Huntington Beach, (aka Surf City), is known around the globe for it’s waves and beaches and tomorrow local Surfrider members, (and non-members), will spend a couple of hours doing their part to keep the beach liter free and beautiful – so why not join them?
You can find them at the south side of the Pier near Huntington Street from 8:00am to Noon.
You can even park for free if you enter at the Beach Blvd gate and tell them you’re there to participate in the Surfrider beach clean up. Once you get parked, hit the sand and look for the blue Surfrider Tent at Tower 11. Clean up supplies provided along with service hours of community service proof, if needed.
With the growing popularity of stand up paddling, (SUP), Surfing Australia announced the inclusion of the Open SUP division into the Country Energy Australian Surfmasters to be run at Port Macquarie this coming August.
The last couple of years have seen a huge surge in the sport which is really a throwback to ancient times when standing on a large board and using a paddle to propel through the water was a common mode of transportation in Hawaii. But ‘everything old is new again’ an that holds true for SUP.
Now, around the world you can find SUP in the oceans and on lakes with some surfing breaks being almost taken over by paddlers.
“The quality of Stand Up Paddle surfers emerging throughout Australia and the world is exciting and there’s many past and present champions of the sport of surfing now very competent and devoted Stand Up Paddle surfers” said Surfing Australia Chief Executive Officer Andrew Stark.
A study is underway to examine the impact of tidal turbines on marine wildlife. Although the ocean could provide countless amounts of natural energy, there is very little known about the environmental impacts of harnessing such power.
The study in question will be done over three years by a partnership of the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).
Australian surfer, Owen Wright, took first place in the SriLankan Airlines Pro in the Maldives yesterday!
According to many of the judges and contest officials this was one of the most exciting and high scoring finals they’d seen in years.
Owen Wright went head-to-head with Pat Gudauskas as the two battled it out for first place. Wright emerged the victor as the final scores gave Wright 19.23 and Gudauskas 18.93 out of a possible 20.
