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Coastal Urge: Destin, FL Cleanup
Posted June 10, 2010. Article and Photos by Marie Hill.
SUP Cleanup met for the first time Saturday, May 15 at 9:00am on Norriego Point, across from AJ’s, and collected trash till around 11 am. We did a quick sweep of Norriego Point and then paddled to the north side of the Coast Guard Station... CONTINUE READING

Coastal Urge: April Cleanup
Posted April 26, 2010. Article and Photos by Tyler Hustrulid.
The Wilmington Chapter’s cleanup events continue to grow and April’s outing was no different. Last weekend boasted a new record attendance in both participants and variety of self-powered watercraft. Paddleboards, canoes, kayaks (and even an outrigger canoe) joined the effort. CONTINUE READING

StandUpPortugal: March Cleanup
Posted April 25, 2010
Thank you to all those who came out yesterday to the first SUP Clean Up at Praia da Areia Branca. We managed to collect a dozen bags of litter (wow, that plastic just doesn't decompose...who knew?!?!?) And this much trash from a beach that is regularly machine swept! CONTINUE READING | VIEW PHOTOS

Coastal Urge: March Cleanup
Posted April 1, 2010. Article and Photos by Tyler Hustrulid.
Spring is definitely on it’s way to Wilmington! As the water warms up, more people are drawing their paddles out of the corner of the garage and heading back out on the water. This was obvious at our March outing. We are pleased to report that the number of SUP Cleanup participants has steadily increased with each event, which means more hands to help remove trash from our local shores. CONTINUE READING

Coastal Urge: January Cleanup
Posted February 10, 2010. Article and Photos by Tyler Hustrulid.
A few, brave paddlers ventured out into the cold on the morning of Sunday the 31st to meet for January’s SUP Cleanup. Even fewer (your author included) made it much farther than the end of the Blockade-Runner pier from our launch off the shore. High winds and a powerful current sent some of us back to land seeking dry clothes and hot coffee. Although it was a bluebird day, Sunday’s temperatures felt ... CONTINUE READING

Carolina News 14
Aired July 30, 2009. Reported by Ashley White.
LEE ISLAND, N.C. – Paddle boarders united to clean up the beaches, marshes and barrier islands in the Cape Fear region this weekend. SUP Cleanup out of Wilmington organized the effort. “Every time I am out paddleboarding, I will stick a water bottle or empty Gatorade bottle inside my cargo net, but there is just so much of it. You could never pick it all up at one time,” Jeoffery Nathan said ... CONTINUE READING

SUP Cleanup Video
Posted July 13, 2009.
Coastal Urge organized the first SUP Cleanup in Wilmington, NC to help clean up the beaches and marshes ... VIEW VIDEO

Kialoa SUP Blog
Posted April 16, 2009.
Coastal Urge organized the first SUP Cleanup in Wilmington, NC to help clean up the beaches and marshes. A popular place for boaters sometimes the trash doesn't make it all the way to that elusive recepticle called a TRASH CAN, or BIN as the English say, and much of it washes on shore to litter the beaches ... CONTINUE READING