PHOTOS: Malibu’s famed Surfrider Beach named a World Surfing Reserve
Mati Waiya conducts a Chumash sunrise ceremony as surfers and others look on at Malibu’s Surfrider Beach on Saturday. The renowned break has been designated the first-ever World Surfing Reserve.
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Mati Waiya begins the sunrise ceremony at Malibu’s Surfrider Beach. The designation of the beach is largely ceremonial. But surfers and conservationists hope that enshrining the worlds best surf breaks, an idea based loosely on UNESCOs list of World Heritage sites, will lead to legally binding protections against development and pollution.
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Surfers prepare to paddle out for the sunrise ceremony. Famous as the epicenter of California surf culture in the 1950s and ‘60s, Malibu topped a list of more than 125 nominees under the new program by the Save The Waves Coalition.
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Mati Waiya, left, and Luhui Isha lead the Chumash sunrise ceremony at Malibu’s Surfrider Beach. “These special surf spots are the Yosemites of the coast,” said Dean LaTourrette, founding partner of World Surfing Reserves. “People need to understand how valuable and fragile they are.”
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Surfers join hands in a circle at Surfrider Beach. The legendary Malibu break was chosen from a list of hundreds submitted by surfing federations worldwide.
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Luhui Isha, center, helps conduct the Chumash sunrise ceremony as surfers including Bob Purvey, right, look on. “A place like Malibu is perfect because it’s the birthplace of modern surfing, it’s an amazing natural setting and yet there are serious environmental issues threatening it,” said Josh Berry, environmental director for the Save The Waves Coalition.
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