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Waveriders

Waveriders is the previously untold story of the unlikely Irish roots of the worldwide surfing phenomenon and today’s pioneers of Irish big wave surfing. The story unfolds through the inspirational and ultimately tragic history of Irish/Hawaiian legendary waterman, George Freeth. Freeth, son of an Irishman, was responsible for the rebirth of this sport of Hawaiian kings in the early twentieth century. With its distinguished cast of world-renowned Irish, British and Irish/American surfers WAVERIDERS journeys full-circle from Hawaii to California and back to Irish shores following Freeth’s wave of influence. This journey reaches a spectacular climax when the surfers conquer the biggest swell ever to have been ridden in Ireland catching monster waves of over fifty feet.

via Inis Films » Waveriders.

Waveriders is a wonderful film which gives a tour of the history of surfing and the story of big wave surfing in Ireland. This scene (the full version which is in the film!) has got to be my absolute favorite surfing scene of all time. The footage of the waves together with the storyline and the music just bring such amazement. See also the article “Wonder wave – Infamous Aileen woos surfers” for further information about the Aileens big wave underneath the cliffs of Moher.

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Christmas Day Swim

Spending Christmas in Ireland this year, I am going to be taking part in the COPE Galway Christmas Day Swim at Black rock, Salthill, Galway. COPE Galway is a local Galway charity that provides services to those isolated in our community – including sustenance and social supports for older people, a refuge for women and children affected by domestic violence and accommodation for men and women experiencing homelessness. The COPE Galway Christmas Day Swim will take place, as usual, on December 25th at Blackrock, Salthill from 10am-1pm. This year we are aiming to beat the world record set last year for the largest amount of people swimming in Santa Hats on Christmas Day. Please sponsor me at the following link http://www.mycharity.ie/event/siddhi_joshi_Christmasdayswim/

Here is a video of last year’s event in Galway: Chilly!!

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Rights and Environment

On Human Rights Day 2012, we explore the idea of environmental rights and environmental justice. Human Rights Watch Executive Director Ken Roth explains how environmental abuse has led to human rights violations in Darfur, Nigeria, Indonesia and Angola in the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of San Diego. The talk explores whether or not we have a right to a clean environment and a right to environmental protection.

“The human rights movement and the environmental movement are and should be political allies.
They are conceptual allies, they are political allies,
and they need each other.”
– Kenneth Roth

For a more general video about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, first adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, see below: