{"id":2076,"date":"2011-08-05T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pasopacifico.org\/2011\/08\/sima-2011-watermans-weekend\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:48:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T17:48:03","slug":"sima-2011-watermans-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/sima-2011-watermans-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"SIMA 2011 Waterman’s Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
Paso Pac\u00edfico is looking forward to the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association\u2019s 2011 Waterman\u2019s Weekend, coming up on August 11 & 12. This annual event is a fundraiser for SIMA\u2019s Environmental Fund and an opportunity to recognize those who work for ocean conservation. Every year, the Environmental Fund chooses 20 ocean-related, non-profit organizations as beneficiaries, and Paso Pacifico is proud to again receive this honor!<\/div>\n

The events of Waterman\u2019s Weekend will begin on the first day with the Waterman\u2019s Classic Golf Tournament and a surf contest as well as live and silent auctions. The second day marks the 22nd Waterman\u2019s Ball and Auction, which honors and celebrates leaders in industry and raises money for oceanic causes.<\/p>\n

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Locals Ready to Surf in San Juan del Sur<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
Last year, Paso Pac\u00edfico used this grant from SIMA to work with the budding Nicaraguan surf community<\/a> and channel their passion for the ocean into environmental action. Nicaragua is en route to becoming a major surf desination, a factor which drives tourism and economic development along the coasts. Locals are essential to building a thriving surf culture, and Paso Pacifico aims to give them a voice and a tight-knit community.<\/div>\n
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To do so, we held monthly educational workshops for local surfers in San Juan del Sur, which built awareness about marine debris and how it affects the functioning of our watersheds. Each workshop was accompanied by a beach cleanup to mobilize surfers, build community and keep Nicaraguan\u2019s favorite surf spots clean.<\/p>\n

Through these workshops, a core group of ocean-minded surfers realized that they, too, could influence environmental policy. When an important surf break at Playa Madras was closed last year, Paso Pac\u00edfico provided legal assistance and organized a meeting between the surfers and the government in order to successfully reopen it again. With our organizational training, this group of local surfers formed the San Juan del Sur Surf Association, which will independently forward surfers’ interests and work for cleaner coasts.<\/p>\n

This year, Paso Pac\u00edfico will use the grant to again support local surf culture and provide environmental workshops to an expanded group of Nicaraguans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We would like to thank SIMA for this recognition and are excited for the opportunities that lie ahead for ocean conservation!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paso Pac\u00edfico is looking forward to the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association\u2019s 2011 Waterman\u2019s Weekend, coming up on August 11 & 12. This annual event is a fundraiser for SIMA\u2019s Environmental Fund and an opportunity to recognize those who work for ocean conservation. Every year, the Environmental Fund chooses 20 ocean-related, non-profit organizations as beneficiaries, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-events-celebrations","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2076"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6698,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076\/revisions\/6698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}