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NPR had a recent article on Santa Cruz surfers whom have been instrumental in getting their local beach breaks designated as a local World Surfing Reserve. The mission as stated on their website is as follows, “World Surfing Reserves proactively identifies, designates and preserves outstanding waves, surf zones and their surrounding environments around the world. The program serves as a global model for preserving wave breaks and their surrounding areas by recognizing the positive environmental, cultural, economic and community benefits of surfing areas.” All in all, becoming a World Surfing Reserve gives the local surfer a voice in city meetings and a leg to stand on when defending local breaks. The next World Surfing Reserve designation ceremony will be in Uluwatu, Bali in Indonesia.

Uluwatu, Bali - Indonesia

Sometimes the physical boundaries of what is Newport Beach versus what is Costa Mesa can be easily confused. A good way to determine which city you are in is to look at the color of the street sign. Green signs with white lettering equals Newport Beach and blue signs with white lettering mean Costa Mesa. Last week, Costa Mesa put up brand new poles and signs at the corner of Industry Way and Newport Blvd. They look great and all, however they put up green signs in Costa Mesa…..OPPS. Anyway, after talking with a Costa Mesa worker he said the new signs will be coming down and they will be replaced with the correct color.

The new big green sign will come down again and be replaced with a blue one

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is releasing his first motion picture called TED. In the live action / computer-animated comedy, he tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish…and has refused to leave his side ever since. The trailer is really raunchy so beware.

This weekend is going to be filled with a lot activities all topped off on Saturday night by the biggest and brightest moon in about 20 years. Scientist call it the “Super Moon” and it will appear larger in the sky as well as be 30% brighter. The word around HQ is that on Saturday night we may have a night surf session. We will also be celebrating Jason and Aislinn’s engagement at HQ on Saturday afternoon.