New Short Film - what it means to be a Surfer & an Enviro

From Save The Waves Coalition's February e-newsletter, which I received today.

Featuring the very awesome Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd, Dave Rastovich, and Mike of San Francisco-based band Kapakahi.

side note: Kapakahi is very supportive of the Surfrider Foundation's San Francisco Chapter, and Save The Waves. They rock!

I got to hear Paul Watson speak at the recent Save The Waves Film Festival in San Francisco, where I also got to see "The Cove" for the first time. If you haven't seen it yet, then check out the trailer below - the film was just nominated for an Academy Award.


photo: from the Save The Waves Film Festival - the Mission Neighborhood, San Francisco

From the Save The Waves e-newsletter - Watch our new eco-surf short with Captain Paul Watson & Dave Rastovich on protecting the ocean environment, defending the whales, and what it means to be a surfer & environmentalist. The vision of "Soundings" began with a series of film interviews done by Save The Waves in Chile and at the Save The Waves Film Festival.



The film's "liner notes", from YouTube:

Captain Paul Watson & Dave Rastovich sound off on protecting the ocean environment, defending the whales, and what it means to be a surfer & environmentalist. Featuring high seas action with Paul Watson & surfing with Dave Rastovich, Timmy Turner, Ramón Navarro, Brett Schwartz & Keith Malloy.

"Soundings" is a film by Josh Berry
Music by Kapakahi
Presented by Save The Waves
www.savethewaves.org
www.kapakahimusic.com


"The Cove" trailer -



PS - if you don't see "The Cove", then take note of this fact - when dolphins are rounded up for slaughter in Japan, the "prettiest" dolphins are spared from slaughter - instead they are sold to aquariums and "swim with the dolphin" programs, world-wide. So if you "swim with a dolphin" or go to an aquarium that has a dolphin show, then you are financially supporting the slaughter of innocent wild dolphins in Japan.