The catch of the day in Newport Beach: Condom strips

Check out the yummy catch from our own beaches! In a guerrilla education effort, Surfrider Foundation collected the detritus from our beaches and packaged them up as the "Catch of the Day," then displayed them at farmers markets (via Treehugger). Above are "Condom Strips" from Newport Beach, below are "Styrofoam Bites" from Long Beach.

Malibu, true to its efforts to keep the public from actually enjoying public beaches, gets a "Private Beach Mix":

Venice Beach gets "Butts-n-Bits." Stop smoking, beachgoers!

You can watch a little video clip of the Surfrider Booth at the Hermosa Beach farmers market here.

In other Surfrider news: Quicksilver's made some 100% organic board shorts dubbed "Slightly Choppy" to benefit the nonprofit. How much of the $59.50 per pair goes to Surfrider? The press release I received said "a portion," so I asked for more info -- to find out that each pair will net Surfrider just a buck. I get the feeling that amount won't be specified on the tags, but now you know. The shorts are available in Quicksilver stores now, and will be available on Quicksilver's website in about 2 weeks.

Earlier: L.A. beaches get cleaner -- due to drought

Photos courtesy of osocio.org

Comments

[Surfer Girl]

I can't believe Surfrider would lend it's good name to the shameless marketing ploy by Quicksilver!

$1 from each $60 pair of shorts - are you serious Quicksilver?!?

Shoppers are going to think they're doing a good deed for Surfrider but would be quite disappointed if they knew how little of their money is really going for a good cause as opposed to lining the pockets of Quicksilver.

If Quicksilver was really doing something beneficial to Surfrider they'd proudly print this info on their tags...

Instead of shelling out $60 for a pair of over-priced boardshorts why not make a contribution directly to Surfrider?