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Save the Waves Fundraiser

admin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:00:39 +0000

June 14 – Save The Waves brought in $45,000 during their yearly fundraising event to defend worldwide surf spots. Most know it’s typical in Northern California now – the surfing was terrible just about every place on June 10th. Freezing, windy, foggy as well as tiny. Fortunately, San Francisco’s largest yearly bash, Life is a Wave, provided a little relief out of the Spring-time doldrums. The party, that typically blends environmentalism together with surf culture, music, artwork, as well as history, brought in $45k for the purpose of Save The Waves’ environmentally friendly opportunities, to help safeguard as well as sustain surfing shoreline around the globe.

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Turtle Doo-doo

admin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:46:53 +0000

In the good news/bad news department, the green turtles of Hawaii are seemingly making a comeback (very good news). The downside … the amount of turtle poop found on the beaches has increased as well. So much so that a resident complained and mistakenly claimed the droppings were from a sewage spill!

Plastics Are Forever – Youth Summit

admin — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:34:03 +0000

Our friends over at Rise Above Plastics have reminded us that there’s a super important event happening next Spring and we need to get the youth out and involved – it’s the Plastics Are Forever Youth Summit being held by the Algalita Foundation.

We are literally poisoning ourselves with the plastic we discard. The chemicals found in plastic are now entering our food chain and our blood stream – chances are good that if you tested your blood right now, you would find chemical components of plastics in your body!

We MUST get the youth involved NOW – our lives depend in it…

Greenhoues Gases Killing Sea Life

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:55:16 +0000

Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) are causing an increase of acidity in our oceans and scientists warn that this may pose a major threat to aquatic life.

Fifty percent of the carbon dioxide produced from burning fossil fuels gets absorbed by the ocean and reacts with water to form carbonic acid. This carbonic acid increases the overall acidity of ocean water. There has been a 30 percent increase in acidity in our oceans since the Industrial Revolution.

Paddle to Benefit Heal the Bay

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:26:34 +0000

Calling all paddlers – both prone and SUP!

This Saturday, June 12th, is the Santa Monica Pier Paddle Board Race. They’re expecting up to 250 paddle contestants and will also host a dory competition and a paddle gear exhibition all to benefit Heal the Bay.

The races will start and finish on the sand adjacent to the Santa Monica pier with the courses running north and south in the heart of the Santa Monica Bay. Both the stand up paddle and prone paddle races feature 5.5 mile and 1 mile courses.

Registration starts at 8am with the first race at 9:30am.

For more info see the Heal the Bay website: http://www.healthebay.org/events/special/2010_06_12_SMPaddleBoardRace.asp

Of course don’t forget to outfit yourself in one of our stylish pair of boardshorts as well as protect your skin with a rash guard shirt or KoreDry UV shirt.

Stand Up For California Parks

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:55:25 +0000

We here at Buy Board Shorts know that many states are having to cut back on services but California’s state parks have taken an especially bad beating from Governor Schwarzenegger this past year, with many parks being forced to close along with parking and camping fees shooting sky high!

The California State Parks Association is holding an event this holiday weekend called ‘Stand Up for State Parks’.

Their idea is that the best way to show support for California’s state parks is to go out and visit them! The event will also raise awareness to the fiscal problems the state parks are facing and generate public action for the protection and funding of California’s state parks.

What better time to Stand Up For State Parks than the unofficial start of summer, Memorial Day weekend.

Participation in this event is fun and easy – and can help make a big difference! All you need to do is visit a state park, and then share your experience!

Of course we always advocate wearing a pair of our boardshorts along with a UV protecting shirt such as a rash guard or KoreDry shirt, along with environmentally friendly sunscreen while you’re outside enjoying a hike or swim at your favorite state park.

Hair Donations Needed To Soak Up OIl Spill

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:00:54 +0000

Yes, it may sound strange but hair and other natural fibers are a great way to soak up oil spills and a call is going out to send these items down to the Gulf to help out.

A group called Matter of Trust is collaborating with thousands of salons along with groomers, wool farmers, individuals and pet owners throughout the US and abroad, to donate their clippings to soak up oil spills. They also accept fur and other “natural fibers” waste wool, alpaca fleece, horse hair, feathers, etc.

You can find out more about this unique program here: http://www.matteroftrust.org/programs/hairmatsinfo.html

Kids Make the Plastic Connection

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:24:26 +0000

It’s no surprise that we here at Buy-Board-Shorts love the beach!! And we love it even more when little tykes are taught first-hand about how harmful plastic trash found on the beach can be.

That’s why we were thrilled to learn about a project that the 1st graders at Jefferson Elementary School, (Carlsbad, CA), recently completed…

Seems the kids were inspired by a presentation made to them by San Diego Surfrider RAP activist Heather Benson, then guided by their teacher Arlene Gnade, and local “gARTbage” artist, Teresa Espaniola to spend over 5 months collecting plastic garbage from nearby beaches to create a giant “whale” they named Lil’ Gray.

You can see photos and read about their experiences on their blog.

Organic Surf Wax

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:41:41 +0000

We here at Buy Board Shorts have just discovered one of the coolest eco-friendly products: Matunas Surf Wax!

Not only is Matunas non-toxic, biodegradable, petroleum-free, and wrapped in labels using 100% FSC certified recycled paper with soy ink – it has a awesome bead and super grip (crucial for those late drops!)

While it’s new to us it’s been around since 1998. Grown on Matuna’s farm in Northern California, it’s 100% natural and scented with REAL strawberries, raspberries, and jasmine flowers!

Good for the environment, good for your nose and good for your stick.

Go Green When You Go Back to School

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:39:03 +0000

US colleges generate over 3.6 million tons of waste which is about 2% of the country’s total. Add in all of the high schools, elementary schools, etc and you’re really talking trash!

Do you know what makes up over 1/2 of all that waste?? PAPER!!

So when you or your kids head back to school in the coming weeks we here at Buy-Board-Shorts hope that you’ll keep that in mind and try to take a few simple steps to reduce YOUR paper waste.

The easiest ones that come to mind are to use both sides of you paper and recycle. You can also use paper made from recycled paper, (is that like reincarnation?).