Message From the ISA President Regarding the International Surfing Day <\/p>\n
Dear Friend of surfing,<\/p>\n
Tomorrow, June 20th, we celebrate surfing. We celebrate something that we really love and enjoy. But as in any true love, our love for the sport of surfing should be demonstrated each day. We should take the time to enjoy the waves, the ocean, the beaches, but we also should be defenders of the health and integrity of the ocean, so that it, too, can have a long and healthy life.For thousands of years, human beings saw the ocean as something endless andeternal, a symbol of something indestructible. But nowadays we have a better understanding that that\u2019s not the way it is. It is very big, but it\u2019s also very fragile. For thousands of years we have been destroying and polluting it and thereby shortening its healthy life. But the last decades have been especially destructive. Like Jacques Cousteau used to say: \u201cIt\u2019s very likely that in our generation we will see the ocean turn into an empty and polluted body of water\u201d\u2026 Unless we do something about it and change our relationship with it.<\/p>\n
Surfers have the good fortune of being one of the human groups that enjoy the ocean the most and destroys it the least, but we are also part of the problem \u2013 especially if we allow its degradation and pollution in any way. It\u2019s up to us to educate ourselves on how to become part of the solution rather than continuing to be part of the problem. This process starts in our homes with our leaky faucets, broken toilets, cars that leak oil or grease, wastewater from our washing machines, or whatever. Remember that most everything we see on the streets eventually ends up in the ocean.<\/p>\n
This means that everywhere we go \u2013 from school to the office to the work place, in the public or private sector \u2013 there\u2019s something we can do. A more moderate and less selfish use of nature signifies simply that more nature will be available to more people for a greater length of time. <\/p>\n
It is water, including that of the ocean, which makes the biggest difference between our planet and the rest of the planets of the solar system. That\u2019s the reason there is life here. That\u2019s why our planet is so special. We should demonstrate our true love for this world by taking care, preserving, and preventing our oceans from continuing to be the silent victims. Let\u2019s all be guardians of the ocean. Let\u2019s all get educated about the ocean. Let\u2019s all be lovers of its health. But especially, let\u2019s use it in ways that honor its existence. It depends on us. The ocean gave us life. Now it\u2019s our time to make sure that the ocean\u2019s life remains a good one.<\/p>\n
Muchas gracias,<\/p>\n
Fernando Aguerre
\nPresident
\nInternational Surfing Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Message From the ISA President Regarding the International Surfing Day Dear Friend of surfing, Tomorrow, June 20th, we celebrate surfing. We celebrate something that we really love and enjoy. But as in any true love, our love for the sport of surfing should be demonstrated each day. We should take the time to enjoy the … Continue reading “International Surfing Day”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-13864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surfing-news-archive","tag-surfing-news-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}