BGI Ocean Preservation
BGI champions youth-driven ocean and coastal protection through cleanups, habitat restoration, and real environmental solutions. Our programs empower young leaders to protect marine ecosystems, cultivate environmental responsibility, and defend the shorelines that sustain life.
Protecting Our Oceans. Empowering the Next Generation.
At BGI Ocean Preservation, we are committed to safeguarding the world’s oceans, coastlines, and marine ecosystems through youth-led action, community engagement, and real, measurable environmental solutions.
Our ocean is the planet’s life support system — regulating climate, providing food, and sustaining biodiversity. Yet, it is also one of the most vulnerable. Pollution, habitat destruction, overfishing, and climate-driven changes threaten its balance every day.
BGI believes that young people hold the key to reversing this trajectory.
Join Us for The Cigarette Surfboard Screening
Experience an inspiring evening where surf culture and environmental action come together.
Film Screening hosted by Venice Surfing Association, an environmental surf documentary that explores innovation, sustainability, and the power of community-led change in our oceans.
The film features top surfers Caity Simmers, Mikey February, and Rob Machado, to name a few, exploring the intersection of surfing and the environment.
📅 Friday, November 21
🕔 Doors open at 5:00 PM
🎬 Film begins at 7:00 PM
📍 The Waterfront Venice – 205 Ocean Front Walk
Throughout the event, you’ll be able to:
– See the innovative Ciggy Boards up close
– Watch the full documentary
– Join a live Q&A with Arshayan as the moderator, with the filmmaker, the Ciggy board maker, and the board shaper.
Come be part of a night dedicated to creativity, environmental awareness, and the surf community that protects our coastlines.