Good news for central Oregon coast surfers, the proposed 300ft x 300ft wave energy project off the coast of Florence, OR was canceled. Pressure from environmental groups, including the Surfrider Foundation raised concerns about the wave energy project. The concerns included the size of the platforms, location, impact on recreation (wave height), and environmental impacts.
Archive for April, 2008
Here in the fickle Northwest, when you’re not surfing you’re thinking about surfing, reading about surfing or browsing surfing related goods. Let’s face it, we’re obsessed and what better way to feed and develop our obsession than through the internet. We now have access to an infinite amount of data about forecasts, editorials, destinations, etc. Most of us have our select sites we regularly visit or tools we utilize but as new online tools evolve, what better way to feed our obsession. This series of posts will focus on how to fully maximize our obsession with surfing using the online tools we have at our finger tips.
Surfing Obsessed Tool #1 : RSS
RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is a format to used to publish continuously updated web content, such as this blog. If you’re reading this blog I image you probably read others - sissyfish, surfinoregon, phoresia, etc. Great, so you follow 4 blogs, no biggie - but what happens when you start to read pinniped, the greenroom, surfy surfy, raw waters in cedar, ocean waves beaches, wine and woodsmoke, etc. You know want to keep your attention on 10+ blogs and that becomes a lot of content to keep on top of and a big task. This is where the first Surfing Obsessed Tool, RSS, comes in handy. Each of those blogs deliver their content in RSS form, which if you have an RSS Reader you can aggregate all that wonderful content about surfing in one place. Forget 10+ surfing blogs, I want to track 100+ blogs and the top surfing news, no problem with RSS.
Got an idea for a good Surfing Obsessed Tool? Let me know.
The term “sustainability” is quite the buzz word these days - used to describe surfboards, wetsuits, wax, clothing and every other surf product you could possibly sell. But how sustainable is it to market these products as “sustainable”?
I wonder if over saturation of the term simply dilutes its meaning for surf companies and products truly making an impact for our sport as compared to those who use the term to take advantage of a trend. The definition and various meanings of the term is an entirely different thought - saved for a later date. But how long until “sustainability” becomes just another marketing message without any meaning?
I got a warning last week from State Parks about “mysterious silver containers, not to be opened…may contain rat poisoning.” That was all they said and they gave me an 8 ½ x 11 photo of these containers. I started digging on this online this evening…and found this coverage. Haven’t found any good information on the investigation of this, but all they know is: “the containers appear to be from China but officials don’t know what ship—or ships—they are from”.
and it you haven’t signed up, you have less than a month. Registration for the event ends May 1st.
The Clean Water Classic is the Pacific Northwest’s oldest surf competition and all proceeds from the event go to local Surfrider Chapters. The $35 registration fee not only gets you into the event but also gets you a one year membership to the SurfriderFoundation.
