International Surfing Day 2023
Surfrider Celebrates Sport of Hawaiian Kings
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
Cowabunga! Get ready to celebrate the Summer Solstice and that perfect summer sport – surfing! Surfrider Foundation members and surfing enthusiasts around the globe will be out in force on June 17, 2023, to ride the waves and celebrate the sport of Hawaiian Kings on International Surfing Day.
Established in 2005 by the Surfrider Foundation and Surfing Magazine, International Surfing Day is a day to honor surfing, enjoy the beach, catch some waves, and bring people together.
Surfrider’s North Orange County chapter has a jam-packed day planned at the Huntington Beach Pier with beach cleanups, paddle outs, surfing lessons, environmental education activities, and more.
Plus, this season’s Rip Curl GromSearch surfing competition series for kids 16 and under, will be underway at the HB Pier June 17 -18.
So, wherever you are, head to your local beach for some surfing action…and even a chance to cheer on the next generation of surfers!
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Surfrider Celebrates Mother Earth
Earth Day – April 22, 2023
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
The Surfrider Foundation’s North Orange County chapter pulled out all the stops for this year’s Earth Day with multiple beach cleanups and celebrations April 21 – 23.
In Seal Beach where the San Gabriel River meets the ocean, Surfrider volunteers set up their tents early on Saturday morning to celebrate Mother Earth with a beach cleanup, educational displays, and community outreach.
Maui and Sons, ECOS, and Collins Aerospace were there, too, and French winemaker Chateau D’Esclans with its Whispering Angel rose The Beach.
SurfWriter Girls Sunny and Patti learned from Brand Ambassador Business Development, Celine Dublanchet, that The Beach wine is produced sustainably and the company supports Surfrider’s environmental mission to protect the beach and oceans.
With cleanup volunteers spread out across the beach and along the jetty, the trash containers were soon filled with all the things they collected.
Then, down the coast in Huntington Beach, more Surfrider volunteers met in the afternoon at Jack’s Surfboards to clean the beach there, followed by an after party at The Bungalow restaurant.
And for one more cleanup, Sweet Elle Cafe invited everyone to stop by on Sunday morning to clean the beach and wake up with its delicious coffee, food and drinks. For each bag of coffee sold the Huntington Beach cafe is donating $1 to the chapter.
By the time all the Earth Day celebrations were over everyone was tired and happy…and the beaches looked beautiful.
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Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
Surfrider’s Huntington/Seal Beach Chapter and Newport Beach Chapter joined forces December 10th for a tri-chapter holiday splash of a party at HB’s Matter of Craft gastropub…
toasting each other and celebrating the formation of their new, combined North Orange County Chapter.
With numerous beach cleanups behind us, environmental education activities and community events, it was nice to relax and enjoy the holiday season together.
The assortment of craft brews and pizzas to choose from, warm pretzels, and other treats put everyone in a festive mood.
There was lots of news to share, catching up to do, and laughter warming the room.
HSB chapter co-chairs Roberta Wynashe and KC Fockler joined hands with new NOC co-chairs John Wadsworth and Richard Busch, who are taking over the helm to guide the chapter in 2023.
And, now there’s a new chapter of accomplishments to write in the coming year as Surfrider’s NOC members carry on the work of protecting the world’s oceans, waves, and beaches.
Ho, Ho, Ho and Happy New Year to All!
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Surfrider Spooktacular Halloween
Beach Cleanup is Dino-Mite!
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
The Surfrider Foundation’s North Orange County chapter chased the bag monsters away with a spooktacular Halloween beach cleanup at the San Gabriel River Jetty on October 29th.
Sponsored by MC Consultants, Inc., the beach cleanup had a big turnout with 393 volunteers collecting 747 lbs. of trash.
Featuring scary costumes, donuts and a dinosaur, it was a day for treats – no tricks!
Everyone had a real Hoot.
And left the beach looking boooo-tiful.
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Surfrider Providence Health System Beach Cleanup
Marks One Year Since Huntington Beach Oil Spill
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
On October 1, 2022, the Surfrider Foundation and Providence Health System marked one year since the devastating 2021 Huntington Beach oil spill with a beach cleanup at the Bolsa Chica Jetty.
Working together 198 volunteers from the two organizations collected 217 lbs. of trash.
The memory of the estimated 25,000 gallons of crude oil that leaked into the ocean off Huntington Beach from a rupture in an underwater pipeline was still fresh in everyone’s mind.
The cleanup was a way to honor the beach and remind people of the importance of environmental protections.
Summer may have given way to autumn, but Surfrider’s North Orange County Chapter is already showing what it can accomplish this fall with this cleanup and others with partners Hermes, the International Surfing Association, Boost Mobile, Samsung, student volunteers, and more.
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Blast from the Past Golf Tournament
Total Western and Surfrider Par-tee 70’s Style!
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
Total Western hosted a 70’s-theme golf tournament Par-tee at the Huntington Club on June 27th benefiting Surfrider’s Huntington/Seal Beach Chapter.
The event was dedicated to the H/SB Chapter’s longtime leader Tony Soriano, who recently passed away, and generated $15,000 for the chapter and $15,000 for the American Cancer Society.
Psychedelic shirts and bell-bottoms were the order of the day, putting everyone in a groovy mood. Big hair and flowers were everywhere.
With a long drive contest, auction, raffle, dinner and more, peace, love and good vibrations filled the air.
Thanks fo Surfrider for the event photos.
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Surfrider Stops Trash Upstream
Huntington Harbour Cleanups Use Kayaks
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
Part of Surfrider’s Huntington/Seal Beach Chapter’s beach cleanup strategy is to stop trash before it reaches the beach and ocean.
Every month Harbour Cleanup Program chairperson Shane Coons and chapter volunteers switch their surfboards for kayaks and go out in Orange County’s Huntington Harbour to collect trash from the water and along the channels.
With kayaks provided by Huntington Harbour Boat Rentals, the cleanup crews are able to remove trash before it drifts into the surrounding beach area.
Coons says that the Harbour Cleanup Program helps to provide community awareness of the link between upstream trash and its effect on beach pollution. People don’t realize that everything drains to the ocean.
The kayaks not only make it possible to get to the trash, but the kayaks are fun. A win-win for everyone!
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Surfrider Beach Cleanups Back on Board!
Volunteers Gather at Seal Beach River’s End
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
January 29th launched the first beach cleanup of 2022 for the Surfrider Foundation’s Huntington/Seal Beach chapter. And what a day it was!
Chapter members and community volunteers turned out in force – more than 130 in all – to clean the beach at the Seal Beach River’s End jetty.
Together they removed 964 lbs. of trash – plastics, cigarette butts, and garbage of all kinds, even bed posts, a chair and a couch.
Students from local schools pitched in, too, including members of the Orange High School Environmental Club and the Huntington Beach National Honor Society.
When all the trash was bagged it was quite a sight to see…and the beach was beautiful.
Surfrider is looking for more Beach Defenders to help it achieve its environmental mission of protecting our oceans and beaches for all to enjoy.
To get on board, just contact the HSB chapter: chair@hsb.surfrider.org
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Surfrider Celebrates Holidays with a Splash!
Enjoying the Beach and Friendships
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
The Surfrider Foundation’s Huntington/Seal Beach Chapter is making a big splash during the holidays – with its Christmas party at the Pacific City oceanfront mall and New Year’s Day Surf City Splash at the HB Pier.
Chapter members, sponsors and supporters are excited about what they’ve managed to accomplish this past year and now to be able to celebrate the holidays and new year enjoying the beach that they are working hard to protect.
More important than any packages we give or receive are the gifts of friendship we share and gifts from nature.
Talking about Surfrider’s environmental mission, H/SB Chapter co-chair KC Fockler said, “The ocean is our planet’s greatest gift and we need to take care of it so it can continue to take care of us.”
The Pacific City mall, with its ocean views and open air patios, was the perfect place for the chapter’s annual Christmas party. Many of us hadn’t seen each other for months after more than a year of solo beach cleanups, Zoom meetings, and social distancing.
And greeting the new year with an adventurous plunge into the Pacific Ocean at the iconic HB Pier is the ideal way to Splash in 2022. Making it even better is that the proceeds from the Surf City Splash benefit Surfrider’s H/SB Chapter, helping it to continue its work of protecting the environment.
That’s something we all can celebrate.
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Jack’s Surfboards and Surfrider Combat CA Oil Spill
T-Shirt Profits Support HB Chapter’s Work
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
The devastating oil spill October 2nd off Southern California’s coast that dumped thousands of gallons of oil in the ocean from Huntington Beach to Dana Point has been a rallying cry for all hands on deck to help clean the beach and the wildlife caught up in it.
Along with government agencies, the Surfrider Foundation and other organizations are putting their resources wherever possible to minimize the damage.
And, with the very essence of HB (Surf City USA) at risk, local business Jack’s Surfboards is on board to help, designing a special Oily T-shirt with 100% of the proceeds going to Surfrider’s Huntington/Seal Beach Chapter.
Chapter chair KC Fockler (shown below on the right with co-chair Roberta Wynashe and chapter advisor Tony Soriano) said he appreciates Jack’s “stepping up and supporting our chapter during this spill and for being a part of Surfrider all these years.”
Since it was started in 1957, the iconic surf shop on the corner of Main St. and PCH has been at the very center of Huntington Beach – not just geographically, but contributing to the life of the beach community.
The company says, “Our passion for the waves and the surf is what has continued to drive our growth and expansion.” In addition to surfboards, Jack’s carries wetsuits, activewear, and beach accessories. It’s also the site of the Surfing Walk of Fame that honors outstanding surfers and supporters of the sport.
After seeing the oil spill firsthand from the HB Pier, Jack’s has found a way to help Surfrider protect the coast that suits it to a “T.”
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International Coastal Cleanup Day
September 18, 2021
The Surfrider Foundation is always on board for International Coastal Cleanup Day, an annual event that draws more than 6 million volunteers across the USA and in 90 countries.
Clean beaches are important to the environment and to everyone’s quality of life.
Surfrider’s goal is to “create cleaner and healthier coastlines while showing others that picking up trash after visiting their favorite beach can make it a better place for everyone.”
Let’s work together to make every day a coastal cleanup day.
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Surfrider July 4th Bicycle Cruise
Huntington Beach Parade Puts Pedal to the Metal
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
On the 4th of July weekend the Huntington/Seal Beach Surfrider chapter decorated their bicycles in patriotic colors, joined in with the community, and paraded down Main Street to celebrate Independence Day.
It was a fun fest for all with stops at local restaurants along the way, music and more.
Tony Soriano, Surfrider’s H/SB chapter advisor, shared the stoke with Bud Llamas, the owner of 17th Street Board Shop.
The event brought friends and family together and raised funds for the AMUSE4Autism Foundation and Surfrider’s H/SB chapter.
Neighbors, kids, and even family pets were all excited to be part of the beach parade celebrating the USA.
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Tony Soriano – Sharing the Stoke!
Surfrider’s Fearless Leader
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
Surfrider’s Huntington/Seal Beach members care about more than surfing. They care about the environment. And nobody does more to protect it than Tony Soriano. The chapter’s former chairman and current advisor, Tony is our fearless leader and sage, who always inspires us.
Tony Soriano – Sharing the Stoke!
Surfrider’s Tony Soriano always has a smile.
He goes the extra mile,
Lending a helping hand,
Picking up trash on the sand,
Paddling out early,
wearing Quiksilver and Hurley.
Always in an upbeat mood,
Tony is a cool surfer dude.
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Next Generation On Board for Ocean
Sunburst Youth Academy Lends a Hand
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
Surfrider’s Huntington/Seal Beach Chapter welcomed cadets from the Sunburst Youth Academy for a beach cleanup at the Seal Beach jetty on May 15th.
Chapter co-chair KC Fockler commended the youths’ hard work, noting that they collected 310 lbs. of trash.
The academy’s goal is to help high school dropouts who participate in its residential program to succeed, saying: “Follow your dreams and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.”
It was a great day at the beach and Wahoo’s Fish Tacos supplied the food to keep everyone’s energy up.
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Surfrider Earth Day Celebration – 04.22.21
Sweet Elle Cafe in Huntington Beach
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
Surfrider’s Huntington/Seal Beach chapter celebrated Earth Day at Sweet Elle Cafe in Huntington Beach (11th and Orange Street).
The community joined in the fun for a beach cleanup, meet-and-greet with USA Surf Team member Daniel Hughes (2019 Pan Am Games SUP bronze medal winner), children’s art contest, and more.
Including the unveiling of surf artist Dave Reynolds‘ new True Locals Collection of surf sculptures with 7 unique pieces representing California marine life.
Reynolds, an avid ocean environmentalist, told SurfWriter Girls, “I am stoked to announce a new direction in my career with these artworks.” He is donating a percentage from every sale to support the Huntington/Seal Beach Surfrider Foundation.
This special Earth Day event was a time to celebrate Mother Earth and help make her clean and beautiful. Over 200 people showed up and solo beach cleanup volunteers collected 113 lbs. of trash.
Everyone was excited to come out to the beach and to hear the news that Surfrider’s Adopt A Channel permit was granted by Orange County for the Santa Ana River channel.
Topping off the day, Sweet Elle Cafe gave 15 percent of its Earth Day revenues to Surfrider – a sweet treat for the planet!
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High Tide – Low Tide
Chuck “Surf King” Linnen Book is Published!
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
Surfers were excited to hear that Chuck “Surf King” Linnen’s new book, High Tide – Low Tide, is published now. With a launch party (March 6th) at The River’s End jetty in Seal Beach – one of Linnen’s favorite surf spots.
Linnen, who was born in Long Beach, CA and began surfing in the 1950’s, went on to become a World Champion finalist in Makaha, HI, in 1961 and has competed in surfing all his life.
A National Scholastic Surfing Association Senior Champion and WSA Grand Master, Linnen has helped shape the surf culture, including teaching surfing legends like Corky Carroll how to shoot the pier at Huntington Beach.
In 2011 Linnen was inducted into both the Huntington Beach Walk of Fame and the Surfer’s Hall of fame.
A longtime supporter of the Surfrider Foundation’s goals, Linnen says, “Life’s like high tide, low tide. You show up at the beach, wax your board, say a prayer, and you surf.”
“It was great to see so many of Chuck’s surfing buddies show up – many of whom are surfing legends,” said Surfrider Huntington/Seal Beach Advisor Tony Soriano. Among those cheering Chuck on were Jericho Poppler, P.T. Townend and Bill Fury.
It was the perfect beach day and definitely one for telling stories and sharing the stoke.
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Surfrider Splash It Forward in 2021
Clean the Beach Solo Style
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
The Surfrider Foundation Huntington/Seal Beach chapter is asking everyone to Splash It Forward in 2021 by making a splash video and donation to Surfrider to support its environmental causes.
The proceeds from this year’s annual Huntington Beach New Year’s Day Surf City Splash, with everyone running into the ocean to celebrate the new year, were designated to go to Surfrider.
But with public events on hold, instead of the ocean plunge, the Splash has gone virtual. To join in, just video yourself making a splash – jumping into the ocean or a pool, getting squirted by a hose, any way you want. Then post the video on your social media and tag it #SplashItForward.
After that, make a donation and ask your friends to do the same (even a small one helps) at splashitforward.com.
Even though we can’t get together for beach cleanups yet, Surfrider encourages you to do a #SoloBeachCleanup by yourself whenever you can, helping to keep the beach clean and sharing the stoke remotely by tagging @hsbsurfrider on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.
It’s more important than ever to support organizations that are doing positive things. Splash It Forward and Solo Beach Cleanups let you do that…and still stay safe.
SurfWriter Girls wish everyone a healthy and happy 2021
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Surfrider Holiday Gifts
T’is the Season to Celebrate
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
The Surfrider Foundation gives so much to the world’s beaches and the environment, SurfWriter Girls Sunny and Patti want to give back to it…especially to our friends in the Huntington/Seal Beach Chapter.
So, enjoy these two Christmas stories we wrote just for you:
While you’re waiting for Santa to come down your chimney on Christmas Eve, check out the action on the beach earlier in the day in this flashback story from 2011. Just click on: The Day Before Christmas.
And, when you’re thinking about the gifts you would like to see under the tree, this 2014 story about Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s acclaimed book Gift from the Sea will remind you of all the treasures waiting for us to discover on the beach. Just click on: A Sea of Gifts to Discover.
The best gifts of all aren’t in the stores or coming from Amazon. They are the things we do with and for each other. And the moments of beauty and reflection we get from nature.
Season’s Greetings to all and to all a good night!
Sunny and Patti
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Surfrider Trick or Treat
Beware the Bag Monster!
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
With the winds kicking up and the fall leaves blowing, SurfWriter Girls Sunny and Patti can’t help thinking back to that fateful Surfrider Huntington/Seal Beach meeting on Halloween 2011. And now that the beach surveillance camera video was just found, it’s even more in our minds.
No one wanted to hold an executive committee meeting on Halloween, but it was the only time we could talk to Paul Ushon, the Beach Cities Disposal Board chairman, about the upcoming plastics initiative vote to get plastics out of the ocean.
When Ushon arrived at the remote River’s End Cafe it was almost dark and we were all anxious to get home.
Tony and Jeff had predicted Ushon would be difficult and they were right. “Take away plastic straws and the fast-food places will complain,” he said argumentatively. “And, if people don’t like plastic cups, why do all the cars have so many cup holders? What’s a little plastic anyway?”
“It’s more than a little,” said Sunny. “Haven’t you heard of the Bag Monster?” We explained that the plastic trash each person throws away each year is enough to make a giant monster. But, he just laughed.
“It’s not funny,” said Jeff. “The plastic gets in the ocean and is eaten by fish and gets into the food chain.”
“Like I care,” Ushon snorted. “I don’t eat fish.”
Exasperated, Tony asked him point blank, “So, what’s your vote going to be?”
“What’s it going to be?” Ushon said, drawing out the suspense to put the surfers in their place. Now he was the man. Not like when he used to get sand kicked in his face in high school. “Let’s just say you’re getting a trick tonight, no treats.” Then, with a smug look on his face, Paul Ushon walked out the door into the dark parking lot…never to be seen again.
Until now when the video was found. The video shows Ushon looking around, as if he hears something. Then he starts to run. Suddenly a strange shadow comes into view as Ushon struggles to open his car door.
Towering above him, the figure is a gigantic, translucent, writhing mass of plastic cups, straws, bottles, bags, and God knows what else.
Looking at the gruesome footage as the oozing horror of a Bag Monster sucks Ushon into the red slash of his cavernous mouth, we were all speechless.
Except for Sunny, who exclaimed, “He was recycled!”
Happy Halloween!
Beware the Bag Monster!
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Surfrider Cleans Huntington Harbour
Staying Safe, Cleaning Up
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
The Surfrider Foundation Huntington/Seal Beach Chapter is removing trash from Huntington Harbour again.
Shane Coons, the chapter’s Harbour Cleanup Chair, said that on July 12th, with safety precautions in place, 15 volunteers collected 130 lbs. of trash.
Using kayaks provided by Huntington Harbour Boat Rentals, the volunteers kept a safe distance while navigating the harbour’s waterways along Sunset Beach to collect the accumulated trash.
Coons said, ” It was a quiet, peaceful and successful morning dedicated to protecting the environment and we’re grateful to those who could join us.”
Afterward, everyone felt a sense of accomplishment and was happy to see the harbour so clean again.
If you would like to participate in a Harbour Cleanup, contact Coons at: Shane.Coons@seclawoffices.com
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Surfrider Float Wins 1st Prize in HB Parade
July 4, 2011 Flashback
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
The Surfrider Foundation not only cleans our beaches and protects the environment, but it’s part of the community. July 4th, 2011, in Huntington Beach, was a time to celebrate Independence Day and the things that unite us. It was a perfect SoCal day for a parade.
Surfrider’s HB chapter was ready to share the stoke and provide a float to remember – a giant Tidal Wave of Trash made out of recycled materials.
It conveyed Surfrider’s environmental message…and was a real show-stopper – winning First Prize!
There may not be a parade down Main Street this year, but we still have these memories…and the commitment to make the world a better place.
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Food For Friends
Celebrating the Spirit of Ohana
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
Instead of doing beach cleanups now, Surfrider Foundation volunteers are helping their friends and neighbors in need.
In the spirit of Ohana, they are gathering food to share with the community.
On Mother’s Day weekend volunteers from the Huntington/Seal Beach chapter joined forces with OneHBConnects to collect donated food at three drive-thru locations in Huntington Beach for later distribution.
Tony Soriano, the advisor to the Huntington/Seal Beach chapter, picked these fresh oranges to give out right off the tree.
During these difficult times, it’s important to remember the common bonds we share that bring us closer together…even when we’re apart.
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Student Art Contest for the Environment
Huntington Beach Art Exhibit
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
SoCal student artists are putting their visions for protecting the environment into their art for the Huntington Beach Art Contest – 20/20…Perfect Vision for a Sustainable Future.
The contest, co-sponsored by the Surfrider Foundation, invites middle school and high school students to participate and have their artworks judged on creativity, originality and quality – just as these 2019 winners did.
Whether the focus is on land or water, students must depict what a sustainable future on Earth would be.
The deadline for entries
is April 30th
Submit at HB City Hall
The winning artists will be honored at an HB City Council meeting and receive prizes provided by the sponsors.
We only have one Earth. Through art we can help to save it.
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