This is a really interesting read and an important document - and not just if you're a surfer. Lifted straight from SAS' website it gives thoughtful analysis:
The WAR report clearly highlights why Waves Are Resources
and, as such, should be recognised as valuable assets, protected for this and
future generations. The WAR Report not only focuses on the intrinsic value of
waves to surfers but also the economic value to the wider community. SAS
released the report on the first day of the Relentless Boardmasters 2010, the
UK’s largest surfing competition. The Boardmasters is obviously solely
dependent on the waves and the event bring £1,700,000 into the local economy.
There are a myriad of threats that constantly jeopardize our
finite surfing resource, our waves. In 2009 SAS launched the new Protect Our
Waves (POW) campaign that focuses on protecting waves from overzealous on and
near shore development, environmental impacts and waverider’s rights of access.
The WAR Report was written for planners and waveriders alike
and SAS will ensure that all relevant planning bodies in the UK have a hard
copy of the WAR Report and will expect the WAR Report to be referenced
alongside SAS’s other reports when coastal developments schemes are in the
planning process. Download a copy of the The SAS WAR Report here on pdf
The WAR Report was written by SAS Director Dr Tony Butt PhD.
Dr Butt is one of the world’s most highly respected authorities on the science
of waves and how they interact with the coastal environment.
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