The heart of the local water sports scene starts with a strong base of community-oriented shops. We are lucky to have some of the best water sports shops in the country right here in the San Francisco Bay Area.

With the return of the rains, we so desperately need there are some consequences to getting it all at once; Poo in the water. 

For some time now the SFBA has been working with an active Berkeley community in opposition to turning the Berkeley Marina into a commercialized transportation hub. Given the marina's small size, limited parking, and limited funding, the marina better serves the community as a self-sustaining nature-forward waterfront park. However, a City, struggling to generate revenue has undertaken a strategy that just has not been thought through, nor has it engaged the public input in any meaningful way as part of the plan.

San Francisco Bay is about to get a brand new wind sports access point. One that just may hold some of the keys to helping mitigate the upcoming effects of Sea Level Rise.