Million Mile Beach Clean

Million Mile Beach Clean

Surfers Against Sewage are calling for people across the UK to join the campaign and commit to cleaning up their local beach or neighbourhood. To get involved visit their website here and track your beach cleans via their Strava Club community group. The initiative will last throughout the UN Decade of Ocean Science, delivering a million miles a year, ten million by 2030 and aligning with SAS’s ten-year ambition of ending plastic pollution on UK beaches by 2030.

UK’s biggest ever beach clean set to revitalise people and planet. Surfers Against Sewage launch “Million Mile Beach Clean”

UK charity Surfers Against Sewage today marked the launch of their ‘Million Mile Beach Clean’ with a 50-metre sand drawing of a seal surrounded by plastic on Cayton Bay in Yorkshire.

The striking image highlights the impacts of plastic pollution on marine wildlife, which the charity aims to tackle this year by inspiring 100,000 people to clean up their local beach, river, street or green space. The result will be one million miles cleared by the end of the year, protecting oceans, beaches and wildlife – and giving Brits a much-needed boost as we emerge from lockdown.

The Million Mile Beach Clean is part of a new environmental initiative, the Million Mile Clean, encouraging people to get out locally, on streets, country lanes, in parks and along local waterways to tackle plastic pollution and litter. The campaign aims to reconnect people with their local environment to help their physical and mental wellbeing. The lead partner for the campaign over the next three years is the Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation (IFCF), building on its previous support for nationwide beach cleans.

Whilst the initiative will run throughout 2021, the first week of action will take place between the 15th and 23rd of May. Surfers Against Sewage are calling for Clean Leaders across the UK to join the biggest ever beach clean and register to lead a clean during this period.

According to new research commissioned by Surfers Against Sewage, over half of Brits (54%) think COVID-19 has led to an increase in plastic pollution, with almost two-thirds (59%) seeing more waste in their area over the last 12 months. This increase could be down to the fact that nearly a fifth (18%) of the population has bought more single-use plastic items as a result of the pandemic, with the same proportion opting to use disposable face masks rather than reusable ones.

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Tosh Tudor LTD

Tosh Tudor LTD

Tosh Tudor, son to legend Joel Tudor, is carrying on the surf legacy. A fun week a while back in Hawaii, switching up between his traditional longboarding style and a steady glide on a short board, it’s easy to see his father’s influence in the way he carries himself on the water. Tosh is lucky to have a mentor like Joel, but there’s no denying this grom is carving out his own path in surf history.

Reubyn Ash

Reubyn Ash

Reubyn Ash making the most of the good run of swell through February 2021.
Shot over two days in North Cornwall Reubyn shows us how to find shelter in a storm.

Special thanks.
Wand & Brett Sova for the song use.
Beth Lewis for the credits.

Shot and Edited by James Edgcombe

@edgevisuals

Orca(s) spotted off west Cornwall

Orca(s) spotted off west Cornwall

An Orca ( possibly more the one) was spotted off the Minnack Theatre, west Cornwall yesterday.

Will McEnery-Cartwright who took the shots said..

“Well today something crazy happened!! I was taking in the views and drinking a coffee at @minacktheatre and I spotted a whale fin in the distance. Couldn’t believe my eyes when I realised it was an Orca (Killer whale). Wow!! Showed a staff member called Dave who confirmed it was an Orca! Looking at all my pictures again and doing some research online it looks like there might be more than one, possibly John Coe with the distinctive notch on the dorsal fin and a chunk out of the tail fluke?”

The whales have been spotted off the coast before but are rare. The sighting follows an increase in rare sealife that has been spotted off the coast including minke whales and the return of the Tuna fishery to Cornwall.

It’s amazing to see, but the big question is, what else is following the baitfish?

Bad Mother

Bad Mother

This Brazilian slab at Mother Island is as heavy as it gets anywhere on earth. Not for the faint of heart in anyway, the beast came to life in a large recent swell, so do what your mother says or she’ll kick yo ass.

Weird Waves Season 3

Weird Waves Season 3

Welcome back to the third season of Weird Waves. Like everyone else on this planet, 2020 hit the WW Crew like a ton of bricks… and all plans for the year changed. With Dylan Graves and Dave Malcolm’s focus now set closer to home, the WW crew had no idea that so many of their favorite types of waves and people were right down the street from them in Southern California.

In this first episode we’re shifting our clocks around to feature a few different approaches to surfing once the streetlights turn on. From Bioluminescence to Blue Moons to Sci Fi lighting devices. Who are these nightriders sneaking around in the cloak of the night? And more importantly, why?

Don’t miss any of the adventures lined up for season 3, including a look at “Tanker Surfing,” inside the hunt for the eternal grom in each of us, and more. This season, Weird Waves also produced several special reports that shine a much-deserved light on the Queer and Black surf communities.