Half Way there, half way to Go!
The Transparentsea team passes Point Plomer www.transparentseavoyage.com (Tuesday, October 20th, Crescent Head, NSW, Australia): After 19 days of surfing, paddling and sailing their way down the NSW coast, the environmental awareness group led by pro surfer Dave Rastovich has successfully passed the halfway point of their intended 700km, 36 day voyage from Byron Bay to […]
NORTHERN BEACHES JOIN THE LARGEST DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION IN HISTORY
2000+ EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD On Saturday 24 October 2009 Northern Beaches residents will join hundreds of thousands of people from around the world in taking a stand for a safe climate future as part of the largest global day of climate action ever witnessed. The call to action by both Climate Action Pittwater and […]
“TRANSPARENTSEA” – A MODERN JOURNEY WITH ANCIENT CREATURES
Professional surfer Dave Rastovich initiates a bold environmental awareness campaign tomorrow from Byron Bay. Professional free-surfer and environmental campaigner David Rastovich will attempt an epic 700km ocean paddle from Byron Bay to Bondi Beach this October. The journey aims to follow the annual migration south of humpback whales and their calves while raising awareness of […]
Surf Days Ahead for Indigenous Kids
A group of Indigenous children will be given the experience of a lifetime this Wednesday thanks to the No-Way Campaign Foundation and Surfing NSW.
Wave Pools: Good or Bad for the Sport of Surfing?
Kelly Slater says the ASP should have some wave pool events. What do you think?
Stand Up Paddle Surfing to be included in Surfing Australia’s Australian National Titles
Surfing Australia Head Office Casuarina Precinct NSW — For Immediate Release: Australian Titles will this year be decided for the first time in the rapidly growing and now well established discipline of Stand Up Paddle (SUP) Surfing. Surfing Australia announced the inclusion of the Open SUP division into the Country […]
Oxford Falls Valley – Impact to Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment
Even as Wall Street consults the entrails of the goat on the steps of the New York stock exchange, the Wizards of Oz are planning to sell off the Warringah Farm. The BATTLE FOR OXFORD FALLS VALLEY continues. The resident’s army needs YOU! NOW is the time to step up and fight! We are at the pointy end of a […]
Localism: managing the Commons?
David Bollier is an editor at onthecommons.org and he’s interested in the way people manage common resources – including surf breaks. He opens his essay entitled “A Surfing Commons in Hawaii: The Wolfpak of Oahu manages access to the biggest waves in the world.” thusly: You can find a commons in the most unlikely places. […]
GOVERNMENT EXTENDS RIP CURL PRO SUPPORT UNTIL 2011
The Rip Curl Pro Surf & Music Festival has been granted funding for a further three years by the Victorian Government leading up to the 50thanniversary in 2011 the Premier John Brumby announced yesterday at Bells Beach. Mr Brumby and the Sports and Recreation Minister, James Merlino met with two-time World Champion and Rip Curl […]
Surfrider polls the Pols in Warringah
Over the last week, Surfrider Foundation has asked the candidates a series of 9 questions about issues of direct concern to surfers on the Northern Beaches. If you’re a voter, you really should spend a few minutes reading what these folks have to say about dumping sewage into the sea, allowing more development in the […]