All of us at Big Friday are very conscious of our footprint on the planet and as ocean lovers we want to do all we can to ensure that we, and everyone who comes surfing with us, cause as little damage as possible.

By taking the Big Friday bus to Cornwall rather than flying or driving in separate cars, you are reducing the pollution that you cause .. so that is a good start! We encourage everyone who joins one of our overseas trips to offset the carbon emissions from their flight through a donation to forestry and climate friendly energy projects which save the equivalent amounts of CO2. Check out Carbon Neutral for more information on how to do this.

To save on paper we don’t print a brochure – all of our trip details are available on this website or by email or phone. Our booking process is also kept as paperless as possible.

For 2006 our charity of the year is the English Surfing Federation. We have worked with the ESF surf school for a number of years now and as England’s governing body, the ESF sadly receives no official support from the Government or Sport England.

At all of our film nights and on our trips we’ll therefore be collecting any pennies you can generously give and are hoping to meet the costs for 2 English surfers to compete in the World Championships. We’ll bring you more news on how this is all going and updates from ESF surfers and their results later in the year.

Check out these websites:

Surfers Against Sewage - Campaigning for our seas

Surf Relief UK

Carbon Neutral - Find out what your carbon footprint is then work out how to reduce it!

Surf Aid International - working to improve the health of the people of Mentawai, Nias, and the Hinakos.

Surfers Path Magazine - 1st truely green surf mag, and a great read!

Save the Waves - they can be an endangered species too!

Drift Magazine - New and Paperless!

11-18 March 2012 - Big Friday Snow , Morzine, France 24th to 31st March 2012 - Surf Sistas Morocco - Surf and Yoga Retreat,Morocco , Banana Village, Morocco 27th March to 3rd April 2012 - Big Friday Morocco , Taghazoute, Morocco 21st to 30th April 2012 - Bali Surfari , Bali and Nusa Lembongan 5th to 14th May, 2012 - Surf Sistas Bali , Bali & Nusa Lembongan 8 - 12 Sept 2012 - Surf Sistas Surf and Yoga Retreat, France , Labenne Ocean, SW France 15 - 22 Sept 2012 - Surf Sistas Surf and Yoga Retreat, SW France , Labenne Ocean, SW France 22-29 Sept 2012 - France Surf Camp , Labenne Ocean, SW France 29 Sept - 6 Oct, 2012 - France Surf Camp , Labenne Ocean, SW France