Oceans, Waves and Beaches

Sometimes we think things are are harder, more complicated than they really are.
This hit me as I was heads down and got a ping regarding the video below. The question was “how did you do this?” (flipcam, phone, etc?).
I didn’t even think about what I did until I replied to the person.
1. FIND CONTENT. The [...]

This is the story of reconnecting to the land.
In this case when we say “land” we’re talking about your yard.
Why does Surfrider care about our yards? Because we know all those fertilizers and excess water used to keep yards green… end up in our oceans.
The Ocean Friendly Garden concept was born a few years ago [...]

A few years ago I was at a water quality conference in Indonesia. One session involved local journalists and during the Q&A session I stood to ask what I thought was a safe question “Do you report the local water quality in your papers?”
They looked at each other and didn’t answer. Finally one of [...]

Building on the recent great article about Surfrider’s work in the Gulf is the below video.
It’s University of South Florida researcher Rip Kirby, recently featured on National Geographic, at this months Emerald Coast chapter meeting. The video is a tad shaky but priceless nonetheless. Rip’s commentary illustrates out the value of local knowledge and grassroots [...]

I podcast to share the gold.
(re-posted from mid-2008)
A few days ago I had breakfast with Julia Chunn. She was born and raised in San Diego, became smitten with the ocean while perched on the front of her dad’s longboard as a kid, came up through the ranks of the San Diego chapter, went on to [...]

I wrote a post last month titled “Killing my yard” about our decision to rip out the grass in our backyard and replace it with drought tolerant plants. I shared the story of our front yard and offered an image of our backyard 30 days ago. For a month it has been devoid of all [...]

“People listen when it’s a child standing in front of them telling them that they’re doing wrong and they need to start doing right.” Jordan Howard
Great, straightforward message about awareness, engagement and leadership.

Once a year we recognize the people and partners that have contributed in extraordinary ways towards our mission of the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches. The following is a list of the winners from 2010.
ALL of us at Surfrider Foundation offer a heartfelt thank you to everyone who engaged with our mission [...]