Pubblichiamo una mail dell'amico Arnaud Frennet, rider Naish per il windsurf e il SUP, che vive in Cile. Come sapete il Cile è stato colpito da un devastante terremoto e molti degli spot più famosi della regione per il windsurf e il surf sono stati seriamente compromessi.

Dear All,
I hope all well for you,
My name is Arnaud Frennet, for those who don’t know me, I am a Naish rider for both SUP and Windsurfing based here in Chile.

As you sure know we have been hit by a devastating 8.8 Earthquake, that was followed by a Tsunami.
My family and myself have been very fortunate given the circumstances, despite some material damage (the tsunami reached our house in Punta de Lobos but did not destroy it…too much luck).
Unfortunately around us some of our friends and neighbors did not get the same fate and lost everything. We have put all our energy into helping them for recovery.

The purpose of my message is to see if you can help with the diffusion of our efforts through your media/website, that would be greatly appreciated.
Here attached you will find some pix and a Press release from Save-The-Waves with whom we are coordinating the relief efforts.

All the Surf, SUP, Kite and Windsurf community has come together to help for recovery. The most damaged area extend from Tirua to Pichilemu, which is the most famous area for those sports in Chile, and for sure one of the most intense on Earth. The tsunami hit many World Famous beaches for those sports like Curanipe, Llico, Matanzas, Pichilemu & Punta de Lobos, just to name a few.

If you need any more information or images, please do not hesitate to contact me, or directly Save-The-Waves

Saludos, Arnaud

SAVE THE WAVES COALITION
CHILE EARTHQUAKE RELIEF UPDATE – March 6, 2010

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Save The Waves Field Teams Hit the Ground Running in Chile

March 6, 2010, Pichilemu/Curanipe, Chile – Save The Waves Coalition’s Chile relief ground teams have begun to distribute initial relief supplies to towns and villages that were hardest hit by the recent 8.8-magnitued earthquake and following tsunami. Teams have been traveling south from Pichilemu through the remote coastal areas and inland, reaching as far south as Duao in the northern part of Region VII, and supplying aid in small hard to reach towns along the way.

Save The Waves surf ambassador Ramon Navarro is leading the way in these efforts, and with his local knowledge of the region has already helped to supply initial water filters to provide clean drinking water, a crucial necessity right now, to those in need. Volunteers have also helped to clean up a school in Boyeruca that has suffered major damage. While more supplies arrive, water filters will continue to be dispersed over the coming days to help the many displaced families that are still without clean drinking water. Professional surfers Greg Long and Kohl Cristensen also arrived in Chile on Saturday with major supplies, including more water filters, and met up to support Navarro and others out of Pichilemu.

Further south, in the coastal town of Curanipe, which sits just 5km from the quake epicenter, Save The Waves’ Josh Berry arrived Saturday with a team of medics and truckloads of relief supplies, to distribute in the region. Berry and team also rendezvoused with Save The Waves’ local Coastkeeper program manager and Curanipe resident, Rodrigo de la O, who is directing a large portion of the relief efforts in the area.

Save The Waves has been working with nonprofit Waves for Water to supply water filters for clean drinking water to devastated communities where homes, restaurants, and entire fishing fleets have been completely destroyed. There are currently 1,000 filters now either in or en route to Chile, for distribution to coastal regions, in addition to other supplies. While initial relief effort progress has been significant, much more support and assistance will be necessary in the coming weeks as Chile continues to recover from this massive disaster.

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

International support:
Save The Waves Coalition:
•    Online donations:  http://www.savethewaves.org/
•    Donations by check:  Save The Waves Coalition
PO Box 183, Davenport, CA 95017, USA; +1-831-426-6169
•    Mark “Chile Earthquake” in comments/memo fields
•    Save The Waves Nonprofit Tax ID # 36-4515216
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Local support, Pichilemu (supplies & other donations):
•    Polanco's Supermercado, Calle Principal, Pichilemu, Chile
•    The Pichilemu Institute of Language Studies: www.pichilemulanguage.com
•    Local contact: Quinn Campbell, +1-714-293-0620 cell, Questo indirizzo e-mail è protetto dallo spam bot. Abilita Javascript per vederlo.

Local support, Curanipe (supplies & other donations):
•    Local contact: Rodrigo de la O, +56 9 9359 6318, Questo indirizzo e-mail è protetto dallo spam bot. Abilita Javascript per vederlo.