(FOX 5/KUSI) — An estimated one in 10 people worldwide lack access to clean water.
Jon Rose, a former professional surfer from Laguna Beach, has dedicated his life to improving that statistic.“When I first started doing this work and founded Waves For Water in 2009, one in three people didn’t have access to clean water. Now it’s one in 10,” Rose said. “There are many challenges and crises around the world that are seeming unsolvable. The water crisis isn’t one of them. It’s solvable — completely solvable in our lifetime.”
Rose was first drawn to surfing at age 9. It wasn’t long before he joined the nation’s top-ranked surfers on the World Tour, starting his professional surfing career at 17 years old.He had decided to step away from professional surfing when he was 31 and was facing an identity crisis, as he had never thought beyond his professional surfing career, he shared with FOX 5/KUSI…