Part 1: Introduction
1. Sustainability and surfing in a risk society
Gregory Borne
Part 2: A systems approach
2. Surf resource system boundaries
Steven Andrew Martin and Danny O ’ Brien
Part 3: Technology, industry, and sustainability
3. Surfing in the technological era
Leon Mach
4. Towards more sustainable business practices in surf industry clusters
Anna Gerke
5. Surfboard making and environmental sustainability: new materials and regulations, subcultural norms and economic constraints
Chris Gibson and Andrew Warren
Part 4: Informing policy domains
6. Surfing voices in coastal management: Gold Coast Surf Management Plan – a case study
Dan Ware, Neil Lazarow and Rob Hales
7. Surfers and public sphere protest: protecting surfing environments
Rob Hales, Dan Ware and Neil Lazarow
8. The non-market value of surfing and its body policy implications
Jason Scorse and Trent Hodges
Part 5: Reconceptualising sustainable surf spaces
9. Sustaining the local: localism and sustainability
Lindsay E. Usher
10. Spot X: surfing, remote destinations and sustaining wilderness surfing experiences
Mark Orams
11. Surfing: a ritual with consequences
Jon Anderson
12. Culture, meaning and sustainability in surfing
Neil Lazarow and Rebecca Olive
13. Simulating Nirvana: surf parks, surfing spaces, and sustainability
Jess Ponting
Part 6: Conclusion
14. Sustainability and surfing: themes and synergies
Gregory Borne
Biography
Gregory Borne is a Lecturer in Public Management and Policy at Plymouth University, UK. He is also the founder and Director of the Plymouth Sustainability and Surfing Research Group.
Jess Ponting is an Associate Professor and Founder and Director of the Center for Surf Research at San Diego State University, USA.
