Shaking

This morning I was jarred awake by a short but loud 3.3 earthquake here in San Francisco. It was relatively small, but located very close, just 3 miles offshore and due West of my house in the Outer Richmond district. Even though it was a tiny quake in comparison, it reminded me of Chile and the numerous aftershocks I felt while doing earthquake and tsunami relief there in March. I'm just waiting for the day that an earthquake of that size hits Northern California. It's been a very long time.

Read the Surfline article here about my Chile tsunami relief experiences, and watch for an article I wrote coming in the next issue of Surfer's Path magazine.

Stand for the Ocean

Tomorrow (Saturday) is Hands Across The Sand. It's simple and easy: just be at your local beach before 12 noon, join hands to form a line in the sand. Unite to oppose oil drilling and our insane addiction to oil.

With over 700 events worldwide, including every single state in the USA, find or create a Hands Across The Sand near you and help us tell our elected officials and overpaid CEOs that we're sick of our oil and oil slick disasters! More info here:

>>> www.handsacrossthesand.com

Our oil dependency is literally killing our culture and our planet through war, ecological destruction, and corporate thievery. Not to mention the fact that highways and traffic just plain suck - they're noisy, stinky, expensive and really, really ugly. Parking lots and highways are so last decade.

Personally, I walk and bike every single day to do my small part in getting us off oil. EVERYWHERE IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE IF YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH TIME. Get over your car. Hands Across The Sand.

In San Luis Obispo on June 24

SLO Town to deliver some love for Chile on June 24:

The Terra Foundation, Downtown Brew, Coalition, and Maule Wear are VERY proud to present a fabulous night of music, prizes, good friends, and fun on Thursday, June 24th at Downtown Brew in San Luis Obispo.

All proceeds from what will prove to be a fantastic evening will benefit members of the community of Curanipe, Chile. Curanipe was hard hit in the late February earthquake and tsunami and continues to need our support. Proceeds will go directly to families in Curanipe in the form of grants to be used to assist with the reconstruction of their homes.

In conjunction with the concert on June 24th, we are holding a "need not be present to win" raffle. Tickets are on sale NOW, so buy a few soon for a chance to win terrific prizes such as a brand new bass guitar, one of two new surfboards, incredible art, wine, clothing, and more! Raffle tickets can be purchased now at one of the following locations: in SLO - Bambu Batu and Coalition; in Cayucos - Good Clean Fun; in Morro Bay - Sunshine Health Foods and Morro Bay Surf Company, and in Shell Beach - Shell Beach Surf Shop and A Vital Touch.

>> Please visit maulewear.com for more information.

Two Films Nominated for Best Short

Two films that I produced earlier this year were nominated last week for Best Environmental Short Film at this year's Surfilm Festibal in San Sebastián, Spain.

In February during a rainy and gray weekend in San Francisco I wrote and edited Soundings. It features Captain Paul Watson and Dave Rastovich "sounding off" on all things fishy, environmental and oceanic.


With Angel Marin I also produced Standing in Chile in March, a short adventure film by Save The Waves and PerroRata that documents our tsunami relief work in the aftermath of Chile's massive earthquake. Both films are nominated at the Surfilm Festibal screening this weekend and next week.

My excellent Wingman and Brother from Another Mother, Angel Marin, directed Standing and he also shot some of the footage in Soundings. I think it's funny that we're now competing against each other for this prize. Either way, we win. We're keeping our fingers crossed for the announcement coming next week from Spain!

Top: a screen grab from "Soundings" - Captain Paul Watson in action.
Above: scene of post-tsunami destruction from "Standing."
View the films here:
>> Soundings
>>> Standing
>>>> Amstel Surfilm Festibal