Mexico to Canada the Hard Way with Annie Ford

Annie Ford is a climate activist, marine biologist, surfer, and mountain biker known for her passion for tackling big, challenging rides. That includes her record-setting effort to get the most vertical descent on a bike and a bikepacking trip from the northern to the southern tip of New Zealand carrying a surfboard. In Annie’s latest adventure, she rode her Santa Cruz Nomad from Ensenada, Mexico, to Whistler, BC, to raise funds for organizations aiming to stop the pursuit of new oil and gas projects along the Australian coast. Her journey included stops at mountain biking destinations along the west coast of North America, such as Laguna, Santa Cruz, Pacifica, Humboldt, Pacific City, the Olympic Peninsula, Vancouver Island, Squamish, and finally, Whistler.

She used the 3,762-kilometer (2,337-mile) ride to raise awareness of lower-impact ways of traveling and raise funds for climate action. Annie’s goal was to raise $10,000 for Surfrider Foundation and Ocean, two orgs working to stop new offshore oil and gas projects, specifically, to help stop the largest proposed seismic blasting project in history. The community smashed the goal and raised a total of $34,000. Learn more in the podcast below.

You can learn more about Surfrider’s Save the Southern Ocean campaign here and find images from Annie’s trip on Instagram. Congrats, Annie!

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