The Paddle for Polluted Waters
On 17 May 2025, Surfers Against Sewage gathered for a purposeful paddle out of Falmouth, unloading the toxic reality of a water industry under siege. The photograph that captured the moment—taken by Hugh R Hastings for Getty Images—shows protesters standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the salty mist, their paddles cutting through water stained with the invisible threat of untreated waste. This wasn