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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 is the greatest threat facing mankind today. We owe it to ourselves and future generations to learn more about this problem and then become proactive in reducing our impact on the environment. PAUL BOTHA

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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
The Surftech board from Glen Darcy for sale: Corky Carroll model shaped by Robert August	The T&C from Geraghty Surfboards for sale: Shaped by Dean Geraghty and airbrush design by Riaan
The four surfboards for sale to raise funds for worthy causes. FLTR: Gee Force, Geraghty, Surftech, Dutchie	An overview of Muizenberg Beach during Earthwave South Africa on Sunday 2 Sep 2007
Seven of the beautiful boards in the Surfboard Art Challenge - (Top Left) Surf Tech; (TR) F22; (Far Left) Magic Shot; (Far R) Dutchie; (2nd Top) Gee Force; (2nd Bottom) Clayton; (Bottom) Spider	Youngsters from the Micah surf school tuck into delicious confectionary provided by Compass Bakery
Participants start to line up for their attempt on the Guinness World Record for the most surfers on one wave	Paul & Dene Botha, founders of the Earthwave Global Surf Challenge
Robert, winner of the skateboard donated by Surf Zone Surf Shop	An attentive audience for the talk on Global Warming by Stephen Law of the Environmental Monitoring Group
Participants registering for the world record attempt	Youngsters searching for buried treasure in the Lew Gefffen - Sotheby's International Realty Dig for Gold
A section of the crowd at earthwave South Africa on Sunday	Some of the 310 surfers at Earthwave South Africa who headed out to try and break the world record
Five of the boards in the Surfboard Art Challenge and Auction - From left - Dutchie, F22, Surf Tech, Geraghty Surfboards, Magic Shot	Poster for Earthwave South Africa 2007
A total of 73 surfers riding one wave simultaneously during the Kahuna Surfing Academy attempt on the GWR at Muzienberg in Sept 2006	Surfers up and riding in the GWR attempt at Muizenberg in 2006
Surfers start the paddle out awaiting the signal from the jet skier in the GWR attempt at Muizenberg in 2006	Participants setting out into the ideal conditions in the GWR attempt at Muizenberg in 2006
The Sun newspaper in Scotland on 20 Sept 2006 - 3 days after the GWR attempt at Muizenberg	Part of the crowd of 349 surfers who participated in the GWR attempt at Muizenberg in 2006 head for the waves
The back page of the Mercury newspaper in Durban on the Monday morning after the GWR attempt at Muizenberg in Sept 2006	The front page of the Cape Times newspaper in Cape Town on the Monday morning after the GWR attempt at Muizenberg in Sept 2006
The poster for the Guinness World Record attempt at Muizenberg in September 2006	The surfers from the Western Province Longboard Club line up at Muizenberg in 1992
Some of the more than 100 surfers from the Western Province Longboard Club who rode a wave at Muizenberg in 1992



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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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