If it is so poluted just do a dock start and be REAL sure of your abilities then board right back to land without more than a few drops of spray hitting you. OH and be sure to put on those "awsome" closed toe bindings to prevent nasty water from getting between your toes and under your toe-nails
Im sure the pictures would be worth it... even if all you did was set up a winch to just simply pull from one side to the other.