Hey friends, sorry we’ve been absent for the last couple days. We’ve had a busy couple days. We have two stories we’d like share with you:

First, there is a possibility Ben and Duncan will be leaving on an adventure tomorrow. Where they are going, they cannot tell, but they will say it is down South. They will be filming it of course, so stay tuned.

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Our other story is something you may or may not have seen in the recent news. It’s the story of the dolphin killing fields Taiji, Japan. Here it is for those of you that haven’t:

Every year in the Japanese fishing village of Taiji, fishermen round up and slaughter hundreds and even thousands of dolphins. After driving pods of dolphins into shallow coves, the fishermen kill the dolphins with spears and machetes. This brutal massacre — the largest scale dolphin kill in the world — goes on for six months of every year. Even more shocking, the captive dolphin industry is an accomplice to the kill.

In recent years thanks to a committed few the truth about the Taiji Dolphin slaughter is now going out to millions of people. This group of committed surfers, actresses, filmmakers converge on the city of Taiji and participate in whats called a “paddle out”. A paddle out is a surfers’ ritual/ceremony which takes place when a fellow surfer dies. Everyone paddles out past the surf line and forms a circle holding hands while praying for the departed. It’s a beautiful thing to watch.

Next year we would like to go and “paddle out” for the dolphins. We can only hope this madness is ended before then.

Here’s a clip of Hayden Panetteire (from the tv show Heros) participating in this years “paddle out”.

FYI: The letter for Mark (see last blog) is on its way. With any luck he will get it in the next couple days.