Welcome To the Cape Fear Clean Water Classic Surf Festival

8/21/2009 News:

The Cape Fear Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will NOT organize or conduct the Cape Fear Clean Water Classic Surf Festival in 2009.

While the contest has been successful in the past, the Cape Fear Chapter has decided to strengthen other activities and campaigns and discover new avenues to realize the goals of the Surfrider Foundation locally. 
 
Over the years, the Clean Water Classic Surf Festival has evoked tremendous volunteer efforts and community support.  In 2008 the Cape Fear Chapter experienced a net financial loss on the event due to the lack of a major sponsor.  While the loss was not large, a similar situation could happen this year.  This was not the only deciding factor in choosing to forgo this event as a Cape Fear Surfrider activity.  The Cape Fear Chapter also considered the total amount of financial, volunteer, and other resources necessary to conduct such an event and decided to re-focus these important resources into efforts that draw the most direct lines possible to Surfrider’s strategic initiatives.  These include Beach Access, Beach Preservation, Clean Water, and Protecting Special Places. 
 
The Cape Fear Chapter hopes, with the help of our wonderful volunteers, to achieve great progress locally on these initiatives through Conservation, Activism, Research, and Education.  The Chapter has a number of significant projects and events planned in this regard, and we encourage you to become involved.  Become a member of the Surfrider Foundation by visiting www.surfrider.org, and contact capefearchapter@surfrider.org if you would like to volunteer locally or present an idea for a project, campaign, or event.  To find out about upcoming events and meetings, visit the Cape Fear Chapter website at http://www.surfrider.org/capefear/.  The Cape Fear Chapter welcomes your ideas, and we hope that everyone can dedicate even a small amount of time to work towards our shared goals. 
 
Thank you for your support and all you do in your daily lives to promote cleaner, more accessible, enjoyable beaches.
 
The Cape Fear Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation