Oceans, Waves and Beaches

I was up at Google yesterday for the launch of Google Earth 5.0.
The application is groundbreaking and very worthy of your time and curiosity.
Surfrider Foundation was one of the partners involved the launch, having provided a small amount of input into the grand vision behind Google Earth. Specifically, we participated in some of the dialog [...]

I spent many of my formative years living in a snow belt… I know was zero degrees feels like. So it’s with admiration and stoke that I share these photos. This is Stefan Ronchetti, the Minnesota-Superior SF Chapter President.
Check out that heater in the upper right of the top photo… baby, it’s cold outside. Try [...]

Yesterday I sat on the rocks at Swamis in San Diego and talked to a reporter. As we sat there the air was 70ish, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the waves were clean (but tiny). I think it’s because I grew up in a snowbelt that I don’t take those simple, everyday [...]

After an organized and integrated effort on behalf of the Texas Chapters to promote our beach access goals on a statewide level, the people of Texas passed a constitutional amendment through a statewide vote.
The “Prop 9” amendment created a constitutional “right” to beach access. The constitutional amendment protects “the right of the public, individually and [...]

After an organized and integrated effort on behalf of the Texas Chapters to promote our beach access goals on a statewide level, the people of Texas passed a constitutional amendment through a statewide vote. The “Prop 9” amendment created a constitutional “right” to beach access. The constitutional amendment protects “the right of the public, individually [...]

Surfrider stands for access to beaches and waves for all people. Our mission addresses the “enjoyment of waves.”
This includes shortboarders, boogie boarders, loggers, AND stand-up paddlers, right?
In the 80’s virtually all surfers were on shortboards.
Then came the longboard resurgence. Fast forward a few years and many surf breaks were dominated by longboarders who not only [...]

Grassroots efforts are wikis, that is they are efforts that rise and fall based on the collective value of their participants.
You can take that statement as meaningless tech mumbo jumbo jargon or you can take a step back and try and get your head around the opportunity it presents.
Anthony Lombardo who is a good [...]

I post our victories every month. If you want the reasoning behind this exercise, pop on over to this post “understanding victories at a glance.” Here’s this month’s batch.
West Los Angeles / Malibu Plastic Bag Ban in Malibu
In support of Heal The Bay’s effort to address the problem of plastic bag litter in the marine [...]

I’ve lived in New Jersey twice in my life so I feel like I have some, valid leg to stand on when I say the following…
What are they thinking?
Township Commissioner Ralph H. Bayard, who introduced the ordinance, said it was not anti-surfer. “We don’t want people walking around naked with a towel around them.”
Correct me [...]