Chapter News
Enter to Win This Custom Longboard
This awesome longboard was graciously donated by Chad over at Timeless Surf Co. This is a 9’0″ hollow wooden longboard. There is a grand total of 300 $10 raffle tickets being sold and half of them are already sold. To purchase tickets please send us an email. These pictures do not do it justice!
2012 Surfrider Challenge
The 2012 Surfrider Challenge at the Waterman’s Challenge is fast approaching. The date is June 2, 2012 and the location is the International Palms Resort here in Cocoa Beach.
Here’s the skinny: You can enter as many 4 – 6 person teams from your chapter as you want but each team has a $125 registration fee. Each team member MUST be a registered member! Top four scores from the team are used for point totals and the team with the highest total takes the trophy. Grab a copy of the flyer here for full details.
Downloadable Copy of John Hearin’s Presentation
For those of you who didn’t make it John Hearin’s presentation on the effects of beach nourishment on our surf, he has provided a copy for download. It is a very interesting read so click here to check it out!
Presentation on the Effects of Beach Nourishment on Surfing
CBSR’s own John Hearin will be presenting on the effects of beach nourishment on our surfing environment on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 from 6:00PM to 8:00PM at the Cocoa Beach Library. This is a public presentation and anyone with an interest in our beaches is encouraged to attend. A more detailed PDF can be read here.
New Rise Above Plastics Website
There is a new website for the Rise Above Plastics (RAP) campaign for Florida. You can check it out here.
The Campaign to Place a Prohibition on Oil Drilling in Florida’s Marine Environment in Florida’s Constitution
We want the public to have the chance to vote on near-shore oil drilling and to ban
the possibility of this destructive practice. Our state relies on clean beaches for our
economic and environmental well-being. Oil drilling in our state marine waters, which extend
approximately three miles into the Atlantic Ocean and 10 miles into the Gulf of Mexico, is
simply too great a risk to take.
Save our Seas, Beaches and Shores, Inc. (SOSBS) is coordinating a citizens’ petition drive
to place the ban on the November 2012 ballot. We will need approximately 700,000 verified
petitions. Please follow this link to sign the petition.
Ban Offshore Oil Drilling Petition
New Chapter Website
The Chapter has a new website. Stay tuned for details and updates as content is transferred.