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Punta Conejo | O'Neill Partnership | WSR Workshop
Hello, fellow wave savers! Protecting, stewarding, and defending surf ecosystems is never-ending work. But that is why Save The Waves Coalition exists. Here are some of the things we have been working on to ensure surf ecosystems around the world can be surfed for years to come. For more stories from the Coalition, check out our blog here.

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- Save The Waves Team
We recently had the opportunity to present a proposal for conserving the vital surf ecosystem of Punta Conejo which includes mangroves, wetlands, marshes, beaches, and surf zones to ensure the local population's well-being. We thank the local communities of the Punta Conejo area for sharing their stories and showing great interest in conserving their resources for present and future generations.
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O’Neill and Save The Waves Coalition join forces to protect surf ecosystems. 
Guided by its founder’s pioneering mindset, O’Neill shares with Save The Waves Coalition an unwavering commitment to the preservation of the oceans.

“The ocean is alive, and we’ve got to take care of it”, Jack O’Neill.
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This month, Save The Waves hosted another successful workshop with the 12 World Surfing Reserves.  With a focus on the Blue Economy and Blue Finance, WSR leaders shared their experiences in ensuring conservation efforts are supported by thriving coastal economies and learned new ways to ensure that the conservation of surf ecosystems is correctly valued. Dr. Jess Ponting, the Director of the Center for Surf Research at SDSU joined the workshop to present his latest research on sustainable surf tourism and how surf communities can protect their coastal resources and ensure the economic benefits from tourism support local livelihoods and the environment.
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Meet The Coalition:
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Ryan "Chachi" Craig

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Born and raised in Santa Cruz, CA, Chachi started surfing at 12 and switched to bodyboarding after falling in love with sand bottom closeouts at Fingerbowl and Its Beach. He began pursuing photography in his early 20s. In 2014, Chachi won the Surfing Magazine – Follow the Light Foundation award. Shortly after, he secured a senior staff photographer position for Surfer Magazine where he worked until the magazine closed its doors in Fall 2020. Chachi loves shooting imagery from the water and tries to compose his images to showcase all the unique landscapes that he’s been fortunate enough to travel to.
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Clara Shuku Mokri
Photographer

Clara Shuku Mokri is an Indonesian-Iranian photographer, documentary filmmaker and surfer from Los Angeles, living in Santa Cruz. She received her BA from Yale University, where she was a member of the Varsity Women’s Basketball team, and her MJ at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, where her thesis film, Anchored Out, was nominated for an International Documentary Association award and acquired by The New Yorker. In 2019, one of her photographs was selected for TIME’s Best Photojournalism of the Year. Her work centers around character-driven stories that touch on themes of the environment, immigration, gender and sports.
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