Surfing,
SCUBA,
Photography,
Preserving the Texas Coast,
Snowboard, and kicking the bad-guys butts.
Travel,
Video.
Politics and empowering the masses.
Music
Rock, and Roll, Blues, Country, and just about anything else.
Movies
There Ain't No Surf in Texas,
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai,
Pulp Fiction,
Forrest Gump,
The Endless Summer,
Heck just about any surf movie....
Boogie Nights,
Captain Ron,
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Television
The Learning Channel
Heroes
Buzzy Trent,
John Muir,
Ansel Adams,
Martin Luther King
About me: I rented a surfboard in Galveston in the summer of 1963. Got hooked. Got my driver's license the next summer, and have been surfing ever since.
I am one of the organizers of Surfrider Foundation Texas Chapter. The first chapter in Texas. We now have chapters in: Houston (Texas Chapter), Austin (Central Texas Chapter), Corpus Christi (Coastal Bend Chapter), and South Padre Island (South Texas Chapter). We are organizing chapters in San Antonio, DFW, and Galveston. Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 coastal conservation organization. We are working to preserve the Texas coast and keep it open to the public.
Texas is the only state with an Open Beaches Act. This law guarantees that all 356 miles of Gulf of Mexico beaches are public. They belong to you, not the developer, or the front row beachhouse owner, not the hotel or condo. In Texas, it's YOUR beach. Surfrider is fighting to preserve your right to access and use the beach.
Two-thirds of the Texas coast is eroding at 2 to 10 or more feet per year. That does not include storm damage that can move the beach 100 or more feet in a couple of days. Sea level has been rising for 25,000 years, since the last Ice Age. Texas is protected by a string of "barrier islands" that extend from Bolivar to the Rio Grande River. The beach is moving toward Austin and continue to do so until the next Ice Age. Developers would like to create private beaches for their subdivisions. Private beaches, like California and Florida, generate higher profits, but they do so at the expense of the public who can no longer access what is really a public beach.
Get involved. You can make a difference. Hey, this is what the internet is for.
Who I'd like to meet: Some people make the world go 'round, but most just sit and spin.
I'm looking for anyone who is concerned with preserving our planet.
People who want to make this a better place, and I'll bet that's YOU. Because you can make a difference, or you can just sit and spin.
Surfrider Foundation Texas Chapter's Friend Space (Top 33)
Surfrider Foundation Texas Chapter has 7767 friends.
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It's a pleasure to meet you. :) May you live at peace and with the awareness of Universe's love in every sunset, every flower's unfolding petals, every baby's smile, loving partner's kiss, and every wonderful, astonishing, miraculous beat of your heart.
i am meeting the governor Rick Perry here in Jerusalem, Israel in a couple days. I am from Texas City and will definitely bring up the Bolivar Beach stuff. Be Easy!
This group is awesome... i learned how to surf when i was 11 or 12 in texas, and i have been hooked since. i just bought my second surfboard after my first one is nearing the end of it's riding life. i surf about twice a week in surfside and galveston, i know that i usually go to beaches where there are houses because there aren't as many people to try to dodge while surfing, if the act is passed i will lose all of my favorite spots to surf... so many days spent out there.. i would hate to lose all of those places. thanks for the add!
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