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Volunteer Training

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:00:06 +0000

February 11, Saturday, 10am-12pm
Location TBD. Looking to get involved in the Surfrider activities? This is a perfect place to learn about the chapter’s programs so that you can start helping us with public outreach! You can earn your community service hours too. Please RSVP to Robert at volunteer@lbsurfrider.org if you would like to attend. Light refreshments are provided.

Our focus this year is:
- to receive federal funding for the Long Beach Breakwater Feasibility Study (“Sink the Breakwater, Bring Back the Waves” campaign)
- to support the State Senate Bill 568, banning styrofoam carry-out containers from restaurants (“Rise Above Plastics”)
- to expand the Ocean Friendly Gardens program

Thanks to the Long Beach Chapter of Surfrider!
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Race for women’s title tight at Billabong World Jrs

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:24 +0000

27 January, 2012 : – The race for the ASP Women’s World Junior Surfing Title has narrowed to just three contenders as the deciding event moves into the Quarter Final stage. In flood-effected but contestable 1.5 metre waves, Reunion Island’s Joanne Defay, Hawaiian Leila Hurst and Australian Philippa Anderson kept their hopes alive, each advancing…
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Ewwww! What is a Rash Guard Anyway?

rashie — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:45:57 +0000

If you stumbled across our online store or this blog and have no idea what a rash guard is you may be thinking, “how weird”, or “that’s disgusting!”.

Don’t worry… we’ll explain what a rash guard is and after reading what we have to say you just may even want one!

Rash guards, (also known as surf shirts, swim shirts, rashies and other names I probably haven’t heard of), are thin, tight-fitting shirts made of a lycra/nylon blend.

They’re designed to provide rash, abrasion and UV protection in and around the water. They can vary in SPF rating but our rash guards are some of the highest rated shirts, providing SPF 150+, (UPF 50+), protection wet or dry – that’s higher than any sunscreen on the market today.

Rash guard shirts fit skin tight so they stay put in the water and surfers have been wearing them for decades to protect their skin from the harmful UV rays of the sun as well as from painful rashes that can develop from laying and rubbing on their surfboards.

With all the dangers of skin cancer that have been discovered over the years, rashguards are no longer only being worn only by surfers but they are becoming a staple in many families arsenal of UV protection.

Cheaper, easier to use and longer lasting than any sunscreen, they’re perfect for the entire family and are especially great for kids who hate sitting still for their sunscreen application or getting out of the water for their re-application.

More recently and with the popularity of MMA and grappling, rashguards are now worn for skin protection in almost all forms of martial arts.

So… now you know rash guards are not something weird or disgusting but something helpful and protective that you and your family may actually want to use.

California SB 568 (Styrofoam ban)

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:00:10 +0000

Currently, California legislators are addressing another prevalent form of plastic pollution – Polystyrene Food Containers – with a bill introduced by Senator Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach. This bill would prohibit a food vendor or restaurant, on or after January 1, 2013, from dispensing prepared food to a customer in a polystyrene foam container (aka Styrofoam™).

More information on SB 568 and progress

Thanks to the Long Beach Chapter of Surfrider!
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Video: Volcom team score super banks in France

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:00:04 +0000

21 January, 2012 : – Volcom team riders William Aliotti and Andy Criere scored great surf recently in the wintertime superbanks around Hossegor. While this stretch of coast is known as Autumn heaven, the surf does get epic during the cold months. In between raw storms coming in off the Atlantic, days like these will pop up. It’s enough to make you love winter…
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LB Surfrider General Meeting – February 6

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:00:10 +0000

General Meeting
7-8:30 PM, Monday, February 6th, Long Beach Pizza Company, 3430 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA.
This meeting is free to the public.

The Long Beach Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will hold a presentation about what Surfrider is and the ongoing efforts to Sink the Breakwater. This will be followed by a screening of the new movie “Know Your H2O,” about our water cycle.

For more information call 562-252-6173 or check out the Surfrider web page at www.lbsurfrider.org. For more on the location see http://longbeachpizza.com/

Thanks to the Long Beach Chapter of Surfrider!
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Glenn Hall is first-ever Hainan Classic champion

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:01:03 +0000

14 January, 2012 : – Despite smaller conditions today at the Hainan Classic, the Final was an action-packed, wave-for-wave affair. Glenn ‘Micro’ Hall took control early with a long, excellent-scoring wave mid-way through the heat and held off Royden Bryson to be crowned the first-ever champion of the Hainan Classic.
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Foam Drive at Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:00:09 +0000

Recycle your packing foam from the holidays at the Aquarium of the Pacific on Jan. 14 from 9:30am — 4:00pm.

Check out Waste to Waves for more information on the event. We hope to see you there!

Thanks to the Long Beach Chapter of Surfrider!
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Jordi Watson nails ASP 1 Star Championship Moves event

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:00:13 +0000

9 January, 2012 : – The 2012 Championship Moves Surfing Festival was treated to epic 4 foot surf at Bells Beach today for the crowing of event champions across the Men’s Open and Pro Junior divisions. In stark contrast to the conditions at Jan Juc beach for the earlier rounds of the competition, today saw competitors doing battle at the world renowned Bells…
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Thirty Thousand in Yallingup Surf Film Festival lineup

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:00:04 +0000

2 January, 2012 : – There three more weeks to go until the 2012 Yallingup Surfilm Festival. A new film added to the Festival program – Thirty Thousand. Thirty Thousand is a surf film shot in and around the African continent. Directed by Richard James, the film documents the journey of two surfers who traveled 30,000km down the west coast of…
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