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The Surfrider Foundation is a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit environmental organization that works to protect and preserve the world's oceans, waves and beaches. [4] It focuses on plastic reduction, water quality , beach access, beach and surf spot preservation , and sustaining marine and coastal ecosystems .
California is home to three of the 10 most polluted beaches listed in the latest Surfrider Foundation report.
Martin's Beach. Mark Massara and team members discuss public access rights at Martin's Beach. In 2014, Massara put together a team of renowned lawyers, including Joe Cotchett and Pete McCloskey of Cotchette, Pitre & McCarthey, to represent Surfrider Foundation in a California Coastal Act violations case against Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla.
The Surfrider Foundation was formed in 1984 by a group of surfers gathered to protect ... Happy Days in Southern California, 222 pgs., Cambridge, MA and Los Angeles ...
International Surfing Day was established in 2005 by Surfing Magazine [6] [7] and The Surfrider Foundation. [6] [7] International Surfing Day closely follows the spirit and intent of the World Surf Day, established by the Usenet newsgroup alt.surfing in 1993. [8] International Surfing Day is a worldwide [9] celebration of the sport of surfing.
Former California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed two lawsuits in 2006, one on behalf of the Native American Heritage Commission. A third lawsuit was filed by a coalition of several groups, including Sierra Club, the Surfrider Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Council. [12]
In Southern California, local surfers are especially hostile to the surfers from the San Fernando Valley whom they dub "vallies" or "valley kooks". The expression "surf nazi" arose in the 1960s to describe territorial, aggressive, and obsessive surfers, often involved in surf gangs or surf clubs.
It was until 1971, when the university system decided to purchase the naval vessel R/V Nautilus for that specific purpose. In 1972, the creation of the Southern California Ocean Studies Consortium (SCOSC) was approved by the Trustees and the Presidents of the founding campuses and the operation of the R/V Nautilus floating marine laboratory began.