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Let's Surf Coalition
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Preserving
and enhancing public access to, and usage of, the beaches and near
shore waters.
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The Latest News - 8/5/08
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A special Surf Committee was created by the Board to consider and draft the recommendations. Most of the established surf contest promoters participated, as did community representatives and recreational surfers. The recommendations would prohibit simultaneous events, limit the total number of competition days on the North Shore, clarify some of the existing guidelines and establish early decision making deadlines for event permits.
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Let's Surf
www.LetsSurfCoalition.org
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Supporters can order
Let's Surf Stickers for free by sending a self-addressed, stamped
envelop to Let's Surf Coalition, Box 27, Haleiwa, HI,
96712.
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Our Mission
Oahu’s beaches and near shore waters are precious resources that belong to the public. Pressure to reserve beaches and near shore waters for exclusive activities is growing simultaneously with the public’s need for more recreational space. While a limited number of exclusive events and commercial activities may benefit the community, too many of these activities place an undue burden on the community. Let’s Surf Coalition will work to ensure fair laws relating to access and usage of the beaches and near shore waters are established and followed. This non-profit organization shall serve as an advocate for the public and it will monitor compliance of the laws of the City and County of Honolulu and the State of Hawaii. In such cases where the City or State do not abide by their own laws, rules or regulations pertaining to access and usage of the beaches and near shore waters, Let’s Surf Coalition will focus media attention on the improper behavior and mount legal challenges, if necessary, to correct the wrong. Let’s Surf Coalition exists to preserve and enhance public access to, and usage of, the beaches and near shore waters. How Can Surf Contests Be A Burden? December 2001 and January 2002 saw 40 days in a row reserved for three consecutive events at Pipeline. The Pipeline Masters' 10-day holding period was followed by the Backdoor Shootout's 20-day holding period and the World Bodyboard Championship's 10-day holding period. Each of these contests were allowed to choose the best days in their respective holding periods to run their events. As anyone who surfs can attest, the surf is not perfect everyday, even on the North Shore of Oahu. The reason for a holding period is to allow a contest to be held under the best of conditions. Often, the surf is too big, too small or destroyed by adverse winds. The contests get the pick of the litter and the public is allowed to surf whenever the conditions are not good enough to hold a contest. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation revised the rules and regulations governing shore water events in 1991. It is against these rules to conduct back-to-back events at one beach. There were many other rules broken in the winter of 2001-2002. For more detailed information, go to Recent Problems. |
If you have any thoughts you would like to share, we would like you to share it with us at: info@letssurfcoalition.org