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Earthwave SA aims for world record

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26 August 2010

The 2010 Earthwave Beach Festival will host an attempt to better the Guinness world record it set last year for the most surfers riding the same wave at Surfers Corner on Muizenberg Beach, Cape Town on the weekend of 25 and 26 September.

Over the two days, the fourth edition of the popular festival, which harnesses the huge interest surrounding attempts to break Guinness world records to promote sustainable lifestyle choices, will include a national SA Longboard Surfing event and stand-up paddleboarding races, featuring many of the country's top performers, alongside plenty of fun beach activities, demonstrations, and talks on climate change.

"We are excited about Earthwave 2010 and after setting the Guinness World Record of 110 surfers riding the same wave at Muizenberg last year, we feel that we can raise the record even further," said Paul Botha from Kahuna Promotions, the organisers of the festival.

A fun, mass participation event

"Earthwave has become a really fun, mass participation event since 2006, with more than 440 surfers of every age and ability paddling out to break the record last year, and three times that many on the beach urging them on," Botha added.

"We're inviting environmental organisations and companies to join us at the event to raise awareness of climate change and what can be done to reduce our impact on the planet.

"There'll be plenty of action in the ocean and on the beach with heaps of give-aways, raffles for worthy causes and competitions like Dig for Gold with prizes worth tens of thousands of rands. And the whole fiesta ends off with the after-party of the year at the Brass Bell."

Record attempt

The attempt on the Guinness World Record will be made between 13:00 and 14:00on Sunday, 26 September, with registration starting at 10:00.

The SA longboard surfing event and stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) races will start on the Saturday, with the finals taking place on the Sunday morning.

Earthwave Brazil, where a Guinness world record of 100 surfers riding the same wave was set in 2008, will also be making another attempt to break the record on Sunday, 12 September, as part of a three-day professional longboarding and SUP event at Quebra Mar near Sao Paulo.

Learn more

For more information on the Earthwave Beach Festival and sustainable lifetsyles events, and for information on how you can become involved, send an e-mail to Kahuna Surf.

Visit the Earthwave 2009 website to find out more about last year's event.

SAinfo reporter