Environmental

Matt Whitehead is a laborer from NSW, Australia who left school at 14 and became a plumber. He's since worked to save enough money then travel the world several times over in a uniquely minimalist style that often includes bicycling long distances. He's known for having biked from Nova Scotia to Central America, having a penchant for stubbie twin fins, and going on anti-materialist rant over a good beer.

In short he's one of the best humans we know. Last week, we were lucky enough to have him peddle through the Korduroy headquarters, midway through another continental journey en route to somewhere in Central America. Over a day, he imparted some wisdoms gleaned from miles on the road.

To follow Matt's adventures check out: bicyclerust.com

Six years ago, the Tweed Sand Bypass started pumping sand on the beach at Kirra, and destroyed the break. And while the outcry was minimal at first, 'cause the sand created the Superbank up the beach at Snapper Rocks, the momentum to bring Kirra back has been steadily increasing.

Lowers is the epitome of a high-performance wave. Add the world's best surfers to a perfect, rippable A-frame and the result is some of the most progressive wave riding SoCal has ever seen.

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Martin's 5: Battle for the Beach explores the Surfrider Foundation's fight to keep America's beaches open to the public through the lens of a monumental court case in San Mateo County, California that will have larger implications on beach access issues in the United States. The short film is the second in The Inertia's documentary series. Join the fight by logging on to surfrider.org/access and make a donation to support Surfrider's fight for beach access here: secure.surfrider.org/page/contribute/martins-beach-join?cid=intertia#form

When we first discovered Vaca Beach in El Salvador it was literally covered with trash. This video is about what we have don the past 4 years to improve the situation at this beach and others like it in El Salvador. Thanks You to everyone who does their part to make the world a cleaner healthier place. Film by Luke Thorpe (www.monumentalfilms.com) Thanks Rick Kuykendall (www.beinvisible.org) Josh Harper (www.billabongcamps.com) Rodrigo Barraza (http://federacionsalvadordesurf.blogspot.com/). See you at the beach!

Kyle Thiermann explains why buying locally and shopping responsibly makes a huge impact on our neighborhoods, and the world.

Proposed coal plant could destroy untouched waves. Santa Cruz surfer Kyle Thiermann explores Chilean wave zone and explains how we can help.

After a few days of all talk/little action from various government agencies, local surfers have taken to clean up Ocean Beach themselves. There will be a special training session on Nov 14th at 6pm (location TBD); stay tuned for updates. Here's the full story. More info: INTERACTIVE GOOGLE MAP OF AFFECTED AREAS, www.zunasurf.com/oilspill/, www.sfgate.com, www.niceness.org

Follow the quest of professional surfer Dave Rastovich and his friends to protect dolphins, whales and the oceans they all share. Through Dave's journey, a five-year adventure spanning the globe from Australia to the Galapagos, Tonga, California, Alaska and Japan?we see one surfer's quest to activate his community to help protect the ocean and its inhabitants.

In the 1960's, Richard O'Barry was the world's leading authority on dolphin training, working on the set of the popular television program Flipper. Day in and day out, O'Barry kept the dolphins working and television audiences smiling. But one day, that all came to a tragic end. THE COVE, directed by Louie Psihoyos, tells the amazing true story of how Psihoyos, O'Barry and an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The mysteries they uncovered were only the tip of the iceberg.

The Cove, an intelligent/action/adventure/Ocean's Eleven-like horror film wrapped around a tale of redemption and ultimate revenge - oh, and it's a documentary.

After the release of Stroke and Clock In, ( both awarded internationally ) Wake UP is the newest surf video made by Tiago Garcia.

The name Wake Up has a message for all of us to wake up to the problems we´ve been facing,for us to preserve nature,more especifically the oceans, our playground. Tiago´s idea was to produce another high performance surf video and send an ecological message that cause impact and make the spectators think about it. Beside the high performance by the surfers like Marcelo Trekinho,Adriano de Souza,Pedro Henrique,Gabriel Garcia e Everaldo Pato Teixeira, Wake Up had it´s script made by biologists and support from Greenpeace Brasil and Tamar Project - Bahia.

The footage was captured in places such as Tahiti, Moorea, Fernando de Noronha,Indonesia, Hawaii, Australia and a some different places in the brazilian coast. The Soundtrack is composed by bands such as Saosin, A Thorn for every heart, Hidden in plain view, Over it, Stretch arm strong, Red Panda, By a Thread and many more.

The DVD will have a bonus section featuring the best surfers in the world in Tahiti and Fernando de Noronha, interviews and backstage.

The video will be released in the end of november in Rio de Janeiro,Sao Paulo and Balneario Camboriu.

Dustin Barca is a pretty intimidating fellow. But only to people who're doing something shady: trashing the beach, polluting the ocean, f***ing with his food. Otherwise, he's pretty easy to get along with. Dude still murders it in the water, too.

Kyle Thiermann scores tubes adn learns about Bali's trash problem.

Part four of the TransparentSea voyage featuring Rastovich and friends.

Part three of the TransparentSea voyage featuring Rastovich and friends.

Part one of the TransparentSea voyage featuring Rastovich and friends.

A Report on Coca-Cola Bottling Indonesia and Quiksilver S.E.A. massive CSR efforts to clean the beaches and support eco and social sustainability throughout the regions of Indonesia. 

"Our main focus was to make this a special piece...through this film we wanted to give a larger voice to the people Coke and Quik are helping. Large corps can obviously make a difference".

Written and Directed by Jeremy Pfeiffer and Lorca Lueras

Produced By  Jake Paterson and  Bruce Waterfield

Held on April 19, 2008 in San Clemente, CA. The event raised over $350,000 for Surfrider's Save Trestles campaign, Miocean, Surfers Healing, The Quiksilver Foundation, Pipeline to a Cure and several other charities. As aprto amazing live auction and 90-minute solo performance by Eddie Vedder. The highlight of the evening was when Kelly Slater and Ben Harper joined Eddie on stage for an amazing rendition of Pearl Jam's "Indifference."

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