Coastal Blog — Surf Economics
January 23 2013
My year of surfing in review
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Surfers are a pretty avid bunch - meaning they tend to surf a lot. I tracked my surfing in 2012 and made an infographic summarizing the year. This is essential information for surfonomics. Check it out and tell us about your surfing.
October 26 2012
The surfonomics of Trestles
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We use Trestles, a famous suite of waves found in Southern California, as a case study to describe the basic the economics of a surf spot. Two important measures known as economic impact and economic value are described.
September 06 2012
“Surfonomics” above the fold
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The Washington Post recently ran an excellent article entitled "Surfonomics" on the cover of their Sunday business section. Read all about it.
December 11 2011
Chad Nelsen presents the US Surf Economics Report
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Check out a video of Chad Nelsen presenting the results of the Surfrider / Surf-First US Surf Economics report at the 2011 Global Wave Conference in San Sebastian, Spain. This is the first national report on the recreational, demographic and economic characteristics of surfers.
December 08 2011
San Diego State opens Center for Surf Research
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Surfers often pave the way for larger scale tourism industries and too often create a legacy of soiled destinations, disheartened and distressed communities, and missed opportunities to replace poverty with sustainable livelihoods. The new Center for Surf Research at SDSU hopes to help change that.
August 04 2011
A Socioeconomic & Recreational Profile of Surfers in the U.S.
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The Surfrider Foundation, with support from Surfing Magazine, created the Surf-First Surfer Survey to collect a national dataset on the recreational, demographic and economic characteristics of surfers.
June 28 2011
Can artificial surf reefs reduce crowds?
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Paul Holmes recently published a provocative article about artificial surfing reefs in The Surfer’s Journal, “Artificial Surf Reefs: Boon or Bust?” (Vol 20 Num 3). In that article, he quoted me regarding whether or not artificial surfing reefs (ASRs) could reduce crowds. I replied with some back of the envelope…
October 27 2010
Surf Protection, World Surfing Reserves, Malibu and other Case Studies
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The idea of protecting surfing areas and providing our iconic surfing spots around the globe protected status is something that is shared my many surfers as well as other NGO's that protect surf spots around the world. Here's a presentation on the topic of surf protection, the role of world…
October 23 2010
Perfect Anecdote: the wave value is so high…
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The other day, I was walking down to Trestles for a lunch time surf and I had a nice chat with a guy who had cut out of work early to surf. He was from Manhattan Beach - so he had driven over 60 miles (one way) and then committed…
September 30 2010
Waves are Resources: WAR report from Surfer’s Against Sewage
August 05 2010
Gulf Coast Surfers Are Suffering, Too — And Health Risks Are Unclear
July 30 2010
