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Free Upham Beach

In 2006 St. Petersburg Beach lost its famous surfbreak, Upham Beach, to “temporary” geotube groins. The chapter is working with technical and legal minds to look to an alternative methodology to deal with the erosion south of the Blind Pass Inlet, highlight the poor science and engineering support the placement of permanent structures, and revive one of the only surfbreak in the area.