Most surfers typically support green initiatives that promote environmental sustainability, but evidently not when it comes at the cost of smaller waves.  Surfers in the south of England (Cornwall) are fighting the construction of a wave energy farm on the grounds that it will reduce the power of the waves by more than 10% along a 20 mile stretch of beach.

Who would’ve ever thought that surfers would be battling environmentalists for waves?  I wonder if the environmentalists are telling the surfers not to worry because the waves will be getting bigger as a result of the increase in violent weather that global warming is allegedly causing. 

If the wave energy farm gets built and it puts a significant dent in the surf, then there’ll probably be a good opportunity for companies that know how to make waves.  Imagine if the energy generated by the wave energy farm were actually used to make waves in a wave pool.  That’d be too much.

Honestly, this is a precarious situation for the global surfing community.  It’s a textbook case of NIMBY and it’ll be interesting to see the final outcome. 

Here’s a link to the article http://www.globalsurfnews.com/news.asp?Id_news=22550

UPDATE: Not all surfers are protesting the WaveHub project.  A group called Surfers Against Sewage would rather the waves be a little bit smaller if it means the water will be cleaner.