good omens and good people is what the WSR movement is all about

The World Surfing Reserves (WSR) movement (www.worldsurfingreserves.org)was officially launched Dec. 5th 2008 at the Value of Waves Roundtable in Half Moon Bay, California. It was an amazing event, which was part of a long path, which started one year earlier, when I proposed and committed to Save The Waves (STW) to research, create, structure and implement this vision (called World Wave Sites Program at the time!) - I was hired Dec. 2007 to do it. Feels amazing to see how, what had already been thought by many (a global proactive coastal conservation system based on enshrining iconic surf spots) was actually put into practice. The movement has so many thanks and influences to show appreciation for, from Yvon Chouinard's "surfing heritage" quote in the "Lost Jewel of the Atlantic" to STW Founder Will Henry but special thanks and aloha also go to STW Board Member Greg Benoit who through considerable resistance, believed in putting the Roundtable on and effectively launching the WSR program in 2008. Things are still in flux and there is lots of work ahead... good omens and good people surround it, making it possible if not necessary to keep it up!