Beach Telegraph

Bring it Back

Good news. The 'Bring Back the Swansea-Cork Ferry' campaign has raised 2.5 million Euros. Bad news. 500K more is needed by Friday March 6th.

If you're a lover of Irish waves and want the quickest and best way to travel between the UK and Ireland to resume service , or you own a business dependant on tourism in Ireland or South Wales, please pledge money now and buy shares at the Bring Back the Swansea-Cork Ferry website. Thanks (Not sure if the shares entitle you to discount on crossings or Guinness in the bar yet...)

The joy-filled Scott McKercher has a new Blog at the Severne website.

You'll notice I put a new Poll about PWA Webcasts on this page. Please vote and let's see what people think.

The tour's kicked-off already but I'm addicted to the Fantasy Surfer game already.

Here's a nice little Cape Town clip from UK wavesailor Adam Lewis.

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) are offering a limited amount of free subscriptions to eco-mag Surfer's Path to anyone signing up to join. Hurry while the offer lasts!

Jem Hall says to look-out for his new Wave technique movie ‘Winner to Wavesailor’ due out end March and that he’ll be sending me some chapters to review.

How Serene...

Some Jericoacora action video from RRD's new insider Blog.

Don't forget to stay up-t0-date with the Fuerteventura Wave Classic...

Environmental Poll Results

The final results of the Poll asking:

(Jan/Feb 2009)
Should the Board and Sail manufacturers donate more to environmental organizations such as Surfrider?

were...

51.2 % They all should. The materials we use are toxic. We should give something back to nature.

36.4 % No. It's up to the individual to choose who they support.

12.4 % I'd only support brands that did this.

So it seems around 2/3 of the sample in this survey feel strongly that the industry should be doing more to counter the use of toxic materials used in the manufacturing processes.

As consumers we are not innocent either. We also use fuel to fly and drive to beaches worldwide, so perhaps a slice of what we spend on new equipement should go to good causes such as Surfrider or SAS?

I'd be interested to hear some reaction from the industry on this adn what they'd be willing to do about it.

In my opinion someone could make a good marketing case for themselves by publicizing their contributions and boasting their support of such organizations.

Gaastra did this in the late 90s but as far as I know only Boards magazine in the UK have a long-term partnership with the Pressure Group SAS (Surfers Against Sewage).

Please leave your opinions or reactions to this in the comments section below. Thanks.