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In Chile summer is coming and the surfers don’t mind. They just surf all year long up and down Chile's 2,880 miles of coastline ^[1]. A community of passionate surfers share videos, experiences and their lifestyle. Chilesurf ^[2](ES), is not only a blog of Chilean news, waves, beaches and championships, but also a movement that takes care of the beaches known as “Ecosurfers.”

Alrededor de 25 personas entre niños, jóvenes y adultos se reunieron en el sector de la playa identificado como el más afectado por basura “Las Urracas” en el marco del día Mundial de Limpieza de las Playas. En este sector se realizo una limpieza de las diferentes áreas de esta playa. Entre las más contaminadas se encuentran partes como los bordes de paredes cerca donde viven algunos indigentes. Vidrio, Plásticos entre algúnas cosas se recolectaron después de más de una hora de limpieza se logro sacar aproximadamente 200 kilos de basura. Luego disfrutamos de una convivencia (asadito playero de pescado) que sirvió tratar temas afines al medio ambiente y entregarle nombre a nuestra organización.

Around 25 persons, kids, teens and adults met in Las Urracas, a sector of the beach long identified as the dirtiest one. We met because it was the international day of the beach cleaning. In this region we cleaned the dirtiest area near where many homeless drifters live. Glass, plastic and other items were collected and, in just over an hour, we gathered 200 kilos of trash. Later we enjoyed the reunion (fish barbeque on the beach) and talked about environment and gave a name to our organization.”

In a preview post, he wrote about the best surfers in an international championship in Maitencillo.

Other independent surfers include rianvanu ^[3] (ES) who shares videos ^[4](ES) of Chilean beaches and “surfchicas” ^[5] (ES) a portal of Chilean woman that surf, and they are proudly the first female portal to cover the topic.