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Source: Save the Waves Coalition - www.savethewaves.org

Fundraiser in San Francisco
On Thursday, July 16, please join us from 6pm to 9pm at the Park Chalet, where Golden Gate Park meets Ocean Beach, for an evening of music and surf films with Kapakahi. Your $5 donation to Save The Waves gets you happy hour prices at the bar and restaurant until 9pm and a great music show from Kapakahi. We will also be screening short surf films on the big screen, including rare cinematic gems from Insight, Todd Stewart ("The Surf Magazines Don't Talk About Lapsed Catholics"), Farallon Islands underwater and award-winning Save The Waves documentary films.

What: Thirsty Third Thursday - a benefit night for Save The Waves
When: Thursday, July 16, 6pm to 9pm
Where: Park Chalet, 1000 Great Highway, San Francisco
Your $5 donation cover to STW gets you happy hour prices until 9pm ($3 pints of beer, $5 appetizers)

More info:
www.kapakahimusic.com
www.beachchalet.com


British Surfers Protest Video
The UK-based surf activist organization Surfers Against Sewage posted this video today about "The Gathering" at Kimmeridge Bay, Britain, an event held on June 20 by local surfers to protest military closure of the popular Broadbench surf spot:

Watch The Gathering here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeAZOgT73qs

The Dirty Lie
Waterkeeper is now featuring the new Save The Waves short film "Keeping Coast" on their excellent multimedia website The Dirty Lie. This entertaining, beautifully designed and educational website features news articles about coal energy and its unavoidable toxic waste problems, as well as numerous short films such as our own Keeping Coast and The Amazing Disappearing Mountains - a beautiful and haunting 2-minute film that chronicles the journey of coal from mountain top to smokestack.

Help us spread the truth behind coal pollution, watch our short films documenting the harsh local reality of coal energy production, and learn more at The Dirty Lie.
Waterkeeper Alliance is a Save The Waves Coalition member and our partner in Chile on the Maule Itata Coastkeeper program. Waterkeeper Alliance is an international grassroots organization that champions clean water and strong communities.

Mermaid Tears At Mavericks
This past Saturday (June 21st) Save The Waves volunteers with the help of Mavericks Surf Ventures got dirty on the beach at Mavericks to celebrate surfing and pristine coastlines, cleaning the beach with our friends and supporters and gathering surveys for the Value of Mavericks Surfonomics study.
On the beach we learned a lot about trash and where it comes from: look closely at the high tide line and you will find the infamous "mermaid's tears" - which we found at Mavericks (see photo) - hundreds and even thousands of tiny pieces of plastic and styrofoam trash that has broken down into pieces and washed onto the beach with the high tide. You can locate the high tide line at any beach, look closely, and you will find this tiny plastic trash that endangers marine life and litters every beach worldwide.

Thousands of waveriders all over the world celebrated International Surfing Day, and we joined this international effort at Pillar Point in front of world famous Mavericks, cleaning the beach and deploying our "Value of Mavericks" study survey of the public beachgoers which will be used to study the value of the wave and its beach and what it brings to the community.

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. 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 La Jolla, 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 Karín Sierralta (Peru).

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