This Mothers Day, show some love for your Mother Ocean.

Posted by Spesh on May 3, 2011 in Surfing | 1 comment

Surfrider Foundation

Our Mother Ocean gives us a home away from home. We surf, we swim and we build sand castles with the kids. We explore tide pools, revel at the dramatic sunsets and warm ourselves by a bonfire at night. We inhale the salty ocean air, bury our toes in the warm sand, immerse ourselves in the cool water and slowly walk along the moving tide line.

Today, you can give something back to the oceans and beaches that give us all so much.

Make a donation to the Surfrider Foundation to help us protect our Mother Ocean and as a special thank you, we’ll send you a free tube of Stila Bronzing Tinted Moisturizer SPF 15 (retail price $32)!

Your donation today will go directly to help us keep the oceans, waves and beaches you love clean and safe.

For our oceans, waves and beaches,
Jim Moriarty
Chief Executive Officer
Surfrider Foundation

Surfrider Foundation: Beach Access Action Alert – New Jersey

Posted by Spesh on Apr 16, 2011 in Surfing | 0 comments

Dear Surfrider Supporter:

The Christie administration is attempting to turn access to our ocean and beaches over to towns and municipalities that have traditionally restricted access.

Please take the following actions to show Governor Christie that the people of NJ will not allow our right to access and enjoy our beaches to be taken away.

• Call Governor Christie -609-292-6000 .

• Send the Governor an e-mail letter stating your opposition to the new rules.

• Submit written comments to the NJ DEP.

• Attend the Public Hearings – May 12 & May 17.

• Write a letter to the editor of your local paper.

• Ask your state legislators to overrule the DEP and codify the Corzine rules.

• Pass these actions on to everyone one you know – don’t let them pass this rule without hearing from us!

In other Jersey Shore news, the Chapter’s campaign in Asbury Park is heating up. Check out the campaign website to see how you can help.

Lots of upcoming events listed below… and don’t forget to buy your Stoked for Rob Machado at the Stone Pony tickets though the Chapter to avoid any surcharges.

Film Showing and Social – The Drifter, April 21st, Asbury Park
Manasquan Inlet Beach Clean-up – April 23rd, Manasquan Inlet
Stoked for Rob Machado at the Stone Pony – April 29th, Asbury Park
Clean Ocean Action Beach Sweep – April 30th, Allenhurst

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Joe Woerner

Chair, Jersey Shore Chapter

Defend Your Ocean – LNG Hearings Announced!

Posted by Spesh on Feb 4, 2011 in Surfing | 0 comments

Dear Surfrider Supporter,

LNG terminals off our coast are a serious threat and this hearing is our best chance to stop them. Please mark your calendar and make every effort to get your friends and family to this hearing.

Below is the action alert from Clean Ocean Action.

Learn more about LNG here.

Thanks again for your support and I looking forward to seeing you next Wednesday in Long Branch!

Joe Woerner
Chair, Jersey Shore Chapter

ATTEND & SPEAK OUT at UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARINGS.

Liberty Natural Gas is a Canadian based company that is proposing a foreign LNG import facility 16 miles off Asbury Park, NJ with an on-land pipeline coming up through Middlesex County.

Public Hearing Information:

Tuesday, February 8th
New York Beach Channel High School, 100-00 Beach Channel Drive
Rockaway Park, NY 11694-2818, (718)-945-6900

Wednesday, February 9th
Long Branch Middle School, 350 Indiana Ave
Long Branch, NJ 07740, (732)-229-5533

Thursday, February 10th
NJ Convention & Exposition Center, 97 Sunfield Ave
Edison, NJ 08837, (732)-417-1400

All meetings will begin at 6:30pm but you should plan to get there by 5:30 in order to get a seat. There is an open house with informational displays from 5 to 6pm. Clean Ocean Action and our coalition partners will be having a press conference and rally before the hearings in Long Branch and Edison. More details to come.

This is your chance to speak out for the ocean and oppose this harmful energy plan. Liquid natural gas (LNG) threatens our environment, our wallets, our safety, our energy security, and our way of life.

Please RSVP for the hearings on our website. If you cannot attend the meetings, but wish to express your opposition, you can submit written comments by Feb. 23.

Let your voice be heard!

It is crucial that you attend and testify at these public hearings. Please forward this information along to your friends and family as well.

Surfrider Foundation – Jersey Shore Chapter – Beach Sweep this Saturday

Posted by Spesh on Apr 21, 2010 in Surfing | 0 comments

Celebrate Earth Day by joining Surfrider JSC in participating in Clean Ocean Action”s 25th Annual Spring Beach Sweeps across the state – this Saturday, 9AM-12:30PM. We will be sponsoring the Deal Beach (Phillips Ave.) location for this sweep. Get invloved, make a difference, and help clean up your local beach!

More Information: http://www.cleanoceanaction.org/index.php?id=153

Aloha!

From The Surfrider Foundation: Offshore drilling is not the answer.

Posted by Spesh on Apr 3, 2010 in Surfing | 1 comment

The Surfrider Foundation:

As you probably heard, The Obama administration opened vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling, much of it for the first time.

By opening up the coast to new offshore oil drilling and exploration, the Minerals Management Service not only places our environment at risk, it threatens the livelihoods of millions of Americans who rely on clean, healthy, oil-free oceans and beaches to support fishing, tourism and other industries.

We know this is a controversial and polarizing issue. But, it’s our mission, our passion and our duty to fight for the oceans, waves and beaches we all love. As a member of the Surfrider Foundation, I think you expect this from Surfrider – that we will fight for the safety and health of our oceans and the people who rely on the oceans.

Our coast comes first. Surfrider will be at the forefront of this fight. And here’s how you can stand with us:

There is power in numbers. The more Surfrider Foundation members there are, the louder our collective voice will be to stop drilling on our beloved coasts.

Offshore Drilling Myths

1. New technologies will prevent oil spills.

Try telling the Australians that. In August 2009 a state-of-the-art rig using “new technology” spilled 2000 barrels of oil a day for 10 weeks into the fragile East Timor Sea.

2. Offshore drilling is good for the economy and will create jobs!

Our beaches are economic engines. One oil spill would devastate the local coastal tourism industry and the livelihood of people working in the fishing industry.

3. We won’t be reliant on foreign oil.

We’ll still have to import at least 40% of our oil to meet our daily consumption needs.

4. We’ll have a long-term supply of oil.

It won’t be enough. Offshore drilling will only give us about 18 months of supply at our current rate of consumption.