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For all you die hard fishing enthusiasts in the Haverhill, MA, area it’s time to get out your ice axe and heat up your sock warmers because on Sunday, January 31st, the Haverhill Hound Rod and Gun Club hosts its annual Ice Fishing Derby on  from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Chadwick Pond.

They’ll have an ice fishing clinic, bait, refreshments, free parking and cash prizes for both kids and adults.

Visit their website for more info along with a downloadable registration form: http://www.hhrg.org

Hey all you mixed martial arts - MMA - fans - There are rumblings that UFC may challenge the WWE!

In a recent interview with UFC president Dan White, he said UFC and WWE are two different things. He admitted WWE does better television ratings but mentioned that UFC was more successful on pay-per view. Then UFC co-owner Lorenzo Feritta chimed in about how the UFC beat both WWE and professional boxing combined last year.

Sounds like fighting words to us. :-O

We bet you didn’t spend it doing this:

We here at Buy Rash Guards just want to wish all of our loyal customers a healthy and happy 2010. 

We also wanted to remind you that we’re still offering FREE SHIPPING on orders of just $75 or more so stop on by and take advantage while the offer is still on!

Whether you’re a professional surfer or a professional secretary you’ve probably suffered with low back pain.

The low back area is one of the most common area for injuries that doctors see patients for. In fact, low back injuries affect, and will at some time debilitate, over 80% of the adult population in the industrialized world!

Our friends over at Surfline have published a terrific article on low back care and maintenance with stretching, strengthening and endurance building exercises that anyone, (not just athletic types), will benefit from.

You can read their article by clicking here…

Why not give the gift of UV protection and skin cancer prevention this holiday season with one of our stylish rash guard swim shirts or KoreDry loose fit surf shirts?

We here at Buy Rash Guards think nothing says ‘I love you’ better than the SPF 150 protection of our rash guard. 

Right now we’re offering free shipping on orders of $75 or more - so you can pick up a couple of UV protective shirts for gifts, treat yourself to one and voila, you’ve got free USPS Priority to anywhere in the US - even Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico!

We here at Buy Rash Guards like to thank our blog readers by occasionally offering specials you can only get right here on our rash guard blog. 

This week we’re happy to offer 5% off ANY of our kids rash guard shirts.

From now thru Friday all you have to do is enter coupon code kids-rash-guard when you checkout - easy!

Our kids rash guards will protect your child with SPF 150+ coverage that will last all day long without having to be re-applied - even if they play in the water!

Along with providing great UV protection without the cost and mess of sunscreen, our childrens swim shirts make little ones easy to spot at a crowded beach, pool or lake in our bright colors and patterns.

The Algalita Marine Research Foundation (www.algalita.org) is inviting all Surfriders to a free afternoon showing of “Dirty Secrets”, an excerpt from Sea Studios Foundation/National Geographic’s production “Strange Days on Planet Earth”, narrated by Edward Norton followed by Q & A with plastic marine pollution experts from Algalita Marine Research Foundation.

Here’s the scoop:

Friday, November 13, 2009
KHOURY’S RESTAURANT
110 N. Marina Drive
Long Beach, California 90803
RSVP to 562-598-4889 or opsadmin@algalita.org
1PM-3PM

We here at Buy Rash Guards are already hugs fans of SurfShot mag so imagine how stoked we were to learn that the publishers have decided to take the magazine digital. “Every year, over 35 million trees are cut down to produce magazines in the U.S.,” says Surfshot’s John Cocozza. “By taking the magazine digital, we are able to step out of that cycle, eliminating our reliance on paper and reducing our carbon footprint in terms of printing and shipping.”

Way to go guys!  

For all you Ultimate Fighting fans here’s the latest update of the card for the Couture vs. Vera bout scheduled for November 14th:

Main card:

185 lbs.: Michael Bisping (17-2) vs. Denis Kang (32-11-1)
170 lbs.: Dan Hardy (22-6) vs. Mike Swick (14-2)
170 lbs.: Matt Brown (10-7) vs. James Wilks (6-2)
155 lbs.: Ross Pearson (9-3) vs. Aaron Riley (28-11-1)

Under card:

155 lbs.: Terry Etim (13-2) vs. Shannon Gugerty (12-3)
170 lbs.: John Hathaway (11-0) vs. Paul Taylor (10-4-1)
170 lbs.: Matt Riddle (3-0) vs. Nick Osipczak (4-0)
155 lbs.: Roli Delgado (6-4-1) vs. Andre Winner (9-3-1)
205 lbs.: Jared Hamman (10-1) vs. Alexander Gustafsson (8-0)

And remember, we here at Buy Rash Guards have the highest quality MMA rash guard grappling shirts for all your fighting and grappling needs!

This bit of info may surprise you, (it did surprise us here at Buy Rash Guards)… but did you know that salmonella in turtle feces can end up on their shells and body, and can spread to people who handle them?

In fact several people who swam with pet turtles in a backyard pool were among 107 people sickened in the largest salmonella outbreak blamed on turtles nationwide in the 2007-2008 season.

The outbreak that year involved mostly children in 34 states and 1/3 of all patients had to be hospitalized. In most cases, parents didn’t know that turtles can carry salmonella.

So it may actually be safer to swim with sharks than to swim with turtles!

The slump in travel can mean big savings and other bargains for those who can still afford to take advantage of them.

The Caribbean has been especially hard hit by the global travel slump this year and along with Latin America they’re going out of their way to attract tourists during the typically slow Fall travel season coupled with the ailing world economy.

One example is the “4th Night Free” promotion by the chain of SuperClubs all-inclusive resorts when guests book by Oct. 21 for travel between Nov. 1 and Dec. 22. The chain has properties in Jamaica, Curaçao, the Bahamas, Panama, and Brazil. For information on SuperClubs, call 1-800-467-8737 or check www.superclubs.com.

The Wyndham Nassau Resort in the Bahamas is offering reduced rates along with food and beverage credits for stays of three-nights or more. All-inclusive packages start at $194 per person per day, based on double occupancy, and include meals, drinks and other amenities. For information on Wyndham, call 1-800-WYNDHAM or check www.wyndham.com.

Of course if you decide to take advantage of these deals and go spend some time lounging on a tropical beach or two we here at Buy Rash Guards would be remiss if we didn’t remind you to take along one of our rash guard swim shirts or other UV protective clothing to protet your skin and keep the harmful UV rays of the sun at bay while you’re sipping your mai tai with your toes in the sand. 

We all know that wearing a rash guard shirt and sunscreen are both terrific ways to protect your skin from the sun’s harmful UV rays and help prevent skin cancer, but some people may need to be extra vigilant if they have a family history of skin cancer.

A pair of studies recently released found that some types of skin cancer can be inherited.

One study found that if you have an identical twin with melanoma your risk of developing the disease is much higher than having a fraternal twin with this type of skin cancer. The other study found that if you have a sibling or parent with one of several different types of non-melanoma cancers that your skin cancer increased risk as well.

Even if you don’t have a family history of skin cancer you should still take precautions to protect your skin because you don’t want to be the first in your family to get it - so always wear a brimmed hat, UV protective clothing and   whenever you’re out in the sun. 

Talia Gangini took 8th place last week in Rainbow Sandal’s annual Gerry Lopez ‘Battle of the Paddle’ held at Doheny Beach, CA. The win placed her in the top 10 in the field of womens Stand Up Paddleboard racing

The event’s Elite Woman’s division race was by invite only and after the event Talia said, “It was a very tough event, but fun. You had to keep telling yourself you can do it. People and boards were flying everywhere. It was definitely the Battle of the Paddle”.

Gangini is no stranger to SUP. In 2007, at only 14 years old, she became the youngest woman to ever paddle the 32 mile Molokai to Oahu paddle board race on a team. She has achieved 1st place in several of Hawaii’s top races this year alone.

When asked what’s up next, Gangini said, “The next couple months I’ll be focusing on school, my jewelry line and designing new bikinis and just staying fit for the next event. There’s not too many on the horizon until the beginning of next year, but I’m sure something will pop up and I’m looking forward to it.”

Congrats to Talia! 

Yes that’s THREE BILLION!

That’s how many plastic beverage bottles will be littered or landfilled in California this year. You see them in parks and on the roadsides.  And when those bottles make their way into the marine environment, they pose a serious and growing threat to marine wildlife as well as us when the degraded plastic makes it into the food chain, then into our bodies.

Senate Bill 402 is sitting on Governor Schwarzenegger’s desk and it would specifically target the more than 3 billion plastic beverage bottles that continue to be littered and landfilled every year in California. Existing law is already successfully recycling more than 6 billion plastic beverage bottles. And by closing exemption loopholes and increasing consumer recycling incentives, SB 402 will substantially increase that number, and help reduce plastic litter and waste.

But the Soft Drink Industry is urging the Governor to Veto SB 402. Local Governments, Environmental Groups and Recyclers are urging support.

We here at Buy Rash Guards are urging our customers in California to SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN! You can send a contribution to Californians Against Waste, which is leading the fight to promote recycling in California.  You can also send a letter to Governor Schwarzenegger by clicking here.

We all know that Styrofoam is bad news. It doesn’t break down, it can’t be recycled and it releases chemicals when it gets wet that contaminate water that touches it thus contaminating the water supply.

It also contaminates the food we put in those “to go” containers, ending up in our bodies:

By 1986, styrene was found in 100 percent of all samples of human fat tissue taken as part of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Human Tissue Survey. Researchers found that Styrofoam cups lose weight when in use, meaning that styrene is oozing into the foods and drinks we consume. It then ends up stored in our fatty tissue, where it can build up to levels that can cause fatigue, nervousness, difficulty sleeping, blood abnormalities, and even carcinogenic effects.

(source: http://www.greenhome.com/info/news/41.shtml)

That’s pretty shocking when you think about it!

Back in 1989 many companies voluntarily stopped using it - not because of what it was doing to us but because the production of Styrofoam uses CFC’s and the use of CFC’s was banned back then.

One of these companies was McDonald’s but we’ve learned that McDonald’s is currently running a promotion giving away free cups of it’s coffee in… yes, you guessed it: STYROFOAM CUPS!!!

We here at Buy Rash Guards care about our health, your health and the health of your family so we’re asking that you take a moment to sign one of the many petitions out there that are asking McDonald’s to stop poisoning us. You can find one by The Environment California Styro-Strike by clicking here…

We here at Buy Rash Guards have to give a shout out to one of our favorite organizations, the Surfrider Foundation, and let you know that in celebration of their upcoming 25th anniversary they’re having an art auction on October 9th at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

Join them in celebrating 25 years of saving, cleaning and protecting the World’s beaches. The event will be hosted by Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 and there will be a special performance by Camp Freddy.

You can get more info at their website…

It’s almost time to send the kids back to school so we here at Buy-Rash-Guards thought we’d pass along some green tips you can use at school:

1. Use both sides of your paper and recycle what you do use. Almost half of all school waste comes from paper and the average school throws out 38 tons of paper per year - that’s equivalent to about 266 trees - from EVERY SCHOOL!
2. Pack a waste free lunch. Stop with the plastic bags, disposable containers and plastic utensils already! Remember the good old fashioned lunch box?!? Use a reusable lunchbox, reusable drink containers, cloth napkins and silverware.
3. Use refillable pens. Believe it or not there was a time, (not too long ago), when there weren’t disposable pens and buying those little refill thingys was a common practice. Every year we toss out 1.6 BILLION pens - enough to stretch across the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles to Tokyo 25 TIMES!

The US House of Representatives has passed the Clean Coastal Environment and Public Health Act. Urge your senators to do the same. A new beach bill is long overdue!

You can take action on this alert via the web at:
http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/pass_beachbill/ix53xex42j7xm6wx?

The Clean Coastal Environment & Public Health Act of 2009 will increase the amount of federal dollars that can be spent on beach water quality monitoring and will modernize the technology we rely on to protect the health of the beach-going public. It also expands the scope of the BEACH Act to include tracking and cleaning up the sources of beach water pollution. The House of Representatives has passed this bill twice now, but it has not yet seen the Senate floor.

We here at Buy Rash Guards encourage you to take action - Let’s Pass the Beach Bill!

It’s summer, which means the annual proliferation of jellyfish in the Mediterranean. Oceana TV has the scoop for you this month on how climate change, coastal pollution and overfishing cause jellyfish blooms, as well as what to do if you get stung.

Of course we here at Buy Rash Guards know that the easiest way to protect yourself from jellyfish stings is by wearing a rash guard shirt when you swim, snorkel and surf in the ocean.