Oceans, Waves and Beaches

Huge thanks to LPA for designing our hq in San Clemente, CA. We’ve lived in the space for a few years and it feels like a near-perfect refection of our culture and mission.

Focus on results and impact first and foremost. Then seek ways to scale it.
Surfrider’s mission is “… protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches via our activist network…” ANYthing that can help us accelerate our path to achieve that is good. ANYthing that can help us amplify our coastal mission, engage more people in [...]

“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.

I saw this program first had a few years ago and was very impressed. Surfrider Europe has done a noteworthy job of building an education program kids in coastal Europe. Over ten thousand kids are educated each year. Watch this, it’s in French but I’m guessing you’ll get a sense of the program’s value, it’s [...]

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 [...]

Having come from the tech/business sector and worked for companies such as SAP, I am often asked what I perceive the major difference is between for-profit and non-profit business. Specifically, there seems to be some cloudiness within the general population as to how non-profit organizations measure success.
This is understandable if one compares a NPO to [...]

A little over 26 years ago, three people in Malibu were concerned that a wave, First Point, was about to be destroyed. That concern became large enough that they acted; they engaged with local leaders and eventually saved one of the most famous waves in surfing. This was also the genesis of Surfrider Foundation.
What would [...]

A Day In The Life Of Mister O. from Kristijan Kolak on Vimeo.

If we are honest with ourselves we will admit we’ve industrialized the open spaces that we used to hold up as examples of places too special to develop.
What do you think of when you hear the word “beach”?
Casey McKee takes the idea of “beaches” and “coasts” and challenges the imagery that’s commonly associated with those [...]