110 East
\nwww.CathaySeas.com<\/p>\n
This is \u0091110 East\u0092, the periodical yet erratic newsletter of the sophisticated,
\nrugged and facetious surfers in China and South East Asia. <\/p>\n
16 november 2005 (previous newsletters below).
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\nCONTENTS :
\n1- China (surf, and more)
\n3- Worldwide (field surveyors of bird flu wanted)
\n4- Hot Spot : P\u0092ooejin-ni, North Korea (01 map)1- CHINA (surf, and more) :<\/p>\n
* After the \u0091720 surf open\u0092 held on Hainan island 19 and 20 november, Hong Kong
\nsurfers will have their own event on 11 december at Tai Long Wan (Sai Kung),
\ncourtesy of Rip Curl company.
\nIn the meantime, Cathay Seas has received more than ten individual e-mails
\nasking about Hainan island and the surf opportunities one can find over there,
\nincluding to run competitions. No doubt the island should become the first
\nsurfing destination in China.
\nIf you think it already means too many people, let us remind you that China has
\n18.000 kilometers of coastline and more than 5.000 islands.
\nhttp:\/\/www.XgameHK.com or call Kelly in Hong Kong : 2921 1192.<\/p>\n
* Cathay Seas is currently working on the Links page for improvements and also
\non the chinese section of the website, in order to make it useful for local
\npeople who don\u0092t know what a duckdive is…
\nBenevolent volunteers are wanted for english-chinese translations.<\/p>\n
3- WORLDWIDE (field surveyors of bird flu wanted) :<\/p>\n
Cathay Seas is in touch with the World Food Programme and we have proposed our
\nservices to relay important information on the spread of bird flu, both to and
\nfrom the surfing community. We, surfers, often visit wild places such as
\nmarshes, wetlands and natural habitat of wild animals and thus we are a
\npopulation prone to witness strange things happening to animal life.
\nIf you think you have seen such a thing, CONTACT US for we will collect and
\nrelay the information in real time.
\nYou don’t have to be sure, you don’t have to witness a large scale anomaly and
\nyou would be ridiculous only by not doing so. We need detailed reports of what
\nyou have seen, eventually with photos, videos and precise locations for further
\nsearches.
\nWhat we mean by \u0091strange things\u0092 is \u0093out-of-the-ordinary animal illnesses
\n(Avian Flu affects everything from tigers to birds), animals getting sick from
\neating carcasses of other animals or serious human cases of flu-like symptoms
\nin areas with a lot of migratory birds…(…) areas like large wetlands or
\nmarshes could be possible disease transmission points\u0094.(Quote from WFP e-mail)<\/p>\n
For us it could mean dead or disoriented animals (from one to many-many), humans
\nwith a serious flu in an area of birds migration and so on.
\nYou will identify the areas of interest just by reading your national or local
\nnews but it\u0092s likely to happen anywhere including where it is supposed to be
\nsafe. By now, bird flu has been confirmed in Asia, Russia, Europe, Alaska
\n(going South) and soon-to-be-expected North Africa (going back to Europe).
\nThis is serious and not only for birds, don\u0092t take it lightly.
\nhttp:\/\/www.wfp.org\/newsroom\/in_depth\/early_warning\/index.asp#AvianInfluenza<\/p>\n
4- HOT SPOT : P\u0092ooejin-ni, North Korea<\/p>\n
The internal border dividing the Korean peninsula is 4 kilometers wide x 250
\nkilometers long and is called the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ.
\nIt\u0092s been void of human settlement for more than 50 years, save the occasional
\nmilitary patrols, which makes the whole place a great natural reserve of
\ntemperate climate, defended by powerful environmental organizations, one
\nmillion military personnels and the largest amount of landmines ever deployed
\nin a single area. Technically, North and South Korea are still at war against
\neach other.<\/p>\n
On the East coast, between Kosong city (Democratic People\u0092s Republic of Korea
\n-north) and Chigyong (Republic of Korea -south), the four kilometers of the DMZ
\nbathe in the Japan Sea and tubular waves in the 2 meters range are quite common
\nfrom November to April (thick wetsuit required for winter). The coast is made
\nof sand beaches interrupted by rocky capes that create pointbreak waves and
\nP\u0092ooejin-ni is one of them. Up in the North, beyond the DMZ, the surf spots of
\nKosong city are dominated by the rivermouth of Hug Yom river and its ever
\nchanging sandbars.<\/p>\n
Surfing in the DMZ is of course a joke and a practical impossibility and there
\nare no records of anyone having surfed in North Korea either : an expeditionary
\nteam should check the legal possibility of it even before buying plane tickets.
\n… Meanwhile, surfing in South Korea is a much more simple possibility, both on
\nthe coast of Japan Sea or Yellow Sea. Between two sessions, tourism agencies
\nwill take you and your family to selected places of the DMZ, so that you can
\nget a clue of the Other Side.
\nFor surfing purpose, Cathay Seas has the data and the maps… just send your
\norders !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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