Gulf of Mexico oil spill halts surfing for the next months

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Surfers united: no more oil drilling, please (Photo: Surfrider.org)

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will affect thousands of surfers, kitesurfers, windsurfers and bodyboarders, from Louisiana to Florida, in the USA.

The environmental catastrophe will likely hit the northern coasts of the Gulf of Mexico in the next days.

This will make surfing impossible for a long time in the southern US coastal areas.