lifeguard hoodies & stuff | sign the petiton against them

more of a serious moan than a normal blog post, but I have to do something this topic actually makes me angry. a while ago I joined the facebook group BAN NEWQUAY LIFEGUARD HOODIES AND ALL SIMILAR MERCHANDISE & today I became the 93 person to sign a petition to restormal borough council (cornwall) in support of this ban.

apart from the very obvious danger it creates (they really are pretty tacky pieces of clothing). if you surf or swim in the ocean even use the beach and have any common sense you will want to sign the petition here to get this banned. after all it is illegal in the UK to impersonate a policeman, a paramedic, a fireman, why should lifeguards be different. any way enough moaning, have a think and then sign it electronically here

PETITION TO STOP BRITISH AIRWAYS SURFBOARD BAN

To represent the needs of thousands of surfers who are shocked by the new British Airways (BA) ban on the carriage of surfboards (effective from 6th November), the British Surfing Association (BSA) has set up a petition to lobby the airline to reverse their decision.

The organisation is also urging all surfers to utilise a new members group on the social networking site Facebook, complain directly to BA and spread the word amongst other surfers.

Karen Walton, National Director, BSA, says, “If everyone who surfs could take five minutes to go online and follow our recommended action steps then we will have a real representation of the swell of support for the reversal of this absurd decision. The Facebook site already has in excess of 1,000 members and lots of our members have been making complaints to BA. Our new online petition means that people all over the world can add their support to our campaign and can add their personal comments about the issue. We will then be personally delivering the petition to the management at BA in the near future.”

Surfers are urged to take the following steps to help us lobby British Airways to reverse their decision:

1) Go onto www.britsurf.co.uk and click the ‘SIGN ONLINE PETITION OF PROTEST IN THE NEWS SECTION ON THE HOME PAGE’. Follow the easy steps to sign this online petition and add any comments.
2) If you have a Facebook account, join the Facebook ‘British Airways Surfboard Ban’ group
3) Click this link and register a complaint with BA directly
4) Encourage all other surfers to follow these steps