The Surf Economics blog has been incorporated in the Sufrider Foundation's Coastal Blog under the tag: Surf Protection.
You can find the posts here.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
We have moved
Posted by Chad Nelsen at 3:53 PM |
Friday, December 17, 2010
Protecting Peruvian Waves
Learn more here.
Posted by Chad Nelsen at 7:19 AM |
Labels: peru, Save The Waves, surf protection, waves are resources
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Surf Protection, World Surfing Reserves, Malibu and other Case Studies
On October 9th, Malibu's famous Surfrider beach surfing areas was dedicated as the world's first World Surfing Reserve - an ambitious effort by a small NGO called Save the Waves.
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 including the Surfrider Foundation USA, Europe, Japan, Argentina, Canada, WildCoast, Surfers Against Sewage, and others.
Here's a recent presentation I have on the topic of surf protection, the role of world surfing reserves in protecting surfing areas and some examples of surf protection efforts.
Surf Protection & World Surfing Reserves from Surfrider Foundation on Vimeo.
You can view and/or download the presentation here (Keynote).In addition here are a couple of recent articles discussing surfing reserves:
A critique of Malibu's world surfing reserve designation here.
An essay by Neil Lazarow entitled, "What is a Surfing Reserve and why should surfers care about them?"
Posted by Chad Nelsen at 6:03 AM |
Labels: surf protection, world surfing reserves
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Perfect Anecdote: the wave value is so high...
File Under: Perfect Anecdote
The other day, I was walking down to Trestles for a lunch time surf (in the name of research of course!) 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 to the 20 minute walk down to the surf. We talked about quality of the waves, the crowds, etc. In response to the discussion about the crowds he said, "you may only get a couple of waves, but the wave value is so high that it's worth it".
So this guy was willing to drive 120 miles round trip, give up 1/2 a day of work, walk 40 minutes round trip, and brave the crowds at Trestles for a couple of hours in the water - all for one or two waves, because the value of those waves was so high - they were so much fun- it made it all worth it.
Posted by Chad Nelsen at 10:25 AM |
Labels: consumer surplus, stoke, trestles
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Waves are Resources: WAR report from Surfer's Against Sewage
Surfer's Against Sewage released a new report called "Waves are Resources (WAR)".
The comprehensive report covers the basic physics of wave formation and breaking, efforts to value waves, activities that can impact waves (structures, dredging, pollution, oil spills, sewage, etc.), emerging efforts to generate power from waves and some of the efforts to protect waves, including World Surfing Reserves.
You can download and read the report here.
Posted by Chad Nelsen at 9:18 AM |
Labels: surf protection, surfers against sewage, waves are resources
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Posted by Chad Nelsen at 7:26 AM |
Labels: california, CWO, ocean economy, shoreline armoring
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Gulf Coast Surfers Are Suffering, Too — And Health Risks Are Unclear
“You can’t see the oil anymore, but you can taste it,” said Mcelroy, who surfed again last week and whose surf shop is down over 70% in business from last year since tourism in Alabama is almost nonexistent.
Gulf coast surfers and surf-related business are suffering despite good surf conditions.
When surfing was closed along a mere 14 miles of coast for 34 days in Huntington Beach due to the American Trader oil spill, the value of the lost recreational opportunity (beach going & surfing) was valued at $18 million.
Read more here...
Posted by Chad Nelsen at 2:38 PM |
Labels: American Trader, dispersant, gulf coast, oil, surfers