Surfing Championship in a Polluted Wave?

The Greenpeace organization organizes the "sacrifice" championship where the difficulty of the wave is in its toxicity.

On December 10, 2021, Greenpeace invited seven renowned Chilean surfers to participate in "El Sacrificio, the most dangerous surfing championship", held in the industrial zone of Quintero Puchuncaví.

With this action they want to make known the toxicity of the water as a result of unbridled industrialization in a natural area and the cradle of one of the main surf spots in Chile.

Industrial activity in the districts of Quintero and Puchuncaví began in the 1960s and has increased exponentially until there are 19 companies operating in that area, 14 are located in the district of Puchuncaví and 5 in the district of Quintero.

In recent years, there have been cases of poisoning of students and teachers in La Greda (2011), a spill of 38,700 liters of oil in Quintero Bay (2014), multiple and successive strandings of coal, highly toxic pollutant peaks, with soils passed up to 100 times contaminants such as arsenic. In 2018, an environmental emergency was decreed for the first time due to contamination in the Quintero and Puchuncaví area.

From Surf Monkey, we are constantly fighting to try to preserve this wonderful world where we live and we believe that every action counts.

We leave a link to Greenpeace's action, in case you want to know more about the action or want to sign the petition for the closure of the Quintero - Puchuncaví thermoelectric plants.

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Source: Greenpeace