MAKING WAVES, December 2003 issue: Table of Contents

Wild Elephant Anyone? "He who mounts a wild elephant goes where the wild elephant goes" - Randolph Bourne I rode an elephant once. It wasn't very wild and it didn't take me on a particularly wild ride, but it was nevertheless an awe-inspiring creature, and I felt certain that were it to choose to take me on a wild ride, there wasn't much I could have done about it other than to have held on tightly. Not too inaccurate a metaphor for being a Surfrider Foundation activist. And sometimes those rides last decades, white knuckles the entire time. Just ask the Jersey Shore chapter (or read about it on page four). This past year has most certainly been a wild elephant ride for the Surfrider Foundation, and I don't imagine we're going to get much opportunity to let go next year either. Is the ride worth it? Of course it is. Just reading through the Chapter Year End Wrap-Up starting on page four, is enough to inspire anyone for another year of wild rides. As most of us have learned, wild rides can be exhilarating, and the view is often stupendous. Fortunately for us, Surfrider Foundation members, like elephants, are patient, thick-skinned, and long-lived. We also love water, will travel many miles to return to our favorite "watering holes" and are pretty good at looking out for our own. Which brings me to a small but telling story about the greater Surfrider herd. Scott, a friend of mine from Santa Cruz called a while back to see if I knew anyone in San Diego who might be able to let him leave his car parked at their house for a week. Scott was driving down to San Diego, and then flying with his boards to Mexico. Icould not find anyone to help him, but then had a thought. I told him, "Hey, you're a Surfrider Foundation member, call the San Diego chapter and ask around, you never know." Hours later he called me back. Not only had he found a place to leave his car, he'd been offered a place to stay and a ride to the airport. That speaks volumes of what this organization is all about. We look out for our own. We are an instant family, with a common history of challenges, setbacks, and our fair share of victories. So this issue is our yearbook, a record of our challenges and how we faced them. That Surfrider Foundation logo on the bumper of our car is a proud family crest. We have relatives all over the world, brothers and sisters in arms, and wherever there is one of us ready to take a stand, there we all are. Let's keep growing the family. Your generous donations of time, energy, enthusiasm and dollars are especially needed now, to keep the momentum going into the new year. Please come along again on the wild ride. -Joe Mozdzen

Making Waves The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's waves, oceans and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research, and education. Publication of The Surfrider Foundation A Non-Profit Environmental Organization P.O. Box 6010 San Clemente, CA 92674-6010 (949) 492-8170 fx (949) 492-8142 (800) 743-surf Web: http://www.surfrider.org Email: info@surfrider.org Executive Director Christopher J. Evans, Esq. Deputy Executive Director/Legal Director Michelle C. Kremer, Esq. Director of Chapters Edward J. Mazzarella Environmental Director Chad Nelsen Director of Development Kim Novick Marketing & Communications Director Matt McClain Coastal Science Manager Mark Rauscher National Grants Manager Lori A. Booth Membership Coordinator Jenna Oldfield Office Services Coordinator Chandra Boughton Coastal Management Coordinator Rick Wilson Pacific Northwest Regional Manager Kevin Ranker Southern California Regional Manager Joe Geever Oregon Outreach Coordinator Markus Mead Puerto Rico Outreach Coordinator Leon Richter Washington Outreach Coordinator Ian Miller Mail Order Assistant - Chapin Tierney Controller - Toni Craw Cash Receipts - Jill Tierney Web Master - Mark Babski Chief Financial Officer Christopher W. Keys, CPA Making Waves Staff Editor in Chief: Joe Mozdzen; Managing Editor: Matt McClain Contributors: Chris Evans, Ed Mazzarella, Daniel Milnor, David Pu'u, Sunny Unal, Pete Stauffer, Chad Nelsen, Kevin Ranker, Kim Novick, Rebecca Beavers, Adam Stein 2003 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman Mike Orbach Vice-Chair Jeff Berg Secretary Will Novy Hildesley Lance Andersen Megan Bailiff Kris Balliet Marc Chytilo Harold Hofer Michael Marckx Bill Rosenblatt Janis Searles Mark Spalding Kira Stillwell Robb Waterman 2003 Advisory Board Advisory Board Chairman Shaun Tomson Advisory Board Manager Jim Kempton Lisa Andersen Michael Bloom Jeff Bridges Bruce Brown Aaron Checkwood Sean Collins Russ Cogdill Susan Crank Corb Donohue Pierce Flynn, Ph.D. Alan Gibby Brad Gerlach Karen Mackay Griffiths Jake Grubb Woody Harrelson Gregory Harrison Noel Hillman Paul Holmes Bob Hurley Pearl Jam Drew Kampion Dave Kaplan Josh Karliner Mike Kingsbury Kevin Kinnear Tom Loctefeld Gerry Lopez Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and The Beach Boys Terry McCann Rob Machado Don Meek Shelly Merrick Dick Messerol Dick Metz Doug McPherson Bob Mignogna Guy Motil Sakiusa Nadruku Paul Naudé Doug Palladini Tony Pallagrosi Debbee Pezman Mark Price Gary Propper Randy Rarick Fran Richards Gary L. Sirota Kelly Slater C.R. Stecyck III John Stouffer Peter Townend John Von Passenheim Mati Waiya/Chumash People Robert "Nat" Young FOUNDING Advisory Board Yvon Chouinard Steve Pezman Bruce Johnston Tom Curren Jericho Poppler Bartlow D. Dwight Worden

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