SURFRIDER FOUNDATION NEWS
Source: Surfrider Foundation - www.surfrider.org

It's like Earth Day - only for us beachgoers!
International Surfing Day is right around the corner - June 20!
How will you celebrate ISD?

Surfrider kicks off partnership with Emergen-C
The Surfrider Foundation has partnered with Emergen-C to create a whole new flavor: Emergen-C BLUE. Loaded with vitamins, Emergen-C BLUE is not only good for you - it's good for our oceans; a portion of sales from every package of Emergen-C BLUE sold is donated to Surfrider Foundation.
Don't miss our MaliBLUE and Blue Note Karaoke Events!

Stars come out to clean the beach for Earth Day!
FOX stars Anne Wersching (24), Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse) and Joely Fisher ('til Death) all turned out help the Surfrider Foundation's Malibu/West LA chapter clean up the beach in Santa Monica.
Click here to hear what the stars had to say

Pollution Problems of the Tijuana Sloughs
Tijuana Sloughs in Imperial Beach, San Diego is the stuff of legend - a big wave surf spot surfed since the early 1930's, the milieu of David Milch's offbeat HBO series, "John from Cincinnati" and Kem Nunn's "surf-noir" novel. Sadly, it is also extremely polluted. The new Shifting Baselines slide show below describes the challenges of this unique place.

Check this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LZPNIcoU2c
“Shifting Baselines in the Tijuana Tide,” is a new 5-minute video released on Earth Day, April 22, 2009, from the Shifting Baselines Ocean Media Project.

It addresses the ocean conservation problems from the highly polluted Tijuana River. The video (available in English and Spanish) is a co-production with California Sea Grant and University of Southern California Sea Grant, and Wildcoast. In addition, The Annenberg Foundation and The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment and USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies provided partial funding and Surfrider Foundation is assisting with outreach and distribution.

About the International Surfing Association (ISA)
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the World Governing Authority for surfing, bodyboarding and surfriding. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running world championships since 1964 and the Junior World Championships since 1980.

ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of over 50 countries on six continents. Its headquarters are located in San Diego, California. It is presided by Fernando Aguerre, first elected in 1994 in Rio, and re-elected six times since. The ISA's four Vice Presidents are Alan Atkins (Australia), Robin de Kock (South Africa), Mike Gerard (USA) and Karin Sierralta (Peru).

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