9/6/07

Crowded Waves


A world record surfing attempt took placed this past Weekend in Santos Brazil. No it wasn't for the largest wave ridden or the longest barrel, it was all about how many people could surf the same wave. The event sponsor Earthwave, founded by Kahuna Surfing Academy in Cape Town South Africa, wanted to surfers to take a try at the record world wide. Over 100 people rode this little warrior in Brazil on Sunday and more attempts are to follow in the weeks coming in nine different countries, from Australia to South Africa, Portugal, Britain, the USA, Argentina, Tahiti, and Ireland. The goal of this event is to highlight the problem of climate change.

For more info check out the Earthwave website...

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Posted by shelby is jetlaged @ 4:52 PM