaches; We just saw this as another part of the and on the proper platform. for example, Thurso hosts an annual challenge so immediately got on the On behalf of all the UK’s water users, world qualifying series event that attracts phone to MSPs and lobbied for the I would like to say thanks to Robin hundreds of the world’s best surfers. I inclusion recreational water users on the Harper and his team as well as the want surfers to continue to access Regional Planning Partnerships. We Scottish SAS crew lead by SAS rep beaches, including the important beaches estimate that there are over 300,000 Alasdair Steele. Together we’ve made at Thurso, Tiree and East Lothian. Just as water users in Scotland, that’s more than all water users voices resonate down important is the need to look for 6% of the total population, constituting a the corridors of power, and ensured opportunities to ensure that our wave significant marine stakeholder and one they will do for years to come.

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PIPELINE 79cs4.indd 12-13 08/02/2010 20:04 >>>>>>> REP NEWS

Glasgow REGIONAL ROUND UP REGIONAL Peter Darborough SAS regional reps doing a great job all around the UK. REPS [email protected] is currently investigating options and coverage for SAS campaigns in the we look forward to hearing the area and you can check out what they Edinburgh Norfolk outcomes and timetable for progress have to say at www.sas.org.uk Alasdair Steele Louis Hudson – at our next meeting with them. If you [email protected] [email protected] want to view Britain’s Dirty Beaches TynemoutH Owain has been please visit SAS TV at www.sas.org.uk working closely with musician Ben Aaron is doing a fantastic job in the Howard over the past couple of years Northern Ireland Midlands area and will be helping with our and Ben’s recent national tour Andy Hill Martyn Poyntz-Roberts building campaign to get Peacehaven promoted SAS heavily and helped [email protected] [email protected] designated as a bathing water amongst raise some vital funds for the ongoing other things during the course of this campaigns. Ben has also donated his year. track ‘Wolves’ to the Protect Our Tynemouth Bristol Waves film, so a big thanks to both of Owain Davies Giles Watson Brighton & the South East Wales Ross Beese and Alice Middleton them. Ben will be touring later this [email protected] [email protected] coast Aaron Jennings, our Brighton have been working hard as SAS reps for year and playing support slots rep, recently joined our Campaign mid-Wales. As passionate surfers and huge impact already. They’ve organised including some dates with Xavier Director at the House of Commons, to environmentalists they have taken to some fantastic educational talks, Rudd – make sure you catch him North East/Saltburn London meet with representatives of Southern the role like ducks to water, creating a taking the campaign into local somewhere near you soon. Nick Noble David Tudor Water and the Hove & Portslade MP, schools to help young people get 01287 209 959 [email protected] Celia Barlow. Aaron called for the involved with environmental issues. Get Involved! meeting on the back of the BBC They’ve also struck up a working Get in touch with your local rep and get Panorama programme, Britain’s Dirty partnership with Keep Wales Tidy to involved with the campaign, local Scarborough Brighton Beaches, to call for better real time deliver beach cleans and, most beach cleans and much more. Steve Crawford Aaron Jennings information about combined sewer notably were chosen by BBC Sport [email protected] [email protected] discharges in the area. Southern Water Wales to talk about how sports in Wales are doing their bit to protect the environment. This was fantastic North Wales & The Isle of Wight Wirral Ingrid Griffiths Joe Caudwell [email protected] [email protected] MEET OWAIN DAVIES Mid-Wales Channel Islands Firstly, I’m a Geordie born and beach clean… it was mind blowing; even shooting some surf footage Alice & Ross Martin Brouard bred… which also means I started some of the rubbish we’d find, so for the BBC. Most recently I’ve [email protected] [email protected] surfing in murky water much waste would wash ashore. A been working as the team manager resembling Brown Ale. toddler once handed me a syringe, it at VonZipper. I am really excitied at I’ve always been conscious of was messed up! the moment as I’m about to go on South Wales Cornwall our environment, coastal issues The last few years have been tour with musical supremo and SAS Elliot Dudley Hugo, Andy & Dom and how, as surfers we owe hectic… after finishing uni in member, Ben Howard who I’ve [email protected] [email protected] Mother Ocean a helping hand for Falmouth I spent a decent stint in helped manage the last couple of all the joy she’s brought us. London working in film and media years. I’ve been a member of I spent a few summers working before moving to Hossegor in France. Surfers Against Sewage for about North Devon Bournemouth & Poole as a lifeguard on the local I continued to work freelance with 15 years and am proud to take on Mikey Corker Chris Ranford beaches, everyday we would brands, doing surf photography and the role as an SAS rep. [email protected] [email protected]

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PIPELINE 79cs4.indd 14-15 08/02/2010 20:04 >>>>>>> NEWS meet a member >>>>>>> MEET A MEMBER MATTHEW BURREL

Age? 8 Who or what is your inspiration? Occupation? School boy Kelly Slater and Harry DeRoth How long have you been a member What’s your favourite album/film/ of SAS? Since October 2009 book? AC/DC Black Ice, Blues Brothers, Bring Why did you join SAS? Because I love Don’t really read books. surfing and care about the Tell us about your latest project/s environment. I want to be able to surf or news: Moved up to St Ives Junior in clean water as well as keep our school in September last year, entered Back seals and other wildlife safe from my first surfing competition in being strangled or choked on rubbish September. Haven’t surfed much since and fishing nets. the lifeguards left Porthmeor, but mum The SAS When & where were you last in the did let me go in on Christmas morning. I water? Christmas Day morning on can’t wait for the summer so that I can Porthmeor, St Ives, Cornwall surf again!! I am learning to play the High tide? Being asked to be in guitar and got an electric guitar for Ball! Pipeline magazine. Christmas, I would love to have my own Huge demand to see the SAS Ball come back in 2010!” Low tide? Tripping over while on band one day. I am off school at the holiday in Lanzarote and smashing my moment and going out now to play with >> Well, we have of course noticed the head on a volcanic rock wall ..... ouch! my friends in the snow. huge call for the SAS Ball to come back this year, having been carefully monitoring the new Facebook campaign page ‘Bring Back the SAS Ball!’ At the time of writing this, the ‘Bring Back the SAS Ball!’ page has got over 3,200 fans in just 10 days! The comments and photos are overwhelmingly positive too, and if it carries on at this rate we’ll have no choice but to bring back the event. It would of course be the perfect year sas_ad_feb2010:Layout 1 13/1/10 16:46 Page 1 to bring the event back, it being SAS’s 20th anniversary. What better way to celebrate 20 years of successful environmental challenges ahead, which was also an amazing event, which campaigning and look forward to the SAS is so well placed to do. helped keep SAS firmly in people’s recycled flipflop The Ball was always a minds and the campaign issues at the surf jewellery. Handmade fantastic end to the summer, top of the media and surf community’s using disposed, discarded and a great place for the surfing agenda. Here are some images to and washed up flipflops community to get together and remind you of the amazing event of along s. wales beaches. celebrate. The event hosted an years gone by! The ultimate eco-friendly array of amazing acts over the So, watch this space, and make sure surf accessory. years including Razorlight, your membership is up to date over Faithless, the Darkness, the the coming months in case a ticket Automatic and many more. It announcement is made! www.pinkdiesel.co.uk

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PIPELINE 79cs4.indd 16-17 08/02/2010 20:04 >>>>>>>MEMBERS AREA This wave’s for you MEMBER’S COMPETITIONS >>We have more awesome prizes for you! To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer the following questions and you’ll be entered into a draw. Email the answers to [email protected] or post your answers with your contact details to the SAS office. The deadline for entries is 10am 22nd March 2010. Win a Footprint Surfing Europe book! The ultimate surf travel guide to the Continent. Approximately how many Q ships travel through the English Channel every day? a) 100 b) 400 c) 800 Tribute to Tom Clinton (16 Feb 1983 – 30 Nov 2009) by Richard Clinton On the 30th of November we lost a true Whether he was chasing and charging boundaries and with a constant smile. Win a kid’s goody bag! friend and brother in an accident in Bali. big waves, taking water shots, free Tom; a true friend, an inspiration, a This cool giveaway consists of a rucksack, Tommo lived his dreams. He was a diving, spear fishing, skating or rock legend. surf wax and comb kit, lanyard, SAS traveller, a free spirit. climbing, he lived without fear or You will never be forgotten. stickers and pen and baseball cap. For how many years have Q SAS been campaigning? TYF SAS ad 26/2/09 16:25 Page 1 Stephen Downes a) 10 years Stephen Downes was a keen board and dingy sailor who b) 20 years loved the outdoors, and supported SAS’s cause to keep c) 30 years the water and coastlines clean and to be enjoyed by all. living life’s Member of the Year 2009 Emily Howard adventures >>SAS is delighted to announce that our Member of the since 1986 Year 2009 is Emily Howard. Emily raised almost £600 for SAS through the festival Dodd-Stock, which she organised in memory of Julius Dodd, and also worked to promote SAS at the festival. Emily also sold hundreds of tickets for the SAS raffle. “I joined Surfers Against Sewage in March 2009, this St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales was at the same time Team Dodd-Stock chose who we 01437 721611| www.tyf.com were going to raise money for. I watched the video of Andy’s speech on your website and knew I had to join. I’m so delighted to win Member of the Year, SAS are incredible and I hope to raise lots more money for them at Dodd-Stock 2010 so they can keep up the good work!”

Simon Cunningham VOLUNTEER THANKS >>Big thanks to all the volunteers who’ve helped since last Simon had a gift for and a great love of teaching Pipeline: Tony McGarr, Garry Whitridge, Ferg Chipman, windsurfing and kite sailing. He will be remembered Graham Forster, Michelle Gurney, Hero Selwood, Simon anywhere there’s wind, waves and water. Turner & Sophie Stokes. Thanks also to Clemie Hardie and Harry Wade who helped out during their work placements.

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Get Involved in 2O1O >> We’re calling for you to get involved in some exciting fundraising events in 2010. To help make your fundraising easier SAS is now part of Justgiving, the largest community of online charity supporters in the world. This is a fantastic resource for our supporters, and we’re encouraging anyone organising or taking >> It’s our 20th anniversary this year, and to celebrate we shipping lane (over 400 ships a day travel through the part in a fundraising event to use the site are putting on our most exciting fundraising event to date. channel), so our paddlers will be facing down tankers and to raise funds for our campaigns. Visit In June a team of five Stand Up Paddleboarders will be taking on big swells as they attempt the 21-mile crossing. A www.justgiving.com/2010challenge to undertaking a record-breaking attempt to cross the English challenge of this size can only be tackled by the UK’s best create your fundraising page or email Channel from Dover to Calais to raise £10,000 for SAS. paddleboarders, so we’ve lined up a sterling list of the top [email protected] with any fundraising The crossing will take place in the world’s busiest riders in the country to take part. queries. Check out the events below to kick off your fundraising inspiration: Claire Blacklock Jock Patterson RUN For SAS British SUP Champion in 2009 Joe Way Paddle for Life London Marathon (Cornwall) 25th April 2010 23rd September 2010 If you’ve got a place booked for the Fundraiser SAS entered a team in the Paddle for London Marathon then why not use it to of the Year Life last year, and had a great time Elliot Dudley support SAS? We can help promote your We’re stoked to announce that our whilst managing to raise £300 for our run and provide you with advice and Fundraiser of the Year award has gone campaigns. We’re looking for even support for your fundraising. to Rich Thomas and Matt Smith, more people to get involved this year. Simon Bassett Matt Argyle organisers of the Greenaway Pro Check out the next Pipeline for more Matt Argyle, Great North Run – surfing event held in St Ives, Cornwall details. currently ranked 19th September 2010 this year. The Greenaway Pro was held 2nd in the UK for At just 13 miles this race isn’t as long as the in memory of local surfer Tom Thank you SUP surfing and London Marathon, but still gives you the Greenaway, and raised over £2,000 for SAS would like to say a huge thank you SUP racing and chance to take part in a classic run. Best of charity – including £750 for SAS. The to Clare Lewis, who organised an Inter- Chairman of the all, the race is a few months away so guys have won a holiday courtesy of Island Walk on the Isles of Scilly and British Stand Up you’ve got plenty of time to get training! Eco Retreats and have donated it to raised over £398 for our campaigns. A Paddle Association (BSUPA) said, involved with Tom’s parents, John and Ruth full list of thank you messages can be “This is a fantastic opportunity for this attempt to cross the crossing the channel by Truro Half - Marathon Greenaway. seen on www.sas.org.uk. BSUPA and stand up paddlers to raise Channel - It’ll be an amazing thing to paddleboard currently stands at 5 19th September 2010 money for SAS, an organisation that achieve and be able to look back on.” hours and 9 minutes so the This half-marathon takes place in the has made a demonstrable difference Also paddling will be Elliot Dudley. pressure is on to beat this time! capital of Cornwall. This is the perfect to the quality of the environment Elliot has been Welsh Longboard To reach our fundraising target warm-up race for the Eden Project that all water sports enthusiasts rely Champion since 2004 and won of £10,000 we’ll need as much Marathon, which takes place on the 10th on. All of the paddlers will be training numerous other titles, and is also support as possible. You can October 2010, and provides runners with hard to take on this challenge and the SAS rep for South Wales. Elliot sponsor the paddlers and show some tough but spectacular terrain. we hope to raise as much money as said, “I’m really excited to be your support for the crossing at possible. taking part in the 2010 Challenge www.justgiving.com/ Simon Bassett - SUP expert and for SAS. It’s an amazing opportunity surfersagainstsewage. Matt Argyle head coach for BSUPA and I can’t wait to try and break the will be blogging about the Claire Blacklock - British SUP world record for the fastest SUP experience on http://www. Women’s Champion in 2009. Claire crossing of the English Channel.” supglobal.com, check it out for said, “I am really excited to be The Guinness World Record for news on the paddlers’ training.

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THE GREATEST SAS TEES & HOODIES OF THE DECADE IN-STORE NOW! >>It’s the dawn of a new era and the the decade! Seriously though, we all awesome new SAS logo has arrived! love the new look and think the At every beach bar, coastal car park designs truly reflect the SAS of today and secret spot you’ll soon see the as we move into our 3rd decade of brand new incarnation of the SAS Eye grass-roots campaigning and proudly branded on our range of educating. Be part of the SAS tribe of the future hoodies and t-shirts! We have t-shirts and hoodies for men and be part of surfing history – buy The SAS Eye has been looking over and women in organic cotton, and a your eco-gear now and help support our supporter’s shoulders for 20 years hemp top for the ladies. All the the campaign that keeps on and is an iconic part of British surf designs are in stylish tonal prints and protecting! culture. The new logo has been given by popular demand, the women’s tees The SAS webshop is having a facelift Sustained Wavelength Fins Surfgirl a cool twist for our Spring/Summer have a more subtle print on the hip and it’ll be clearer and easier than ever Wavefinder Adventure Cornwall Drift Magazine Three Sixty clothing range and the result is simply and flattering, fashionable cuts that to order, so drop by soon and check it Publications Pitpilot Magazine Ocean Paddler Magicseaweed.com the best SAS t-shirts and hoodies of suit everyone. out! www.sas.org.uk Viledge.com The Source DiveGenie.com A1surf.com Boards Magazine Yachts and Yachting Xsports-magazine Windsurfer Carve International www.sas.org.uk Surfers Path Drift Magazine

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