The Squamish Windsports Society (SWS) is a non-profit society, registered in 1988
in the Province of
British Columbia, Canada. The SWS was created to secure access to the
southern tip of the Squamish River training dyke for recreational
windsurfers. Today the SWS hosts windsurfers, kite sailors, spectators
and others. Dyke access is conditional on the SWS holding
liability insurance to indemnify the Crown and District of Squamish.
Without this indemnification access would be terminated. The Society
employs up to three on-site staff from May to September to run rescue
boat services, and maintain on site facilities. The SWS directors
oversee SWS policies and finances and liaise with the local community
and various levels of government. The SWS sits on the intergovernmental
regulatory body, the Squamish Estuary Management Committee, to ensure
that recreational interests are heard when determine policies for the
estuary in which the dike is situated.
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Sandra Bicego - President