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provided footage of whales and dolphins to be projected
on a massive screen when we played live, and we did a
Crosby, Stills and Nash tour with those visuals synched
with our music. As a pure homage to the great whales
and a symbol of respect for the ocean’s inhabitants,
that’s probably my favorite.
AD: It seems like some of your famous peers are
likewise passionate about the sea and ocean conservation.
Jackson Browne and Neil Young are both members of the
Ocean Elders, for example. Is it a musician thing?
Crosby: I don’t know that it’s a musician thing. Neil loves to
sail, and Jackson is a surfer, so they both really relate to the
sea and naturally want to influence its preservation if they
can. I’m the same way. Remember, I grew up in Santa Barbara
as a kid, and I would spend all day, every day at the beach. I
was sailing that water by the time I was 11, and now, 60 years
later, I’m still at it — either sailing on it or diving under it.
You can’t be around the ocean and not notice things are
changing. Drift nets are a horror show … 30 miles of line that
kills anything that swims in its path. Global warming and
ocean acidification are massive challenges to the sea — and to
mankind for that matter. I find diving to be the most peaceful
thing I do in life, but as divers we need to be fighters. The
ocean is so elevating to my
spirit that I am willing to
fight for it.
I feel we, collectively,
can work against global
warming, underwater tests
of nuclear weapons and the sheer mass of plastic and Styrofoam
in our lives. People can make a difference. An example that
immediately comes to mind is Louie Psihoyos and Ric O’Barry
educating the world about a culture of dolphin hunting in Japan
when they made The Cove. Those kinds of messages deeply
resonate.
Thankfully, there are still amazing things to see. When I
descend onto the reef I’m inspired all over again. We all want
to save and nourish and protect the sea, and if in some small
way I can contribute to the greater good, I’ll be there.
— Stephen Frink
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From top: David Crosby at
the helm of his schooner,
Mayan, with Bev Morgan.
Mayan under full sail
near California’s Channel
Islands.
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COURTESY BEV MORGAN
COURTESY BEV MORGAN