Surfrider Foundation, New York City

Please join us for a regular Chapter meeting at Patagonia SoHo next Wednesday Dec 14th

There will be a pre-meeting to discuss the Rise Above Plastics Campaign at 6PM.

Chapter Meeting – 12-14-11
Patagonia Soho
101 Wooster
6:45 to 8 PM

Thanks and we hope to see you there.

The film Bag It is the definitive movie documenting plastic’s impact on our ocean environment and our health.  Read more and see the trailer here.

The Surfrider Foundation will host a Bag It webcast on December 4^th at 8 PM. It works like a group pay-per-view. For $5 total you can watch the film with as many people as you can fit in front of the monitor / screen. More info here.

Bag on Beach Fence

Will you make a webcast screening happen in a public place? Tell us about it. Invite other Surfrider members and supporters to view it with you. We will help promote it and get people there! Email Jweber@surfrider.org if you want to host a screening.

What you’ll need: A high-speed Internet connection, $5 (the Chapter will pay you back), a quiet room and a monitor or a screen / projector big enough for your room.

Nike and Vice Media have teamed up to bring you Rockaway11 – a series of community events in Far Rockaway. They have invited Surfrider’s NYC Chapter to wrap things up with a beach-cleanup and sunset social on Sunday, August 14. 

• 2pm -5:30pm: Swing by the Surfrider tent to help with the clean-up!
• 5:30pm: Meet back at the tent for a quick wrap-up.
• 6:00pm: TACOS AND BEERS for all VOLUNTEERS - complimens of Nike and Vice!!

Find a full calendar of events here.

Come down to Patagonia New York SoHo @ 101 Wooster Street on Wednesday, August 10 at 6:30pm. We will be discussing our upcoming volunteer activities:

• Rockaway11: Beach Clean-up N’ Beers with Nike N’ Vice
• Dave Matthews Band Caravan
• Quik Pro NY

And our SEPTEMBER FUNDRAISER. Calling all Event Hosts!

Please email newyork@stoked.org to sign up for a volunteer orientation session. All surfing programs take place at Far Rockaway Beach.

Can’t surf? Can’t go every week? No problem.

Stoked needs volunteers year-round and you DO NOT need to know how to surf to be an awesome mentor. Lend a hand on one of the Saturdays listed below:

August, 6th Saturday
August, 20th Saturday
September 10th Saturday

Here’s an excerpt from NY DEC: Alternative beaches, such as Coney Island Beach, Rockaway Beach, Orchard Beach, Manhattan Beach and Wolfe’s Pond Beach, remain open and unaffected based on current water quality modeling. Fifty four outdoor pools are open for swimming as well. Call 311 to find the pool nearest to you.

And here’s their site: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/press_releases/11-64pr.shtml

They have a phone, but no one is picking up — keep trying, and let us know what you know! 516 785-1600.

We’ll keep updating as we learn more.

Mark your calendar for July 24 because the Surfrider Foundation NYC Chapter and Patagonia New York SoHo have teamed up to present the 2010 documentary GASLAND at the Ace Hotel.

When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for natural gas drilling, he embarks on a cross-country journey uncovering a trail of secrets, deceit and contamination. Part travelogue, part exposé and part mystery, GASLAND delves into just how unsafe hydraulic fracturing is.

The first 50 guests will receive a Patagonia Beer Coozie made of upcycled Patagonia Regulator Wetsuits. Guests can purchase raffle tickets to win items donated by Patagonia. Raffle ticket proceeds will help fund a GASLAND sequel.

Doors open at 7pm and the reels start spinning at 8pm.

Food and drinks by The Breslin Bar and Dining Room.
$10 Summer Cocktail
$3 PBR Special

RSVP at rsvpliberty@thebreslin.com. The screenings are free and 21+.

Come down to “Saturdays Surf NYC” at 31 Crosby Street on Wednesday, July 13 for the monthly meeting of the Surfrider Foundation’s NYC chapter. 7:00 pm. Drinks will be provided to those who sign up for volunteering slots!