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Retailers Move to Stem Tide of Cotton Bud Sticks

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:35:26 +0100

Clean water campaigners the Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) and the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) are delighted with the news that six major retailers have agreed to implement new labelling on cotton bud packaging following persuasive action by both groups. The new measures will encourage customers to ‘Think Before They Flush’, and help prevent these items from washing up on the nation’s beaches. There are now 10 major retailers currently using or about to phase-in the clearer labelling across the UK.

SAS and the Grass Routes Tour

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:36:03 +0100

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) campaigners take to the road next month for a western seaboard leg of The Grassroots Tour. Each year SAS plan a weeklong tour that visits key watersport sites up and down the country. Over the last few years we've been the length and breadth of the country and met some great people that are passionate about protecting and improving their coastal environment for all to enjoy.

New Surf Movie From The Makers Of Singlefin Yellow

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:29:02 +0100

From the film-makers who brought you Singlefin: yellow, DRIVE and Stylemasters, comes One California Day, a story about surf culture and tradition. This movie features surfing from some of the world's best including Joel Tudor, Joe Curren, Alex Knost, the Malloys and many more.

SAS Go 'Turdabout' In Guernsey

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:35:04 +0100

It’s election day in Guernsey and SAS are urging the electorate to vote for those candidates that support a move away from the raw sewage ‘pump and dump’ philosophy currently used on the island.Earlier this week SAS campaigners went ‘turdabout’ in Guernsey, by dragging a giant inflatable poo around Bellegreve Bay from the back of a R.I.B and then descending on St Peter Port’s high street to leaflet voters on which candidates support full sewage treatment.

Cross An Ulsterman With An Hawaiian And You Get...

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:54:16 +0100

...an Orangeman in a grass skirt? No, you get George Freeth, often billed as the "first surfer in the United States". Apparently, Georgie's old man hailed from Ulster and fell for a Wahine after he emigrated to Hawaii. The offspring of their loins turned out to be a rather interesting dude. As inscribed on a memorial statue at Redondo beach in California...

Election candidates questioned over sewage by SAS

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:37:12 +0100

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has begun its election campaigning for improved sewage treatment in Guernsey by asking all prospective candidates to answer a 'sewage questionnaire'. The resulting answers will be compiled and shown online at www.sas.org.uk in the run up to polling day.

British Airways - Karma Bums

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:07:00 +0000

According to British Airway's (BA) own webshite "At London Heathrow Terminal 5 we’ve created a natural, logical journey that’s so calm, you’ll flow through. It shouldn’t take long to get from Check-in to Departures. Transferring and arriving are just as simple and calm. Spend the time you save enjoying the excellent range of shops, cafes and restaurants. Or simply relax and be wowed by the world class architecture..."

DIY Surfboard Kits From Grain & Magicseaweed

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:22:47 +0000

No, it's not the wing of an outsized model aircraft - it's a Grain Surfboard in assembly. Produced in Maine from a company with a background in boat-building, you can now buy these wooden boards in kit form from Magicseaweed - their new (and exclusive?) European distributor. Using white & red Cedar from sustainable suppliers you buy a kit that includes board frame, cedar planks and rail strips, fin box, leash plug, glue, epoxy, fiberglass (sic), rubber gloves and more. Every step of this process has been thought through and is detailed in our 40 page instruction manual. Each board takes approximately 60 hours to build, but will be around for a lifetime of waves.

SAS’s Spring Beach Cleaning At Porthtowan

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:42:45 +0000

Arh, spring is in the air. The sun has been doing it’s best and the beach is back on the list of places to go to. However, since you were last there, winter storms, big waves and strong South Westerly winds have driven millions more pieces of marine litter onto our beaches. Because of this, Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) campaigners are organising a spring beach clean at Porthtowan on the 23rd of February, starting at 10.30 outside the Blue Bar.

Great Stoke From Little Acorns Grow

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:38:49 +0000

Whilst "eco-friendly" surfboards (I'm referring to the variants that use alternative foam and resin formulations) have been on the radar here for many moons, they haven't really gotten close to being mainstream - yet. Perceived price, cheap pop-outs from Chinatown and performance issues may have stalled acceptance but actually finding board shops that will sell you something greener is rather hit and miss.

Beach Litter Returned To Source In Holland By SAS

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:49:11 +0000

A Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) campaigner has returned to Cornwall from the Netherlands having shown a Dutch Shipping Company the medical bags that SAS believe were lost from their boat the MV Endeavor and which have been washing up on Cornish and Devon beaches throughout January.

REEF = Surf Sexploitation?

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:51:49 +0000

It was the video below that did it for me. It had me wondering if Kevin Flanagan, the VP of marketing for REEF would want his daughter's thong-strapped ass up there promoting all their tacky products. Now I've no idea if Kev has a daughter, wife or girlfriend - presumably he's had a mother unless he's been hatched from sort of weird corporate cloning factory (less unlikely as the years roll by) - but you get my drift.

Medical Waste on Sennen Beach

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:56:10 +0000

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) campaigners spent yesterday afternoon recovering 80 'Baxters' medical bags that have been washing up at Sennen Cove, Cornwall. The bags have also been reported on beaches on the Isles of Scilly, Marazion and Flushing, near Falmouth.

Taiji - some days that will live in infamy

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:11:31 +0000

The saga of the seven plagues of Egypt - the curse where rivers and streams turn to blood - kept trickling through my head as I stared at this shocking image from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's site. This isn't Egypt but the coastline off Taiji, one of a number of villages that make up part of the fishing community in this region of Southern Japan. The ocean has turned a gory red, awash with blood from scores of dolphins, porpoises and small whales that are herded into shallow water for slow death slaughter by spear, knife and hook.

Chasing Dora

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:17:40 +0100

"Chasing Dora" is the story of three California surfers who decided to bring to life an epic challenge thrown down by one of surfing's greatest stylists, the renowned maverick, Miki Dora, who died in 2002 at age 67.