We hope that this initiative will be enthusiastically received by the paddling community and that we can all work together to make our Waterways a more pleasant place for all recreational activity as well as a more sustainable environment the flaura and fauna that live there. This is a great opportunity to play a large role in the promotion of environmental awareness and sustainable living as well as promote our sport in Ireland. One of the Surf Rider foundations major goals is not only to clean up existing macro pollution in large international campaigns, but to educate and promote practices which prevent the pollution getting into the waterways in the first place. An example of this is we currently in discussions with Surf Rider to see if they can help us find the source and a possible sustainable solution for the presence of Weils Disease in some of the Irish Rivers.

Benny Cullen