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If 10,000 LA Biters donate $100 to local ocean protection orgs, we'll protect the 1 mil sea birds, 100K sea mammals, and countless fish killed by plastic waste annually.

Just three weeks after losing her left arm in a shark attack, surfer Bethany Hamilton was back on her board.

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The Bite

Want your vintage Levis to stay intact? Keep that hot refund check out of your pocket and put it into some water - LA coastal waters. Consider donating some or all of it to local nonprofs that keep SoCal swimming and surfing safe, and get a tax deduction to boost next year's refund while you're at it. Heal the Bay, a Santa Monica Bay-saving org, organizes beach and creek clean-ups (check out its handy Top 10 Ways to help). And the Surfrider Foundation, started by Malibu surfers, works to preserve oceans and beaches worldwide - its Malibu chapter has us covered from the LA/Ventura County line down to Ballona Creek (about 31 mi). Cool.

Wanna Try

Heal the Bay (310-451-1500); Surf Rider (310-451-1010).

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The Six Pack Tip

May 02,2008

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