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Written by Fox Lach
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Thursday, 01 April 2010 22:41 |
First I’d like to thank you all for your help with the diffusion of our efforts down here in Chile.
As promised here is a brief update on what’s happening now,
In such disaster there are lots of very sad stories, but also thousands of fantastic ones where the best side of people takes over everything else. What is really fascinating to me, it is the way that people have learned to talk to each other again. The whole country feels like a small village today, where everyone knows and appreciates each other. There is a lot of very positive energy and solidarity, and you can meet real life heroes everywhere.
Yesterday for example the fisherman of Duao brought the whole catch of the day to the city of Curico and gave it for free as a gesture for the help they received right after the tsunami. There are plenty of other examples like this one, but despite of that some regions are still far from returning to normality, and thousands of kids have not gone back to school yet. Winter is fast approaching and in the south the first rains have come to stress the emergency for solving the housing issue that thousands are facing.
Another important issue today is the psychological consequences of the mega 8.8 quake. In some coastal villages people are still afraid of going back to their houses and prefer to camp on the hills. There has been lots of aftershocks and the fear of another tsunami is still omnipresent.
Surfers haves been helping a lot in that sense, like in Pichilemu, Chile’s surf capital, where we just had a “Reconciliación con el Mar” as a symbolic event of peacemaking with our Ocean. There some surf schools are back to work and seeing kids overcome their fears is another great positive sign. In fact, it even feels good to see some crowd back in the water. Every spot has changed but the conditions have just been excellent, and the atmosphere better than ever…we all feel a bit more humble I guess.
It will definitely take a long time for reconstruction, but whatever we do Chile will never be the same again.
Saludos, Arnaud Frennet |
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Written by Mike Muir
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Thursday, 01 April 2010 21:51 |
The Mongoose Cup turned out to be more fun then most of us had anticipated. It was kind of like the little brother to the Battle of the Paddle. As I approached Baby Beach where the event was held I couldn't help but feel the positive vibe and be won over by the level of enthusiasm that was all around me. My initial intention was to approach this event as purely a spectator but before long I was caught up in the enthusiasm finding myself signed up on a relay team with friends. People were milling around everywhere looking for the right person to complete their 4 person teams. Each team was required to have one female, one senior (50 & over) and either a junior (16 & under) or intermediate paddlers on their respective teams.
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Written by Arnaud Frennet
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:30 |
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Save The Waves Field Teams Hit the Ground Running in Chile
(Photos by Philip Muller)
March 6, 2010, Pichilemu/Curanipe, Chile – Save The Waves Coalition’s Chile relief ground teams have begun to distribute initial relief supplies to towns and villages that were hardest hit by the recent 8.8-magnitued earthquake and following tsunami. Teams have been traveling south from Pichilemu through the remote coastal areas and inland, reaching as far south as Duao in the northern part of Region VII, and supplying aid in small hard to reach towns along the way.
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Written by Karen Wrenn
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 02:25 |
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 I just got back from a quick trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, at the Southern most tip of the Baja Peninsula. I was there for a wedding and couldn't miss a chance to stand up paddle while I was there. Were were only there for 4 days, so hauling along boards did not make sense but we brought along our Kialoa paddles because they are super easy to travel with. We just stick the paddles in a padded paddle bag and check them. I get all kinds of questions from the baggage guys about what is in there? The funniest comment I have heard yet was from the baggage guy leaving the Portland Airport. He said, "What's in there? Are those rectal thermometers for elephants?" We all had a good laugh.
Before we left for the trip we had contacted Lee Vosburgh who lives in Cabo and is part owner of the Bahia Hotel, which they are currently remodeling. He was nice enough to pick us up and take us to the Medano Beach Club. He loaned us a couple of Naish boards and we had a fun adventure awaiting us. We had planned to paddle along the rocks to the arch and then Lee was going to pick us up in a boat, what they call panga, and take us to some surf breaks and some other secret spots.
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Written by Fox Lach
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Monday, 01 March 2010 22:33 |
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It wasn't something one expected to see everyday at the West Edmonton Mall but Warren Currie has a way of making the unexpected happen.
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