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Apr

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15
Apr

Surfing – Save The Waves Coalition Success Story

Endangered Wave: Santos Del Mar, Chile

Update April, 2009:
The Los Robles Coal Power Plant proposed for a remote beach near the new Santos del Mar big-wave surf spot in Chile has been indefinitely postponed. This is a great victory for local activists and surfers who are very concerned about the environmental effects that such a mega-project would have on local ecosystems and coastline. A remote Chilean point break would be completely obliterated by the project’s wharf and air and water pollution would devastate the region. However, activists recently won a temporary victory when the energy company AES Gener announced that the project is on hold due to a lack of investors: a combination of activists successfully publicizing the issue against the coal industry and a faltering world economy where such massive development projects are harder and harder for the private sector to finance. Although this is merely a battle won and not a full victory, it gives environmentalists and opposition a chance to regroup forces and continue its successful campaign against the coal plant proposal.

Surfers for Cetaceans, Save The Waves Coalition, Dave Rastovich and Ramon Navarro team up to protect an endangered surfing area and its ecosystem.

Southern Chile’s newest big wave surf site, Santos del Mar, and its surrounding coastline would be polluted if plans go ahead to construct a proposed US$1.3 billion dollar coal-fired power plant on the coastline of Chile’s 7th Region…  Details & Pictures

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Apr

Surfing – Dusty Payne conquers the Kustom Air Strike and US$50,000

Dusty Payne, the teenage surfer from Hawaii who went within a whisker of winning the 2008 Triple Crown of Surfing in Hawaii, has gone one better by winning the world’s richest single manoeuvre surfing competition.

Payne was today awarded the US$50,000 cash purse as the winner of the Kustom Air Strike, an eight-month global search for the best aerial surfing manoeuvre. Videographer Matt Shuster also collected US$5000 for capturing vision of the massive air reverse, which was filmed during downtime between the Triple Crown events late in 2008.

Ironically, Joel Parkinson, the current world title ratings leader who …  Details

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15
Apr

Surfing – Registration Begins for Erik Nelsen’s Quiksilver & Roxy Surf Camps

April 14, 2009

PRESS RELEASE

The whales are returning from their winter birthing sites in the warm tranquil waters of Baja Mexico to the rich plankton waters of the Bering Sea in Alaska. What other mammal do you know of that travels nearly 12,000 miles each year to bear their young? As the water begins to warm and gentle south swells appear, it is time to plan for the approaching summer.

Ocean Adventure Programs, established in 1977, offers a variety Ocean Summer Camps We provide a well-supervised, well-organized program. Our ratio of counselor to camper is 4 to 1. Counselors are certified in CPR and First Aid.

Ocean Adventure Programs mission is to make learning a Whale of an Adventure. Jeff Nelsen’s Ocean Adventure Programs offer 5 different summer programs. Ocean Adventure Science Camp, Minnows Science Camp for the young scientist, Skateboard Camp, Art Camp and Girls Vibrant Yoga. All camps are morning activities and conclude with an afternoon spent at the beach: snorkeling, swimming, learning ocean safety and exploring the unique tide pools.

Ocean Adventure Programs’ Erik Nelsen will direct Quiksilver and Roxy Surf Camps with the same passion for the ocean that has been passed down from his father, Jeff. Erik with his 23 years of surf camp experience will teach your child the basics of surfing and ocean safety. Northern Newport Beach, with gentle waves and a sandy bottom, is the ideal environment for learning.

Surfboards and wetsuits are provided and will be supplied by his professional staff of CRP and first aid certified surf instructors. His 4 to 1, student to instructor ratio ensure safety. Each day a new ocean lesson is learned, practiced and remembered to ensure a well-rounded jr. surfer.

This weeklong program ends on Friday with a pizza party, (parents welcome), a goodie bag handout and a signed autograph from a visiting professional surfer.

Come join all of Ocean Adventure Program’s fun this summer 2009 for a camp experience your child will remember forever.

Please visit eriknelsensurf.com for more info.

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Contact Jeff Nelsen for Ocean Adventure Program. 949.494.1253

Contact Erik Nelsen for Quiksilver and Roxy Surf Camps. 949.464.0077 

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