When the City of San Diego Eliminated Trash Cans at Coastal Spots in an Attempt to Bridge a Budget Gap, Surf Shop Owner Stepped Up to the Plate to Show How Private Hands Can Fill In the GapÂ
San Diego, CA — In response to a rising budget deficit, the City of San Diego last year moved to eliminate trash collection at 28 beach-access and other coastal spots, saving the city $125,000. The decision, although arguably necessary, did not go unnoticed by beachgoers, especially surfers. At many points along the coast, surfers have the religious habit of spending sometime at the water’s edge, sipping on a hot drink, chatting with friends, and checking out the waves. After the drink is over, friends go their way, the surf keeps pushing, and the coffee cup is tossed into a fairly familiar trash can. But now that good ol’ basket is likely to be either full or all together absent… Details
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Mossel Bay’s Shaun Joubert and Athlone Park’s Sarah Baum surfed their way to the top spots in the Oakley Pro Junior Port Alfred Men’s and Women’s divisions respectively. As the defending champion, Joubert made it two in a row by beating Brendon Gibbens (Kommetjie) in the highest scoring heat of the event. Baum claimed a landmark victory over fellow finalist Kirsty Delport (Durban) to take the win in the first ever ASP Africa sanctioned Pro Junior Women’s event in the history of South African surfing. The entire day of surfing was run in perfect three to four foot (1 to 1.5 metre) waves at Port Alfred’s East Beach, with soft offshore winds and sunny skies all the way to the final.
The Oakley Pro Junior Men’s final started with both surfers posting decent rides in the 6 point range (out of a possible 10), until on the 11 minute mark Joubert took off on a medium sized wave, worked a good opening turn and then set up on the inside for an extremely high double grab aerial, landing low on his board and riding it out to a perfect 10 point score from the judges. This put opponent Brendon Gibbens in a combination situation, the Cape Town surfer struggling to answer back. Joubert then extended his lead with an excellent 8.00 awarded after a series of radical and tight off-the-bottom off-the-top combinations, finishing strong by surfing out of a quick and powerful turn as the wave exploded behind him.
Joubert’s combined total now sat at …Â Details
Following in the success of the Australia Day Paddle Out, the Kirra Surfriders club (KSC), the Kirra Surf Club (SLSC) and the Surfrider Foundation will join forces again to host the 2009 Kirra SurfStock.
A three day Surfing Festival from November 6th, 7th, & 8th featuring multiple surf events such as the Mick Fanning/Michael Peterson Rising Star Junior Challenge and a range of surfcraft comps from club teams, Longboards, SUP (Stand Up Paddle Boards), Surfboats, Surf schools and even Touch Footy on the beach.
Live music with at least one Internationally famous band on the beach plus loads of activities including Surf Woody’s and Kombi’s, skateboards, movies, photos’s and art embracing the surf culture of Kirra, helping to raise funds for non profit ocean environmental groups like the Surfrider Foundation… DetailsÂ
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is proud to inform that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed that the ISA is in compliance with the 2009 Anti-Doping Code.
Always looking towards excellence in sport and the best sportsmanship attitude from our athletes, the ISA continues to conduct anti-doping tests in each of its events.
Recently the ISA received a letter from WADA Director, Rune Anderson and Senior Manager, Emiliano Simonelli, stating: “We have reviewed your amendments in light of our suggestions, and …Â Details
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