Oceans, Waves and Beaches

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 [...]

Programs like MTV’s The Jersey Shore are pushed out to tens of millions of people. They tend to paint regions with broad brushes and in horrifically shallow ways. As we all know, that show is not the New Jersey shore… it’s a TV program designed to… actually I’m not sure what it’s purpose is.
Enter John [...]

Jake Moss has a vision.
His vision is surfboards that can offer high performance AND have a much lower environmental footprint.
I like that about him… I like that commitment to creating something better without discounting a major attribute like performance. With Jake sustainability and performance isn’t an “either or” question.
What I like even more is that [...]

Tristan Prettyman and Jason Mraz are no strangers to Surfrider Foundation. About a year ago, Tristan connected with our Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project and helped transform what some people would call work into what most people would call a party. Meanwhile, Jason has participated in our annual Celebrity Expression Session held in Malibu and [...]

I met Stiv a few years ago up in Portland. It was immediately clear that he was dialed into the local eco-braintrust. He was leading the local Surfrider chapter and one of the people behind Wend, the brainy action sports / adventure publication. The more I found out about him the more I was impressed.
He’s [...]

I love the stories behind what drives people to activism.
I don’t think any of us are “born” activists… it’s the events of our lives that change us, that shape us… that demand something more of us than perhaps we thought we’d be comfortable with.
The Save Trestles story is really the sum of many, smaller stories. [...]

Artist. Shaper. Craftsman. Chris Christenson. Chris approaches surfboards with a holistic view. He not only performs every step involved (envisioning, shaping, glassing and finishing) but he also brings a modern visual design aesthetic to the final product. It’s a package deal… and the end result is a board that makes you stop and take note.
Arguably, [...]

JP Holeman is a surfboard shaper in Southern California. He first caught my attention in 2007 when the San Diego chapter gave his company, HSD Surfboards, their Lifetime Business Award.
I sought him out for a few reasons. I wanted to hear his perspective on how his world has changed since Clark Foam shut it’s doors [...]

Drew is one of those people that follows his passion with vigor and creates a life around that.
His intersection with our mission goes all the way back to his roots on the east coast as a kid. On this podcast he walks thorough the various chapters and layers of his life: surf, art and family.
There [...]

Everything about this podcast fascinated me.
The Washington DC chapter is one of the few non-coastal chapters in our network. Julie Lawson and the DC crew have created muscle that is not only tied into the local watershed and the distant beach, but also the federal government around them. Lastly, rather than working to pass a [...]