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GSN thanks everyone that attended and helped. OBPA
was the main act of the day.
Call Your Favorite Surf Company & Let
Them Know About OBPA
LEGAL FUNDS NEEDED - Let's help OBPA - FOR BEACH ACCESS
Wholesalers / Retailers / Manufacturers / Sales
Reps / Individuals
Casey Williams Lewis an excellent Bodyboarder who loved the Hatteras
Ocean .
YOUR PIER SHOT - Says It All - THANK YOU
Another Fallen Surfer Who Will Always Be Remembered
| HATTERAS MEMORIES Photo by Casey Lewis AVON, N.C |
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www.HatterasIslandSurfFilmFestival.comFree beach access is vitally important to all beach lovers, whether they just stroll
on them in the midnight breeze or if they are trying to catch the big one that just barely got away.
As for surfers,
they are always willing to share their special stories of how hollow it was or as fishermen do, how big it was, but the special
stories are always those shared with friends when they catch it just right, uncrowded, with their friends.
As
a surfer since 1962, I discovered Cape Hatteras long before it was popular. I was lucky. My Dad was a hardcore, good –
no, a great – fisherman who loved Cape Hatteras and the uncrowded areas that others seemed to know nothing about.
Throughout
the ‘60s was the best of times because it felt like our very own paradise.
Yes, time does change many things,
and we know that it is often times called progress.
Once again, as fishermen, surfers, and just ordinary beach
lovers, we know that if any beach in the world closes off access, then we have all lost.
Crowding people into
“commercial zones” is never a viable alternative.
In the case of the Outer Banks and, especially Cape Hatteras,
we all know that it isn't the buildings, it isn't the glitter, nor is it hype that attracts the masses.
It is an attraction that few areas are blessed with at all.
God did this area well. Most people don't realize
how really perfect it is.
It is simply the ocean, the beaches, the friendliness of locals, and the sense of peace
that the area naturally offers.
I have no answers, nor do I have a viable solution, but I know for sure that,
yes, the environment is important, but certainly not the most important. Beach access, free beach access is the attraction
and the freedom is worth protecting.
If this right is denied to those who love this area the most, then what
we have really lost is our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Aren't we as Americans guaranteed
those rights?
Shame on those who are blinded by either greed or by some misguided environmental political power
move that blinds their perspective.
Human rights should be held in the highest regard and those who have never
set foot on the sands of Cape Hatteras to fish, surf, or even walk, will never understand nature’s freedom and how it
enriches one's soul.
Collectively we all are caretakers of the coast and have been long before this controversial
issue.
I pray that the decision-makers rule in favor of exactly what the locals desire and that blind ignorance
doesn't prevail.
Just look north to Virginia or south to Myrtle Beach and then breathe in the salt air slowly
in Hatteras.
What you're breathing in is freedom, and that is definitely worth protecting and educating others
of its value.
Those opposing freedom should leave well enough alone and go home.
I predict maybe
a long battle, and at times it may even feel like a losing battle, but the Hatteras I have grown to know always seems to win.
Why,
you may ask, and I'll say simply just this -- because it's Hatteras.
If your community wins, we all win.
Rob Beedie
Global Surf Network
http://www.GlobalSurfNetwork.com
 Professional Sound Services For This Festival Donated
By
Sound Engineer - Travis Fox
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