15 Aug 2012

Save The Sharks

Comments Surf Environment

Check out this campaign video on raising shark finning awareness. Volunteers outlined 2,500 sharks in their parking lots. This symbolizes the number of sharks that we are loosing every 30 minutes. The video also features the artwork of visual artist, Jim Gundlach.

21 Jun 2012

So What Exactly is Shark Finning?

Comments Featured, Surf Environment

Open up not just your eyes but also your minds in order to raise awareness about what shark finning really entails. Planet 100 gives us an everything you need to know guide about this serious matter which threatens not just the shark species and the marine environment but also us, humans.

23 May 2012

Stop Shark Finning

Comments Featured, Surf Environment

As an apex predator sharks play vital role in keeping the balance of the marine ecosystem. Millions of sharks are being hunted for a very minute part of their body, namely their fin. With their rapid disappearance, the marine ecosystem will surely collapse including the important food that many communities depend on for survival. Don’t [...]

17 May 2012

The Reality Of Shark Finning

Comments Featured, Surf Environment

Check out this post from the Wicked Diving group as they share a very sad video of what really happens during shark finning. You’ve seen lots of footage about the large scale effects of shark finning, now it’s time to show you the small scale effects on the shark population. Shockingly sad.

24 Jan 2012

Shark Finning Sucks Big Balls And Why We Should Stop It

Comments Columnists, Featured, Josh Aggars, Surf Environment

Due to the increased demand for Shark Fin Soup over the past decade the incidence of shark finning is ever increasing in number. Some humans are showing themselves to be the real monsters of the deep with sharks having good reason to fear man more than man has to fear from sharks (cue blatant plug [...]

12 Jan 2012

Who Has The Most To Fear – Man Or Shark? Shocking Infographic!

Comments Columnists, Featured, Infographics, Josh Aggars, Surf Environment, Surf FAQs

Ever since Steven Spielberg unleashed Jaws onto the world back in 1975 Sharks have had a really bad press. Throw in the yearly world news hysteria of ‘Man gets eaten by shark on holiday’ and you have a climate of fear built up around the Shark that is massively undeserved. For if you dig just [...]