The Surf Report #51

Chile Aid In February a team from Christian Surfers in Australia and Brazil and Misfit Aid in Sydney joined forces to serve in the Chilean surfing community of Pichilemu. "We acheived so much more than anticipated, having built a home for an earthquake affected family, accomplished much work on a local community centre and run a surf contest!" said team member Aaron Hughes. The Pura Vida Surf Festival was held in pumping waves at Punta de Lobos with 5 divisions that saw local juniors to older longboarders surfing for goodwill, trophies and prizes that their Australian friends had brought over. Local surfer Nathan Anderson said, "The CS team were such an encouragement to us, many people have had a hard time since the earthquake and it's good to know we are not forgotten." The team had an extra challenge when a 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocked their road trip as they travelled with 10 other Chilean surfers down the south coast - it made for a very speedy pack up of their beachside camping! You can check out a blog account of the trip on BD's Blog. ASP Chaplaincy Update ASP recently affirmed chaplaincy at its AGM on the Gold Coast of Australia. Chairman Richard Grellman says, "The ASP is so thankful to CSI for facilitating chaplains to the World Tour. The loss of Andy Irons tested the value of the chaplains and both Abe Andrews and Liselle Wilsnagh did a great job. ASP now considers the chaplains part of the landscape of professional surfing." Andrew Carruthers has just been appointed as the ASP Longboard World Tour Chaplain and he, along with the Men's and Women's World Tour Chaplains, fund their own way with the support of the CS and church community to serve the World Tour professional surfers. Funding for chaplaincy from a start-up trust fund is now finished and chaplains are all the more needy of your support. Contact your chaplain or info@christiansurfers.net to find out how you can support them. Brazil Chaplaincy Update Marquito Santos has stepped out of his role as a Presbyterian pastor to be chaplain on the Northern Brazil professional surfing circuit. He says, "I am so stoked to be out amongst the guys whom I have competed with over the years, not just as a competitor now, but as a support to them. There is plenty of need we can meet here." Surfistas de Cristo Brazil President Sergio Busatto is stoked that Marquito and also professional photographer Motauray are together chaplains to the whole Brazilian pro circuit. Regional Meetings Regional meetings for Christian Surfers leaders are being held for the Pacific in April in New Zealand, for Africa in April in South Africa, for Europe in France in May, for the Americas in North Peru in July and for Asia also in July, location TBD. These meetings will provide networking and leadership devleopment for Christian Surfers leaders globally. We are already seeing good partnerships come as nations with more resources share with those of less resources, including CS Holland recently funding Tablistas Para Cristo in Peru for their ISA World Games support. Soul Surfer Soul Surfer, a new film from Sony Pictures staring Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Carrie Underwood and AnnaSophia Robb, will bring to the big screen the remarkable story of Bethany Hamilton, who gained international fame after her arm was taken by a shark over 7 years ago. She has inspired many with her determination, faith and courage to get back into surfing and competition. Soul Surfer will be released globally in April, 2011 and CS groups are encouraged to promote this to the surf community and utilize pre-release opportunities. Visit www.soulsurferthemovie.com to watch the trailer now and www.soulsurferwave.com to explore ministry helps and ways you can promote and use the film amongst your CS group and surfing community. CS Spain to be Launched Shane Sparks reports that the Christian Surfers movement in Spain is affiliating and organising themselves as a national movement. "We have had people from all over Spain make contact with us, and our first national meeting amazed us when over 40 surfers showed up! So many Spanish surfers identify negative images with the church and we want to share the love of Jesus with them to change this." Visit their website to learn more and sign up. New Affiliates CSI wants to publicly acknowledge newly affiliated nations Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Taiwan. Welcome to the family guys! Visit our Affiliates page to see all current affiliated nations and contacts and learn more about our international body. International CSI Partner Events 2011 You can hear from CS International Director, Brett Davis, and very special guest speakers at a Partners Dinner on the Gold Coast, Australia, April 9. The dinner will be held at George's Paragon in Burleigh Heads and feature founding ASP President, Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew, and ASP World Tour Chaplain, Abe Andrews. Go to our website now to book tickets to this limited capacity event. Similar dinners will be held worldwide throughout the year with Cornwell, UK, May 20, San Clemente, California, USA, September 16 and North Shore, Hawaii, December 3 all taking place. Partner Dinners are open to all and are a great way to learn more about CSI by connecting and supporting. See you in your country! On the Rocks Free Download! Jonty and the Saffa team have now decided to release On the Rock as a FREE download with a donation option. The Brazillians are working to have this subtitled in Portuguese, with more languages in the works as well. Think salty "Alpha Course". You can purchase hard copies from key English speaking nations or CSI or get your free download from www.christiansurfersmedia.com.

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The Surf Report #50

On behalf of the CSI office and our global family we want to say thanks for your interest and support and have a blessed New Year, remembering Jesus in the midst of the commercial mayhem! May 2011 see even more of God's Kingdom come to the world surfing community! ASP Chaplain Support In early November, the surfing world was rocked with the news of Andy Irons' death. Thankfully, CS had already set up the chaplaincy ministry and it is times such as this the chaplain is suddenly sought after. Abe Andrews was at the Puerto Rico event with the surfers at the time and reports an emotionally draining but fulfilling time as he helped organise the memorial paddle out and counsel many of Andy's friends. Similarly, Andy Carruthers was present as chaplain in Hawaii for the ASP World Longboard Championships and Liselle Wilsnaugh was still in attendace in Puerto Rico with the ASP Women's World Tour surfers. Foundations Training Foundations for leadership are just so...foundational! The CS Foundations Training material was worked through recently in New Zealand with Alan Vink, Foz, Mel Clark, BD and Gill delivering material to 6 key potential trainers in Raglan. In the UK a similar course has also just been run for leaders from Spain, Holland, the UK and Switzerland. Australia has appointed Dave Lovell to champion the training to be rolled out Australia wide. Ask your national leader for opportunities in your country. Soul Surfer In the works for some time already, a full-length movie of Bethany Hamilton's story will be hitting the big screens next April. Released by Sony Pictures and starring Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt and Carrie Underwood, this will be one of the biggest surf movie releases ever. CSI is in talks with Bethany's management and Sony to put together tracts featuring Bethany's testimony to distribute throughout groups worldwide and share the gospel with surfers during it's release. Keep in mind how you can be praying for and promoting this movie in your community. Visit Bethany's website to keep up with the movie' progress. ISA World Games Outreach - Peru The Peru CS team provided an amazing hospitality and servanthood ministry at the recent ISA World Games with 10 key volunteers working hard setting up, serving food, assisting staff and John Chuman was even appointed as the chaplain. They passed out 500 copies of the new giveaway version of the Walking on Water film through 30 nations, plus others and the contests organisers gave CS a massive thanks in the closing ceremony. Sergio became the spontaneous chaplain of the national Brazil team and reports that this event has opened Brazil wide for chaplaincy at every level. Chilean Mission Trip Another two houses were built through Homes for Hope by an Aussie team assisted by CS. In February, more homes will be built, a surf contest run and a surf camp with the next CS missions team from Australia heading there, along with members from Brazil. This is all laying foundations for a CS work to set up in Chile. Contact BD on brett@christiansurfers.net for details. Taiwan CS First Contest Chris Chon reports, "I was really nervous when preparing because I had never done anything like this before. I wasn't sure if people would show up or if we even have waves. The Lord was very faithful and we had 51 surfers sign up and the first day of good weather and waves after three weeks of unsurfable conditions. I was a judge along with three other Taiwanese guys. Before the start of the contest I was able to share about CS and we had a ton of fun cheering our friends on in each heat, serving hot drinks and hanging out. At the end of the contest we had a BBQ in one of the surf shops. I was able to share a short message of the God of the waves before we did our prize ceremony. Pray for leaders and breakthroughs." Walking on Water Giveaway DVD Bryan Jennings has requested that WOW partner with CS globally to distribute the 'Walking on Water' giveaway DVD to every core surfer on the planet! In 15 languages, with Spanish dubbing, the CSI and CSUS promo trailers and an episode of 'On The Rocks', this has to be one of the greatest surf resources we have ever had! USD$1 per copy, order through Walking on Water or ask your national leader about how to get hundreds printed in your nation.

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