Watersplash News

Sunday Sessions launched

Yes it's now fully summer as the schools break up and we're going to add a little sparkle with Live music and a hog roast every sunday on the terrace (dep on weather).

Roll up from 1pm for the meat section and 3pm for your veg.


BSA launches global petition to fight BA
surfboard ban

Following yesterday's statement, the BSA has launched a global online petition to reverse the BA surfboard ban and has
suggested further action steps for surfers all over the world. Please could you forward this onto every surfer you know.

Thanks and we'll keep you updated. Jersey Surfboard Club

BRITISH SURFING ASSOCIATION SETS UP PETITION TO STOP
BRITISH AIRWAYS SURFBOARD BAN

To represent the needs of thousands of surfers who are shocked by the new British Airways (BA) ban on the carriage of surfboards (effective from 6th November), the British Surfing Association (BSA) has set up a petition to lobby the airline to reverse their decision. The organisation is also urging all surfers to utilise a new members group on the social networking site Facebook, complain directly to BA and spread the word amongst other surfers.

The BSA has over 10,000 members across the country and hundreds of them have contacted the organisation over the past few days expressing their disbelief and anger at what they see as a marginalisation of the sport and everyone within the surfing community. Until now, due to BA's fair baggage policy, the British surfing teams have almost always traveled with BA to their
European and international events but if BA insists on continuing with the ban, all surfers will be forced to use other airlines. A large number of the BSA's members are based on outlying British
islands where BA is the only flight carrier and the new ban will mean they will not now be able to fly with their boards.

Karen Walton, National Director, BSA, says, "If everyone who surfs could take five minutes to go online and follow our recommended action steps then we will have a real representation of the swell of
support for the reversal of this absurd decision. The Facebook site already has in excess of 1,000 members and lots of our members have been making complaints to BA. The media has been integral to us raising awareness of this issue and we'd like to thank all the journalists and media outlets who have been carrying the story thus far. Our new online petition means that people all over the world can add their support to our campaign and can add their personal comments about the issue. We will then be personally delivering the
petition to the management at BA in the near future."

Surfers are urged to take the following steps to help us lobby British
Airways to reverse their decision:

1) Go onto www.britsurf.co.uk and click the 'SIGN ONLINE PETITION OF PROTEST IN THE NEWS SECTION ON THE HOME PAGE'.
Follow the easy steps to sign this online petition and add any comments.

2) If you have a Facebook account, join the Facebook 'British Airways
Surfboard Ban' group

3) Click this link http://www.britishairways.com/travel/custrelform/public/en_gb
and register a complaint with BA directly

4) Encourage all other surfers to follow these steps