Jim's Blog
August 14, 2012
Will California lead or follow regarding single-use plastics?
Topics: Kids Campaigns Activism Plastics Water Quality
Now is the time for you to make your voice heard. Engage with us to stop plastic pollution in California.
August 06, 2012
50th single-use plastics victory
Topics: Chapters Campaigns Activism Plastics
The Surfrider network has logged 50 wins seeking to stem the plastic pollution tide.
August 02, 2012
Water… are our actions part of the solution or part of the problem?
Topics: Water Campaigns Plastics
We can either be part of the solution regarding water... or part of the problem.
July 30, 2012
Video update on Chicago’s “Surfing is not a crime” campaign
Topics: Beach access Victories Chapters Beaches Waves Stories Campaigns Activism Surfing
Mitch McNeil and Rex Flodstrom bring us up to speed on what's going on with Surfrider Chicago.
July 19, 2012
A better board: Glassing with a Bio-Based Epoxy Resin
Topics: Joy Waves Culture Shifting Oil Pollution Water Quality Surfing
Want to have a smaller impact with your surfboard, get your board glassed by someone who uses Bio-Based Epoxy Resin.
July 12, 2012
Would you care more if I was a panda?
Topics: Ads Strategy Campaigns Fish Activism Modern Activism Water Quality
What does it take for us to care? Sometimes it takes a cute animal.
July 09, 2012
What does it mean to protect a wave?
Topics: Policy Victories Events Chapters Beaches Waves Coastal armoring Campaigns Activism Surfing
Protecting something, anything, over the long term is not easy. Protecting a wave takes a few things, including locals willing to fight to preserve it.
July 05, 2012
A better surfboard; the best shaper you can find
Topics: Joy Waves Culture Shifting Surfing
The second post in a series on "a better surfboard." In this post I talk about the shaper.
July 03, 2012
Oceans of garbage (info graphic)
Topics: Fish Communications Plastics
A picture is worth a 1,000 words this graphic is worth much, much more.
June 29, 2012
Surfrider in three minutes
Topics: Communications
Thanks to MediaTemple for being the partner they are to Surfrider Foundation.
June 28, 2012
How much are our coasts worth? No really… how much?
Topics: Coastal development Strategy Beaches Economics Culture Shifting Surfing
Many of us don't even think about this question... and yet we pay the price every single day. We pay it because it's worth it.
June 21, 2012
... Because WE love our beaches
Topics: Events Joy Stories Surfing
We love our beaches... and so we come together and protect them.
June 17 2012
Take this Wednesday off and go surfing
Once a year is International Surfing Day. Go ahead, take the day off.
June 14, 2012
A better surfboard; a better surfboard blank
Topics: Joy Waves Culture Shifting Surfing
Part 1 in a blog series looking at alternatives to a better surfboard. With this post we look at the blank.
May 25, 2012
Pictures and perspective from the recent tour of the Tijuana River watershed
Topics: Coastal development Water Chapters Coastal armoring Campaigns Water Quality
Kyle and I sat down to check out his photos from the recent tour of the TJ River watershed. Here they are with his descriptions.
May 23, 2012
No border sewage, a campaign to address the horrific shape of the Tijuana River watershed
Topics: Chapters Waves Campaigns Water Quality Surfing
The border between San Diego and Tijuana is... a mess. Our baselines have shifted and some haven't even noticed the slow-motion disaster.
May 15, 2012
The magnitude of the plastic trash issue captured in one image
We talk about recycling but the hard truth is that virtually all our plastic ends up as trash... in landfills and in our oceans.
May 07, 2012
After a 23 year fight, Ma’alaea on Maui is saved
Topics: Coastal development Surfing
One of the fastest waves on the planet, Ma'alaea, is now saved.
May 04, 2012
The simple joy of going surfing
It's hard to explain to non-surfers the draw surfers have to riding waves. This photo comes close to doing that.
