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The Earthwave Global Surf Challenge is an initiative created by the Cape Town based Kahuna Surfing Academy that showcases the global nature of the surfing community, highlights their environmental concerns and issues a "call to action" on how we can reduce our impact on climate change.

By staging attempts on the Guinness World Record for the ‘most surfers riding one wave simultaneously’ on beaches worldwide on the first Sunday in September annually, Earthwave provides a platform for surfers of every age and ability to participate in an enjoyable group activity.

Leveraging the newsworthiness of world record attempts, Earthwave seeks to raise awareness of the threat of Global Warming and its effects on our oceans and waves while mobilizing the trendsetting surfing fraternity through practical advice on how to become part of the solution to the most devastating problem ever faced by mankind.




Global warming isn't opinion. It's a scientific reality. And the science tells us that human activity has made, and continues to make, enormous impacts to our planet that affect our well-being and even our survival as a species. Many of the impacts are being felt along our coasts, both along the shore and in the water. SURFRIDER FOUNDATION on Global Warming



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Record breaking wave at Earthwave 2009 in Muizenberg, Cape Town

More than 80 surfers ride a single wave to set the Guinness World Record in Brazil.
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Argentina


Earthwave Argentina got 18 surfers riding the same wave in 13 deg water at Mar del Plata

The 31 participants in Earthwave Argentina line up on a cold, foggy day on Playa Grande Biologia in Mar del Plata
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Australia


Munga Barry announces that the Godfathers of the Ocean surf school will be going all out to break the record in Earthwave 2008

Former pro surfer MungaBarry passes on his knowledge to a new generation of surfers on the Gold Coast of Australia
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Brazil


Tentativa da quebra do Recorde de mais de 78 surfistas na mesma onda.

Tentativa da quebra do Recorde de mais de 78 surfistas na mesma onda.
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England


The 120 participants in Earthwave England head out at Polzeath Beach to break the world record

120 surfers line up on Polzeath Beach before heading out to break the world record in Earthwave England
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Reunion


Trois Bassins on Reunion Island, the venue for Earthwave

The girls for Earthwave Reunion line up on the beach at Trois Bassins on Sunday 2 September
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South Africa


Gee Force board shaped by Graham Smith for Travis Logie with design by Rod. Click on image for larger version of this artwork.

Global Warming Quad shaped by Dutchie who also did the artwork. Contact kahunasurf@mweb.co.za to own this unique surfboard
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Tahiti


Taharuu the venue for Earthwave Tahiti 2007

The Master of Ceremonies at every event in Tahiti blesses Mother Nature and the ocean, the element which unifies all the surfers from around the world.
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Motivated by the immense interest in the record breaking attempt on the Guinness World Record for the ‘most surfers riding the same wave simultaneously’ in Cape Town in September 2006 and inspired by Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth”, the Kahuna Surfing Academy (KSA) created the Earthwave Global Surf Challenge.

Convinced that they could break the Guinness World Record for the ‘most surfers riding one wave simultaneously’ after the paltry total of 44 was confirmed as the new record by the Lahinch Surf School in May 2006, the duo of veteran watersports promoter Paul Botha and his son Dene, South Africa’s highest internationally qualified surf instructor, registered an attempt on the record with the GWR organisation in London.

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