Conference poster on a street sign in Biarrtiz. This is a real surf town.
I’m at the first ever Global Wave Conference in Biarritz, France. The conference organized by the Surfrider Foundation and Surfrider-Europe, Save the Waves, and Surfers Against Sewage and especially Dr. Tony But, is an attempt to bring together wave-saving activists and organizations from around the world to discuss tools and techniques from around the world. Zach Plopper and Ben McCue have joined me from WiLDCOAST.
I will be talking in San Sebastian, the second day of the conference on “Saving Wild Waves: How WiLDCOAST Saved 30 Miles Coastline in Baja California, Mexico.”
Dean LaTourrette of Save the Waves (left) and Dr. Tony But (with the sweater)
Mot of us arrived on Sunday evening and had a great dinner with about 20 activists from France, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, England and the U.S.
The GWC Activist dinner on Sunday evening.
The conference is taking place at the Municipal Auditorium overlooking the Grand Plage of Biarritz. There is simultaneous translation of talks–which is great since they will be given in French, English and Spanish.
Outside of the beachside-auditorium in Biarritz. There are posters plastered all over the city.
The view from the conference location. The surf was 2-3' most of the day and offshore. It is a school holiday so the groms were on the pack most of the day.
Stéphane Latxague, CEO of Surfrider Europe who have helped to organize the event and who is the moderator.
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