International Surfing Day

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International Surfing Day, held annually on the third Saturday of June,[ citation needed ] is an unofficial, environmentally conscious [1] sports-centered holiday that celebrates the sport of surfing, surfing lifestyle, and the sustainability of ocean resources. [2] [3] Contests and prizes [4] are also part of the celebration, with surfing-related industries donating prizes such as surfboards and wetsuits. [1] Another purpose of the celebration is to promote the popularity of surfing and to attract new participants. [5]

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History

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A Naupaka plant

International Surfing Day was established in 2005 by Surfing Magazine [6] [7] and The Surfrider Foundation. [6] [7] International Surfing Day closely follows the spirit and intent of the World Surf Day, established by the Usenet newsgroup alt.surfing in 1993. [8] International Surfing Day is a worldwide [9] celebration of the sport of surfing. The day is observed with surf contests, [7] barbecues, [10] film screenings [1] and other surf-related activities. Surfers also use the day to give back to the environment by organizing beach clean-ups, [6] [7] [11] [12] [13] [14] dune and other habitat restoration [10] and other activities [3] such as lobbying to maintain the recreation areas in California where surfing occurs, or planting Naupaka (a flowering coastal plant) in Hawaii. [15] [16]

Direct action was used by form of protest on this day in England to express opposition to sewage in the waters of the Gold Coast; a precarious problem for many surfers who become infected by the bacteria from open wounds from sports-related injuries. [17]

Extent of celebrations

International Surf Day events have been held on all populated continents including South America where it is celebrated in Argentina, [9] Brazil, [18] and Peru. [18] Also in the Southern Hemisphere the holiday is observed in the Oceanian nations of Australia [19] and New Zealand. [18] The day is also widely observed in the American state of Hawaii, also in Oceania. [3] [14]

In North America the surfing day is most widely observed and celebrations may be found in Canada, [18] Costa Rica, [18] the French Antilles, [18] El Salvador, [20] Mexico, [21] and in the majority of coastal states of the United States: California, [4] [15] Connecticut, [18] District of Columbia, [18] Florida, [13] [22] Georgia, [23] Maine, [18] Maryland, [18] New Jersey, [6] [11] New York, [18] North Carolina, [18] Oregon, [10] South Carolina, [24] Texas, [18] and Virginia. [18] After North America the observance has the most popularity in Europe: including in most of the coastal European Union and it is held by surf enthusiasts in France, [5] [18] Italy, [5] the United Kingdom, [17] [18] Portugal, [5] Spain, [5] and Belgium. [18] Further European celebrations are held in Norway, [5] in addition to many of the EU nations overseas possessions.

In Africa, the two French territories of Réunion and Mayotte [5] hold annual festivities alongside Morocco, [5] the Spanish insular area of the Canary Islands [5] and South Africa. The day has also taken hold in some other countries such as Israel and Japan. [5] [18]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 International Surfing Day Gets Challenging, Surfline, Press Release, June 16, 2008, access date June 26, 2008
  2. ↑ The Third Annual International Surfing Day is back Friday June 20th [ permanent dead link ], by Nicole DeJesus, access date June 27, 2008
  3. 1 2 3 International Surfing Day Clean Up Set for June 21, By Jenna Ishii, September 6, 2008, Hawaii Reporter, access date June 27, 2008
  4. 1 2 International Surfing Day announces challenges & prizes Archived February 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , SurfersVillage, June 16, 2008, access date June 27, 2008
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (in English and French) Surfing Day celebrated on beaches throughout Europe/UNE VAGUE SANS FRONTIERES !, June 25, 2008, Surfers Village, access date June 30, 2008
  6. 1 2 3 4 O.C., A.C. celebrate surfing 'holiday' today [ permanent dead link ] by Jon Coen, For The Press/PressOfAtlanticCity.com, June 20, 2008, access date June 25, 2008
  7. 1 2 3 4 International Surfing Day Gets Challenging, June 16, 2008, access date June 25, 2008
  8. ↑ alt.surfing
  9. 1 2 (in Spanish) Conciencia ecológica en el Día Mundial del Surf Archived July 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , La Capital (newspaper), access date June 27, 2008
  10. 1 2 3 On The Sidelines [ permanent dead link ], Newport News Times , June 20, 2008, access date June 27, 2008
  11. 1 2 projects focus of Surf Day petition, by Sarah Webster, APP.com, June 22, 2008, access date June 25, 2008
  12. ↑ Surfers have global mission Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , SeaCoastOnline, access date June 22, 2008
  13. 1 2 Lake Worth: International Surfing Day to be marked at city beach [ permanent dead link ], June 16, 2008, Lake Worth Sun-Sentinel, access date June 26, 2008
  14. 1 2 Harbor gets a Surfing Day cleanup [ permanent dead link ], by Rachale Gehrlein, June 25, 2008, access date June 26, 2008
  15. 1 2 Surf's up by Jen Ingan, New Times, Strokes and Plugs, June 19, 2008, access date June 27, 2008
  16. ↑ Surfrider Foundation hosts Hookipa cleanup, The Maui News, June 18, 2008, access date June 27, 2008
  17. 1 2 SAS celebrate International Surfing Day at the Gold Coast Festival Archived June 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , June 20, 2008, access date June 27, 2008
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 International Surfing Day, Surfrider Foundation
  19. ↑ News International Surfing Day [ permanent dead link ] by Richard Hardy, June 19, 2008, Drift Surf Magazine, access date June 26, 2008
  20. ↑ El Salvador Takes International Surfing Day To New Heights Archived November 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine , by Emilia Estrada, Surfing Magazine, access date June 27, 2008
  21. ↑ (in Spanish) El viernes 20 de Junio se celebra el Día Internacional del Surf 2008 [ permanent dead link ], by Carlos Cohen, Surfeando, June 18, 2008, access date June 27, 2008
  22. ↑ Justin Beard: Board Meeting, by Justin Beard, June 19, 2008, access date June 27, 2008
  23. ↑ ESA Georgia Surf Contest This Weekend [ permanent dead link ], TransWorldSurf, June 24, 2008, access date June 25, 2008
  24. ↑ International Surfing Day on Friday – Summer of Surf Celebration This Weekend on Folly Beach Archived January 29, 2013, at archive.today , Moultrie News, June 18, 2008, access date June 27, 2008

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