• Posts Tagged 'Waveriders Rights Of Access'

12.06.09 - Campaigns, Climate Chaos, Education, News, Protect Our Waves, Threats To Watersports, Water Users Access

The Gathering – A Protect Our Waves Action

Surfers Against Sewage's (SAS) new campaign Protect Our Waves (POW) is having its first action, The Gathering, and we need you to get involved! Simply turn up to Kimmeridge Bay with your wetsuit and board at 10am on Saturday the 20th of June, International Surfing Day and show the MoD how important waves are to surfers and waveriders. This is your chance to be an active part of a solution-based campaign protecting waves. The Gathering will be a mass paddle out at Kimmeridge to demonstrate how significant and passionate the UK's surfing and wave-riding communities are, not least local Bournemouth and... Read more

11.06.09 - Campaigns, Climate Chaos, Education, Love Your Beach, Marine Litter, News, Protect Our Waves, SAS Reports and Research Papers, Threats To Watersports, Water Users Access

HUNDREDS OF SURFERS TURN OUT TO SUPPORT SAS’S POW ACTION

Surfers Against Sewages (SAS) new campaign Protect Our Waves (POW) had its first action today, The Gathering, a mass paddle out, in association with local campaign group Access BroadBench Association (ABBA). Over 350 surfers from across the nation joined SAS and ABBA and paddled out at Kimmeridge Bay on International Surfing Day. The action called on the Secretary of State for Defence to allow surfers access to Broadbench, a special wave found on the outer boundary of a Ministry of Defence (MoD) firing range. Broadbench is a quality wave in Kimmeridge Bay, described by many as one of Britains best. Unfortunately... Read more