Dirty water at the beach is a bummer, and stormwater runoff causes a majority of the closures and swimming advisories issued at our beaches. Congress is now considering a bill that will promote green solutions to stormwater runoff. Join … [Read more...]
How to Recycle a Surfboard & Save the Enviroment
November 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This is a great video, reminding us of an ugly truth: that surfboards aren't environmentally friendly at all. So recycle your boards! or leave behind 4 tons of toxic waste over your lifetime, according to Burt. How to Recycle a Surfboard … [Read more...]
To Pee or Not to Pee: That is the Question
July 28, 2010 By 13 Comments
To pee or not to pee: that is the question; Whether 'tis warmer in the lineup to suffer The stink and yellow of our own urine, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To shiver: to freeze; No more; and by with … [Read more...]
Buy Some Stuff, Support the Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup
July 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Our friends over at Envirosurfer are doing something super cool...they are donating 5% of all sales this month to the Nature Conservancy’s Fund for Gulf Coast Restoration to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf. Now you know, so go to … [Read more...]
Cigarette Butts and the Ocean
May 30, 2010 By 5 Comments
It's a little known fact that the biggest pollutant to hit the oceans isn't those plastic bags from your local supermarket, or oil from the Exxon Valdez or brown trout from your local sewer, it's CIGARETTE BUTTS. If you're a surfer who smokes, well, … [Read more...]
Twilight’s Edward Cullen fights new LNG facilities and dirty beaches
February 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Yes, that's right! Twilight's own Edward Cullen has shown up to fight proposed Liquid Natural Gas facilities in Long Island, New York. Further, he's taking his celeb creds on the beach to pick up litter and point out just how big the problem … [Read more...]
Surfing an eco-friendly wave of green.
June 13, 2009 By 3 Comments
The foam board revolution has been hailed one of the grandest changes in the surfboard's history since the invention of the fin. But after many decades of buying and using these surfboards, many of our eco-conscious brethren have realized that they … [Read more...]
Standup Paddle Magazine launches: surfers everywhere puke a little
April 25, 2009 By 14 Comments
Yep. It's true. As announced over at SurfersVillage.com, the surfing world has put out another magazine for us self respecting surfers not to buy. Standup Paddle Magazine launched it's virgin issue this month, ushering in a whole new error of … [Read more...]
Southern California: Paradise Lost
March 21, 2009 By 7 Comments
Perhaps this isn't a myth, especially if you surf in Southern California, but Southern California isn't what its all cracked up to be. Although the water is generally pleasant and warm, and the weather is always around 72 degrees, the Southern … [Read more...]
I like my surfing lifestyle to be smoke free…
March 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
... so I guess I just might buy stuff from this guy from now on. When buying from this guy, I am assured that the gear he is selling is smoke-free! What more could an underage goody-goody-two-shoes ask for? And yes, I really care what kind of … [Read more...]
